U.S. Coast Guard – Page 48 – Professional Mariner

17 Nov

FM-200 extinguishing agent being phased down

Rich MillerMaritime NewsU.S. Coast Guard

(WASHINGTON) — The Coast Guard Office of Design and Engineering Standards has released MSIB 06-22 to inform Coast Guard officers in charge, marine inspection (OCMI) and the maritime industry that FM-200 (also known as HFC-227ea or heptafluoropropane), a fire extinguishing agent, is being phased down in production as part of the recent Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rule to reduce the…

16 Nov

Coast Guard updating reference volume at exam centers

Rich MillerLicensing & TrainingU.S. Coast Guard

(MARTINSBURG, W.Va.) — The U.S. Coast Guard is replacing the 1981 version of Bowditch Volume II with the 2019 version in Regional Exam Center (REC) examination rooms. The 1981 version has become difficult to obtain. The 2019 version contains the information needed to answer Coast Guard examination questions; however, it is not identical to the 1981 version and does not…

14 Nov

Nunan named first female superintendent of USMMA

Rich MillerMaritime NewsLicensing and training, U.S. Coast Guard

(WASHINGTON) — The U.S. Department of Transportation and the Maritime Administration (MarAd) on Saturday announced the appointment of Rear Adm. Joanna Nunan, U.S. Coast Guard retired, as the next superintendent of the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA). Nunan is the first woman to hold the position. Nunan, who spent more than three decades in the Coast Guard, has commanded units…

11 Nov

Coast Guard honors mariners for Norfolk fire response

Rich MillerMaritime NewsU.S. Coast Guard

(NORFOLK, Va.) — The U.S. Coast Guard presented the final of 18 public service awards this week to the good Samaritans who responded to the Spirit of Norfolk fire. On June 7, the passenger vessel Spirit of Norfolk was on a sightseeing cruise on the Elizabeth River with 108 passengers and crew, including two large groups of school-age children on…

09 Nov

Coast Guard Foundation honors members for rescue on burning rig

Rich MillerCasualty NewsU.S. Coast Guard

(STONINGTON, Conn.) — The Coast Guard Foundation, a nonprofit organization committed to strengthening the Coast Guard community and service by supporting members and families, honored a helicopter crew from Coast Guard Air Station Houston on Nov. 4 at the Texas Salutes the Coast Guard event in Houston. Coast Guard Sector Houston-Galveston command center watch standers received notification at 12:51 p.m.…

08 Nov

NSC commander permanently relieved after grounding

Rich MillerCasualty NewsU.S. Coast Guard

(PORTSMOUTH, Va.) — Capt. Marc Brandt was permanently relieved of duties as the commanding officer of USCGC James (WMSL 754) on Monday. Vice Adm. Kevin Lunday, commander of Coast Guard Atlantic Area, effected the permanent relief due to a loss of confidence in Brandt’s ability to command the cutter. Brandt was temporarily relieved on Aug. 26, 2022, pending the results…

08 Nov

Drillship incident leads to DP system safety alert

Rich MillerMaritime NewsU.S. Coast Guard

(WASHINGTON) — Dynamic positioning (DP) systems meeting equipment Class 2 (DP2) and equipment Class 3 (DP3) have control features and redundancies that are often regarded by the crews of vessels using these systems as infallible. A recently investigated DP incident revealed that a DP system may still have weaknesses, even when the design and testing of the system aims to…

08 Nov

Dredge crew rescues three after oyster boat burns near Galveston

Rich MillerCasualty NewsU.S. Coast Guard

(HOUSTON) — The U.S. Coast Guard and good Samaritans rescued three boaters Sunday after a vessel fire near Galveston, Texas. Coast Guard Sector Houston-Galveston command center watch standers received a report at 9:25 a.m. from the crew of Master Dylan, a dredge barge, of three people in the water near a 25-foot oyster boat that had caught fire in Galveston…

28 Oct

13 rescued after fishing vessel, boxship collide off Virginia

Rich MillerCasualty NewsU.S. Coast Guard

(PORTSMOUTH, Va.) — The U.S. Coast Guard and two good Samaritans rescued 13 people from a sinking commercial fishing vessel Friday approximately 63 miles southeast of Chincoteague, Va. Watch standers with Coast Guard Sector Virginia received a mayday call at approximately 2 a.m. from the 115-foot commercial fishing vessel Tremont, stating they were reportedly involved in a collision with the…

19 Oct

Coast Guard medevacs mariners off NOAA vessel, bulk carrier

Rich MillerCasualty NewsU.S. Coast Guard

(SAN PEDRO, Calif.) – The U.S. Coast Guard reported on Tuesday that it medically evacuated a 61-year-old man from a National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) research vessel 46 miles off Santa Maria, Calif. Coast Guard Sector Los Angeles-Long Beach watch standers received a call reporting that a crewmember aboard the NOAA vessel had sustained a head injury. The watch standers…