U.S. Coast Guard – Page 22 – Professional Mariner

29 Aug

Inventech to provide up to 200 boats to Coast Guard

Rich MillerMaritime Newsshipbuilding, U.S. Coast Guard

(BREMERTON, Wash.) — Inventech Marine Solutions (IMS), manufacturer of Life Proof Boats and F.A.S.T. Collar Systems, has been selected to enter the production phase of the CB-OTH V for the U.S. Coast Guard. The contract is for up to 200 boats over a potential 10-year period, with a total contractual value of $103 million. The selection came from a two-phase…

26 Aug

Coast Guard to enforce safety zone for tow of USS Texas

Rich MillerMaritime NewsU.S. Coast Guard

(HOUSTON) — The U.S. Coast Guard will enforce a safety zone in the Houston Ship Channel and Galveston Ship Channel for the tow of the battleship USS Texas on Wednesday, Aug. 31. During the tow of the ship from the San Jacinto Battleground State Historic Site in La Porte, Texas, to a dry dock in Galveston, Texas, the Coast Guard…

25 Aug

Cargo ship, bulk carrier damaged in Sabine Pass collision

Rich MillerCasualty Newsshipping, U.S. Coast Guard

(PORT ARTHUR, Texas) — A general cargo ship collided with a bulk carrier in Sabine Pass on Sunday, significantly damaging both vessels, Port Technology reported. According to the U.S. Coast Guard, the cargo ship Damgracht was inbound from Italy transporting a cargo of cement when the incident occurred. The Croatian bulk carrier AP Revelin was outbound from Port Arthur. There…

11 Aug

NMC reminder: Direct submission of medical certificate applications

Rich MillerLicensing & TrainingU.S. Coast Guard

(MARTINSBURG, W.Va.) — The U.S. Coast Guard has an established option for submission of medical certificate applications (CG-719K and CG-719K/E forms). Mariners may submit "medical certificate only" applications directly to the National Maritime Center (NMC). Regional examination centers will accept medical certificate application submissions as well, but, for faster processing, it is recommended to submit a CG-719K or CG-719K/E directly…

11 Aug

Search suspended for overboard cruise ship crewman in Alaska

Rich MillerCasualty NewsU.S. Coast Guard

(KODIAK, Alaska) – The U.S. Coast Guard suspended its search Tuesday for a 31-year-old male crewmember who went overboard from a cruise ship in Gastineau Channel on Monday night. Coast Guard crews conducted over 10 hours of air and surface searches, which covered 38 square nautical miles. “The decision to suspend active searching is based on a number of factors…

09 Aug

Fishermen killed in collision with cutter off Puerto Rico

Rich MillerCasualty NewsU.S. Coast Guard

(SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico) — The U.S. Coast Guard cutter Winslow Griesser and a commercial fishing vessel were involved in a collision Monday afternoon, approximately 4 nautical miles north of Dorado, Puerto Rico. Following the collision, the crew of Winslow Griesser recovered the two fishermen aboard the 23-foot Desakata, identified as Carlos Rosario, who was fatally injured, and his brother…

08 Aug

Boxship leaks lubricant transiting to Port of Anchorage

Rich MillerCasualty NewsU.S. Coast Guard

(ANCHORAGE, Alaska) — U.S. Coast Guard personnel coordinated with partner agencies to monitor a lubricant leak from a containership transiting to Anchorage, Alaska, on Saturday. On Thursday evening, personnel at the Coast Guard Sector Anchorage Command Center received a notification that Maunalei, a 645-foot containership, was leaking lubricant while transiting to the Port of Alaska. The vessel, owned by Matson…

04 Aug

Bollinger’s 50th FRC bound for duty in Boston

Rich MillerMaritime Newsshipbuilding, U.S. Coast Guard

(LOCKPORT, La.) – Bollinger Shipyards has delivered the USCGC William Chadwick to the U.S. Coast Guard in Key West, Fla. This is the 176th vessel Bollinger has delivered to the Coast Guard over a 35-year period and the 50th fast response cutter (FRC) delivered under the current program. “It’s incredibly meaningful that we could deliver the 50th FRC, the USCGC…

01 Aug

Six rescued after barge, powerboats collide near Galveston

Rich MillerCasualty NewsU.S. Coast Guard

(HOUSTON) — The U.S. Coast Guard and a partner agency rescued six people from the water after a vessel collision Saturday near Goat Island, Texas. Coast Guard Sector Houston-Galveston watch standers received notification at 9:26 p.m. via VHF-FM Channel 16 that a tugboat pushing a barge collided with two recreational boats, one with two people aboard, the other with four…

25 Jul

Eastern protests award of OPC contract to Austal

Rich MillerMaritime Newsshipbuilding, U.S. Coast Guard

(WASHINGTON) — Eastern Shipbuilding Group, initially tapped to build the U.S. Coast Guard's new offshore patrol cutters (OPCs), is contesting the service’s decision to change shipyards with a formal protest to the Government Accountability Office (GAO), USNI News reported. Eastern filed the protest following the $208.26 million award to Austal USA in late June to build future Heritage-class OPCs. The…