Some of the Coast Guard teams that work along the inland waterway system and in security its ports are being centralized under the agency’s new Special Missions Command, which… Read More
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This issue, focusing on the often overlooked barge fleeting sector, highlights the role of the Greater New Orleans Barge Fleeting Association. A generation of founders and leaders of GNOBFA… Read More
More than 130 people tuned into PIANC USA’s “Sustainable Practices for Navigable Waterways” webinar March 25. The free webinar is the first offered in 2026 by the United States’ chapter… Read More
The National Maritime Center (NMC) announced it began issuing medical certificates electronically via email effective April 1, providing mariners immediate access to their certificates. The new system brought about the… Read More
The U.S. Coast Guard received a report around 5 p.m. March 23 of a collision between two deep-draft vessels near Mile 124 on the Lower Mississippi River. The collision occurred… Read More
The National Maritime Center (NMC) has announced plans to begin issuing medical certificates electronically by email beginning April 1. The NMC says the change will improve delivery speed, reliability and… Read More
Newly sworn-in Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin identified his first priority as getting his agency funded, which would end the weeks-old partial government shutdown at the Department of Homeland Security… Read More
On March 6, Birdon America Inc. hosted senior leaders from the U.S. Coast Guard, industry partners, local officials and members of the community for the Waterways Commerce Cutter (WCC) Keel… Read More
The U.S. Coast Guard will open a new training center at the site of the former Birmingham-Southern College, located in the Bush Hills neighborhood of Birmingham, Ala. The United Methodist… Read More
Joseph Powell didn’t set out to become an educator. However, as security manager at the Port of Pascagoula, he’s become an advocate for maritime workforce development—taking a program designed for… Read More


