(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…
(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,…
(WASHINGTON) — The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration (MarAd) is accepting applications from eligible and qualified institutions to apply for a Centers of Excellence (CoE) designation, which will recognize and support community or technical colleges and maritime training centers…
(HELSINKI) — Wartsila Voyage will supply two of its advanced cloud-based simulation solutions to the Massachusetts Maritime Academy (MMA) under a one-year agreement. This will allow cadets at the academy to continue receiving safe and effective navigational training, despite restrictions…
(PASCAGOULA, Miss.) — Halter Marine is creating jobs, and through its partnership with Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College (MGCCC), training the apprentices to fill them. Demonstrating its commitment to the Gulf Coast community, Halter Marine and MGCCC launched their apprenticeship…
(CASTINE, Maine) — Dr. William J. Brennan, president of Maine Maritime Academy (MMA), announced Wednesday that the college exceeded the goals of a three-year challenge from the Harold Alfond Foundation, resulting in a $750,000 grant to MMA’s Harold Alfond Engineering…
(NEW ORLEANS) — Coast Guard Sector Mobile has issued a marine safety information bulletin addressing the increase in unregulated ferry crossings within the Sector Mobile Inspection Zone. Some roads leading off of barrier islands near Pensacola, Fla., are closed due…
(LONDON) — An influential group of unions has called for ships to be detained in ports if seafarers have been on board longer than international treaties allow. Marking World Maritime Day on Sept. 24, the Nautilus Federation of 22 maritime…
(MARTINSBURG, W.Va.) — The National Maritime Center (NMC) is reopening Regional Examination Centers (RECs) Anchorage, Baltimore, Oakland, Portland, and St. Louis for limited examination services beginning Monday, Sept. 28. Additionally, with the exception of Monitoring Unit (MU) Guam, all RECs…
(STONINGTON, Conn.) — The Coast Guard Foundation, a nonprofit organization committed to strengthening the Coast Guard community and service by supporting members and families, announced today that it awarded 167 scholarships in 2020, totaling $503,000 in support. Since the program…
The Coast Guard 'will exercise flexibility' to prevent undue delays
