Opinion: Coast Guard must do more to restore navigational aids on Western rivers
04 Oct

Opinion: Coast Guard must do more to restore navigational aids on Western rivers

Rich MillerMaritime News, ,
By Capt. Gregory L. Smith Imagine for a second driving your car through traffic in a strange city with missing or misleading road signs, traffic lights and lane markings. Over the past decade, that is exactly the kind of navigation Western river mariners have increasingly been expected to perform. Technology that would permit 100 percent virtual aids to navigation (ATONs) may become available…
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All American to build eco-tour boat for Alaska operator
04 Oct

All American to build eco-tour boat for Alaska operator

Rich MillerMaritime News
(BELLINGHAM, Wash.) — All American Marine (AAM) has been awarded the contract to build a high-speed and long-range eco-tour vessel for Phillips Cruises and Tours. The vessel will operate in Whittier, Alaska, upon completion. The newbuild will have an 84.5-by-30.7-foot semi-displacement aluminum catamaran hull that was developed by Nic de Waal of Teknicraft Design in Auckland, New Zealand. The vessel…
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Massport marks completion of major Boston upgrades
03 Oct

Massport marks completion of major Boston upgrades

Rich MillerMaritime News,
(BOSTON) – The Massachusetts Port Authority (Massport) on Friday welcomed elected officials, customers and stakeholders to the Paul W. Conley Container Terminal to celebrate the completion of critical infrastructure investments as part of a nearly $850 million plan to upgrade the Port of Boston. The multi-year investment, made possible by the support of state, federal and local partners, is already…
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Coast Guard medevacs crewman from dredge near Houston
03 Oct

Coast Guard medevacs crewman from dredge near Houston

Rich MillerCasualty News, ,
(HOUSTON) — The U.S. Coast Guard medevaced a 37-year-old man Monday from a dredging vessel in Houston. Coast Guard Sector Houston-Galveston command center watch standers received a medevac request at 9:26 a.m. from the captain of dredging vessel Terrapin Island stating a crewman had severely injured his hand and was in need of assistance. The incident occurred in the Houston…
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NTSB plans public meeting on cause of SEACOR Power capsizing
03 Oct

NTSB plans public meeting on cause of SEACOR Power capsizing

Rich MillerCasualty News,
(WASHINGTON) — On Oct. 18, at 9:30 a.m. Eastern, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) will hold a virtual public board meeting to determine the probable cause for the 2021 capsizing of the liftboat SEACOR Power. The board will discuss these four safety issues: • Gaps in forecasting and communications of weather events. • Operation and stability of restricted-service liftboats…
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Puerto Rico gets Jones Act waiver in wake of Fiona
30 Sep

Puerto Rico gets Jones Act waiver in wake of Fiona

Rich MillerMaritime News
(SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico) — The U.S. government announced Wednesday it would temporarily waive a federal law and allow foreign diesel deliveries to Puerto Rico as it faces a dwindling supply of fuel nearly two weeks after Hurricane Fiona pummeled the U.S. territory, NPR reported. The announcement comes a day after Puerto Rico Gov. Pedro Pierluisi, the archbishop of San…
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Philly Shipyard lays keel for Mass. Maritime training ship
30 Sep

Philly Shipyard lays keel for Mass. Maritime training ship

Rich MillerMaritime News,
(PHILADELPHIA) — TOTE Services and Philly Shipyard marked a significant construction milestone at a keel-laying ceremony Thursday for the second of five new national security multi-mission vessels (NSMVs) for America’s state maritime academies. The keel laying is a ceremonial recognition in which the first grand block of the vessel is loaded into the building dock. Keel-laying traditions are said to…
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Lessons learned: NTSB’s Safer Seas Digest 2021
30 Sep

Lessons learned: NTSB’s Safer Seas Digest 2021

Rich MillerMaritime News,
(WASHINGTON) — The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has released its Safer Seas Digest 2021, which highlights the most important lessons learned from marine investigations last year. Safer Seas Digest 2021 details the lessons learned from 31 maritime tragedies involving capsizings, contact, collisions, fires, flooding and groundings. Among the investigations included in the report are the sinking of Scandies Rose,…
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Coast Guard Foundation activates disaster relief program
30 Sep

Coast Guard Foundation activates disaster relief program

Rich MillerMaritime News
(STONINGTON, Conn.) — The Coast Guard Foundation, a nonprofit organization committed to strengthening the Coast Guard community and service by supporting members and families, has activated its emergency disaster relief program to provide assistance to Coast Guard members and their families impacted by Hurricane Ian. Hurricane Ian brought massive flooding and wind damage to the Southeast United States and will…
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