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Coast Guard working group to review towing exam questions

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Coast Guard, NTSB and others investigate Antarctic marine casualties

Smoke coming from the aft cargo deck ventilation housing exhausts of the Höegh Xiamen. Photo courtesy of Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department

Saltwater intrusion causes damage to electronic vehicle batteries

The Pacific Coast Port Access Route Study is the first comprehensive evaluation of vessel traffic patterns that use Pacific coastal waters off the coasts of California, Oregon and Washington. Coast Guard image

Coast Guard seeks comments on West Coast navigation study

Global Diving & Salvage personnel conduct operations to remove pollution threats from the ferry vessel Tourist No. 2 in Astoria, Ore., Aug. 4, 2022. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Travis Magee)

Removal of pollution threats from sunken Oregon ferry ends

The Coast Guard responded to an oil spill yesterday (Aug. 8, 2022) after an oil tank platform collapsed at the Hilcorp Caillou Island facility in Terrebonne Bay, La. Initial response actions included 4,500' of containment boom, three skimming vessels, and five response vessels on scene. Hilcorp estimates less than 14,000 gals. of crude oil entered the water. (U.S. Coast Guard courtesy photo)

Coast Guard responds to Louisiana oil spill

mardi-gras-tug-working-steiner-shipyard-crescent-towing — Crescent Towing's 5,500-hp, Z-drive ship escort/ship assist tugboat at work. Steiner Shipyard/Crescent Towing photo.

COI phase-in period for Subchapter M towing vessels ends

NY Waterway ferry crews helped rescue passengers involved in a boat accident on the Hudson River that left two dead and two critically injured Tuesday afternoon. (Photo NY Waterway twitter page, https://twitter.com/ridetheferry/status/1546957663954735105/photo/3

Coast Guard stresses boater safety after fatal New York accident

Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Telfair Brown, Coast Guard District 1

Coast Guard Academy to welcome most women ever in an incoming class

Vice Adm. Steven Poulin, commander of the U.S.Coast Guard Atlantic Area, gives remarks at the Atlantic Area change of command ceremony on May 24, 2022, at U.S. Coast Guard Training Center Yorktown, Va. Poulin transferred command to Vice Adm. Kevin Lunday and is now headed to U.S. Coast Guard headquarters for service as the vice commandant. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Travis Magee)

A message from Vice Commandant Steven D. Poulin