Subchapter M

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

Subchapter M: Only a few days left to schedule inspections

U.S. Coast Guard

Towboat-Ingram-Miss-River — A towboat on the Mississippi River at Dubuque, Iowa. Subchapter M has established towing vessel safety regulations for the first time. Creative Commons photo by D. Michael Burns.

Subchapter M: A new approach to vessel inspections

Pamela Glass

El-Faro-Wreck-NTSB — The wreck of the El Faro. NTSB photo.

Coast Guard directs stand down for third-party oversight

David Krapf

Subchapter M 2018 IWBS - RAW-206 — Left to right, Editor-in-Chief David Krapf, Christopher Parsonage, president and executive director of the Towing Vessel Inspection Bureau, and Kevin Gilheany, owner of Maritime Compliance International. WorkBoat photo

Subchapter M phase in begins

David Krapf

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

WorkBoat Show: Subchapter M having an impact

Pamela Glass

Master Marine building six new towboats

Ken Hocke

Weeks Marine Katherine — The Weeks Marine tugboat Katherine is one of two vessels that received the first Subchapter M certificates of inspection from the Coast Guard in New York. Weeks Marine photo.

Weeks Marine gets first New York Coast Guard COIs

Kirk Moore

2015 August OTW Crown Point running — The towboat Crown Point was the first West Coast vessel to obtain a Certificate of Inspection under Subchapter M. Tidewater Transportation & Terminals photo.

Houston to hold inspected towing vessels day

WorkBoat Staff

Coast Guard issues first towing vessel certificate for Lake Charles, La. — The Coast Guard Marine Safety Unit Lake Charles presented Devall Towing & Boat Service with a certificate of inspection for the pushboat Capt Al Devall Aug. 15, 2018. Coast Guard photo.

Devall Towing gets first Lake Charles, La., Subchapter M certificate

Kirk Moore

Coast Guard issues first certificates of inspection to local tugboats in Miami — Capt. Megan Dean, commander of Coast Guard Sector Miami, issues a certificate of inspection to Capt. Steven Johnson, captain of the Kirby tugboat Miami at the Port of Miami, July 20, 2018. Coast Guard photo/PO3 Brandon Murray.

First Miami tugboats issued Subchapter M certificates

Kirk Moore

Sommer S — The Oregon ship assist tug Sommer S was one of the first towing vessels to receive a certificate of inspection under the Subchapter M Coast Guard option. Shaver Transportation photo.

Oregon tug gets Coast Guard-option Subchapter M certificate

Kirk Moore