The U.S. Coast Guard announced Port Houston’s port authority as one of the winners of its 2018 Rear Adm. Richard E. Bennis Award for Excellence in Maritime Security on… Read More
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The Coast Guard’s offshore patrol cutter. Schoellhorn-Albrecht has been awarded a subcontract from Eastern Shipbuilding Group for the design and manufacture of a wide variety of equipment for… Read More
This week’s issue contains a story about a good example of regulatory overreach. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) was sharply admonished by one of its own administrative law… Read More
Born and raised in Youngstown, Ohio, William “Bill” Kline has spent most of his life serving the maritime industry in one way or another. Sworn in to the Coast… Read More
As a key deadline for Subchapter M draws near this July, the latest item of concern for the towing industry is the possibility of random audits. The Coast… Read More
Providing firm evidence of changing practices and the spread of safety culture throughout towing companies, safety statistics recently released by the U.S. Coast Guard show a dramatic decrease in… Read More
The Mississippi Valley Trade & Transport Council (MVTTC), in tandem with The Coal Institute, held its 36th annual World Trade & Transport Conference February 8 in New Orleans, La.,… Read More
The Coast Guard, West Virginia and Kentucky Departments of Environmental Protection began salvage operations with the sunken vessel Gate City near Mile 8 on the Big Sandy River at… Read More
Mv. George King ablaze. (Photo courtesy of U.S. Coast Guard) The mv. George King, a towboat in Marquette Transportation Company’s fleet, caught fire January 24 at Mile… Read More
On January 24, just as this Subchapter M-themed special issue was going to press, the Coast Guard’s Eighth District’s Inspections and Investigations Division released a policy letter addressing several… Read More
