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6/14/2018: Maritime Commons launches official LinkedIn page
Maritime CommonsThursday, June 14, 2018 - 11:07 AM
We have launched an official Showcase Page on the Coast Guard’s enterprise LinkedIn account as another opportunity for us to communicate with you, the maritime professional, on the latest Coast Guard issues and topics that affect you. [ Read Full Article ]
Bryant’s Maritime Blog – 14 June 2018
Bryant's Maritime ConsultingThursday, June 14, 2018 - 8:02 AM
Headlines:
USCG – Subchapter M webinar;
USCG NMVC – new workbook versions;
Long Island – wreck of WWII tanker to be assessed;
MARAD – National Maritime Workforce Conference;
Antarctic – ice losses triple since 2012;
House – bill introduced re right whale conservation;
Court – unpaid bunker [ Read Full Article ]
6/14/2018: Autonomous vessels key point of discussion at IMO
Maritime CommonsThursday, June 14, 2018 - 7:05 AM
Last year at MSC 98, the IMO agreed to initiate a scoping exercise to assess how adequate the existing international conventions, such as SOLAS, would address advances in autonomy. At MSC 99, discussions focused heavily on how to conduct the scoping exercise and initiated efforts to better inform [ Read Full Article ]
6/13/2018: Recording of Subchapter M webinar available online
Maritime CommonsWednesday, June 13, 2018 - 8:23 AM
Coast Guard members from the Office of Commercial Vessel Compliance were recently invited to participate in an American Waterways Operators webinar aimed at helping towing vessel owners and operators better understand the process of obtaining Certificates of Inspection under Subchapter M [ Read Full Article ]
6/13/2018: Updated Notice of Arrival/Departure workbooks released
Maritime CommonsWednesday, June 13, 2018 - 7:38 AM
Notices of Arrival/Departure Workbook Version 7.5.1 and Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Notice of Arrival Workbook 1.5.1 are now available on NVMC's. These updated versions provide corrections for the display of ports when the country of Georgia is selected. The official XLS workbooks are provided as [ Read Full Article ]
Bryant’s Maritime Blog – 13 June 2018
Bryant's Maritime ConsultingWednesday, June 13, 2018 - 7:14 AM
Headlines:
Chicago – rescue in heavy fog;
Senate – bill introduced re transportation infrastructure assessment;
EC – €6.14 billion fund proposed for maritime economy;
Indian Ocean – counter-piracy exercise; and
UK – OSRO accreditation.
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Bryant’s Maritime Blog – 12 June 2018
Bryant's Maritime ConsultingTuesday, June 12, 2018 - 6:27 AM
Headlines:
USCG – ITV International Addendum;
USCG – towing vessel particulars;
USCG – slop tanks and H2S gas;
USCG – dangerous slides;
USCG – contaminated fuel oil bunkers;
NISC – meeting on 19 July;
EC – Brexit preparedness notices;
Australia – ship banned for three months;
Australia – [ Read Full Article ]
6/11/2018: Three Marine Safety Alerts – High levels of hydrogen sulfide gas; water slides aboard commercial vessels; Gulf Coast vessels and blended fuel oils
Maritime CommonsMonday, June 11, 2018 - 1:57 PM
The Office of Investigations and Analysis issued three Marine Safety Alerts to warn mariners of several potentially dangerous conditions that owners, operators, and captains should be on the lookout for onboard their vessels.
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6/11/2018: Proposed amendments to marine radar observer refresher training regulations
Maritime CommonsMonday, June 11, 2018 - 8:14 AM
The Coast Guard announced in the Federal Register a proposal to revise its merchant mariner credentialing regulations to remove obsolete portions of the radar observer requirements and harmonize the radar observer endorsement with the merchant mariner credential. [ Read Full Article ]
Bryant’s Maritime Blog – 11 June 2018
Bryant's Maritime ConsultingMonday, June 11, 2018 - 6:27 AM
Headlines:
USCG – radar observer refresher training;
USCG – MTS cyber awareness webinar;
USCG – ASP workshop;
DHS – semiannual regulatory agenda;
BOEM – Atlantic OCS renewable energy leasing;
House – hearing on maritime transportation in the Arctic;
House – bill introduced re right whale [ Read Full Article ]