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MMC — The Coast Guard seeks mariners to provide insight into their jobs, either as an AB/LB or as a supervisor, and contribute to Coast Guard examination improvements. Coast Guard image

Coast Guard extends validity of recently expired MMCs

2012_April_Products_Raymarine AIS 950.jpg — Fully compliant Class A Raymarine AIS 950. Raymarine image

FCC issues advisory on non-compliant AIS equipment

david-j-bangert-gateway-dredging — The 55’x24’x7’6″ David J. Bangert. Gateway Dredging & Contracting photo.

Coast Guard publishes Policy Letter on fire pumps for small towing vessels

Dean Taylor bow — The OSV Dean Edward Taylor. Photo by David Krapf

Coast Guard issues tech note on transport of offshore workers on OSVs

blessey award — Pictured left to right: Clark Todd, AWO treasurer; Scott Merritt, AWO chairman; Walter Blessey Jr., and Rear Adm. John Nadeau. Photo courtesy Deanna Wisniewski, AWO

Blessey receives Coast Guard public service award

Sub M_0391 — Subchapter M affects about 6,000 vessels. Photo by David Krapf

Subchapter M: Only a few days left to schedule inspections

alex-person-unsplash — Cannabis dispensary, Colorado. Photo by Alex Person on Unsplash

Marijuana and sea service don't mix despite state laws

Transocean rig — A Transocean drilling rig. Transocean photo

Confined spaces: Silent and invisible killers

101209-G-6722B-105 - Locating devices — An emergency position indicating radio beacon is held in front of a 25-foot Response Boat-Small moored in front of Coast Guard Station Curtis Bay, Md., Dec. 9, 2010. When activated, a properly registered EPIRB sends an electronic signal that will notify t

Coast Guard responds to over 200 EPIRB alerts annually

Nation's only heavy icebreaker returns from Antarctic mission — The crew aboard the Coast Guard cutter Polar Star, a 399-foot heavy icebreaker pull into Coast Guard Base Seattle, March 11, 2019. The crew was underway for 107 days in support of Operation Deep Freeze, a U.S. military resupply operation for the U.S. Anta

Polar Star returns home following 105-day Antarctic trip