Weeks flagship dredge builds its name on Jersey shore
The winter of 2018 saw…
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Canada implements new marine navigation safety regulations
(OTTAWA) — The government of Canada has reached another milestone in its commitment to keep improving the safety of Canada’s transportation sector by modernizing legislation and regulations. Minister of Transport Marc Garneau on Friday announced that the government of Canada…
America’s sole heavy icebreaker to deploy to Arctic this winter
(ALAMEDA, Calif.) — The U.S. Coast Guard cutter Polar Star (WAGB 10) will deploy to the Arctic this winter to help protect the nation’s maritime sovereignty and security in the region. The United States is an Arctic nation, and the…
Coast Guard proposes 4 percent increase in US Great Lakes pilotage rates
(WASHINGTON) — The U.S. Coast Guard on Tuesday published a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) in the Federal Register outlining pilotage rates for the U.S. Great Lakes pilotage system for the 2021 shipping season. The service has requested public comment…
Four charged in $200,000 Coast Guard credentialing scheme
(NORFOLK, Va.) — Four individuals have been charged for their respective roles in a conspiracy to sell phony U.S. Coast Guard merchant mariner credentials in Norfolk. According to allegations in the unsealed indictment, Lamont Godfrey, 42, of Portsmouth, Eugene Johnson,…
