The Coast Guard formally commissioned a new station August 3 in St. Louis at Upper Mississippi River Mile 176. Presiding over the ceremony was Capt. Richard Scott, Sector Upper Mississippi River… Read More
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The United States Coast Guard celebrated its 231st birthday August 4. On that date in 1790, the first Congress authorized Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton to build 10 revenue… Read More
A group of Amish tourists waiting for the St. Louis Arch Museum to open looked on as 70 team members from the U.S. Coast Guard Sector Upper Mississippi, local police… Read More
Last month, Jim Stark marked his 11th anniversary at the helm of the Gulf Intracoastal Canal Association (GICA), the trade organization that represents stakeholders and operators of the Gulf Intracoastal… Read More
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has released its Marine Accident Brief detailing the investigation into the August 19, 2020, allision of the mv. Old Glory, which was pushing a… Read More
The Coast Guard celebrates an anniversary this July that is significant for merchant mariners. It was on July 16, 1946, that the Bureau of Marine Inspection and Navigation, which had… Read More
Washington, D.C.—Ports and waterways would receive $16 billion as part of a $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure deal reached by the White House and a small group of Republican and Democratic… Read More
In the latest sign that the COVID-19 pandemic is easing as vaccination spreads, the U.S. Coast Guard, pursuant to an updated Centers for Disease Control policy announced June 10, is… Read More
A Coast Guard change of command ceremony is a special and serious occasion, but as MSU Paducah Commander Luis Carmona stepped aside for incoming Commander Jennifer Andrew, there were also… Read More
The Gulf Coast Inland Waterways Joint Hurricane Team (JHT), made up of leaders from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. Coast Guard, National Weather Service and commercial maritime operators,… Read More
