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Maritime Risk Symposium Focuses On Inland Waterways

November 18, 2022

Top leaders of the Coast Guard and Corps of Engineers gathered with high-level academics, researchers and waterways and port industry professionals for the 12th annual Maritime Risk Symposium on November… Read More

Buffalo Marine Towboat Is Named For A Restaurant Amelia Leonardi breaks champagne bottle to christen the mv. Jacques-Imo. (Photo by Katie Sikora courtesy of Buffalo Marine)

Amelia Leonardi breaks champagne bottle to christen the mv. Jacques-Imo. (Photo by Katie Sikora courtesy of Buffalo Marine)

Buffalo Marine Towboat Is Named For A Restaurant

November 11, 2022

Buffalo Marine Service christened the newest boat in its fleet, the Jacques-Imo, October 19. The ceremony was held at Star Fleet on the west bank of the Mississippi River with… Read More

Workshop Focuses On Subchapter M Drydockings Mark Sawyer with Marine Compliance Alliance. (Photo by Shelley Byrne)

Workshop Focuses On Subchapter M Drydockings

August 19, 2022

Nearly 160 people representing about half the vessels in the Coast Guard’s Eighth District learned more about requirements for Subchapter M credit drydock inspections and internal structural exams—and that more… Read More

New Sector Commander, Prevention Head In Sector Upper Miss Capt. Andrew Bender (right) relieves Captain Richard “Mick” Scott (left) as Sector Upper Mississippi River commander. (Photo courtesy of Coast Guard Sector Upper Mississippi River)

Capt. Andrew Bender (right) relieves Captain Richard “Mick” Scott (left) as Sector Upper Mississippi River commander. (Photo courtesy of Coast Guard Sector Upper Mississippi River)

New Sector Commander, Prevention Head In Sector Upper Miss

July 20, 2022

Several U.S. Coast Guard officers with responsibilities in Sector Upper Mississippi received promotions in a recent change of command ceremony. Capt. Andrew Bender relieved Capt. Richard “Mick” Scott as Commander… Read More

Waterway Users Prepare For Busy Hurricane Season NOAA forecasts that there is a 65 percent chance of an above-normal hurricane season in the Atlantic.

NOAA forecasts that there is a 65 percent chance of an above-normal hurricane season in the Atlantic.

Waterway Users Prepare For Busy Hurricane Season

May 26, 2022

Waterway stakeholders from across the Gulf Coast region gathered in New Orleans May 26 at the Port of New Orleans’ headquarters to discuss the 2022 Atlantic hurricane season forecast from… Read More

GNOBFA Seminar Returns To New Orleans Rear Adm. Rich Timme gave the keynote address at the recent GNOBFA seminar in New Orleans. (Photo by David Murray)

Rear Adm. Rich Timme gave the keynote address at the recent GNOBFA seminar in New Orleans. (Photo by David Murray)

GNOBFA Seminar Returns To New Orleans

May 6, 2022

The 38th annual seminar of the Greater News Orleans Barge Fleeting Association—which one public relations executive calls “the Super Bowl of marine insurance”—was held live April 26-29 in New Orleans,… Read More

Coast Guard Foundation Recognizes Sector Nola For Hurricane Ida Response

April 20, 2022

The Coast Guard Foundation held its annual tribute to the Eighth Coast Guard District March 11 at the National WWII Museum in New Orleans. During the event, the foundation honored… Read More

Coast Guard Helps New Orleans Celebrate Mardi Gras Rear Adm. Richard Timme, commander of the Eighth Coast Guard District, shakes hands with Randolph “Rudy” Davis, the 2022 King of the Zulu Social Aid and Pleasure Club, aboard the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Barbara Mabrity on Lundi Gras, February 28, in New Orleans. (Photo by Frank McCormack)

Rear Adm. Richard Timme, commander of the Eighth Coast Guard District, shakes hands with Randolph “Rudy” Davis, the 2022 King of the Zulu Social Aid and Pleasure Club, aboard the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Barbara Mabrity on Lundi Gras, February 28, in New Orleans. (Photo by Frank McCormack)

Coast Guard Helps New Orleans Celebrate Mardi Gras

March 13, 2022

Each year, the Coast Guard participates in a New Orleans Carnival tradition by transporting the King of Zulu and his entourage from the Port of New Orleans administrative building to… Read More

‘Watch Change’ Highlights GICA Seminar Paul Dittman, left, and Jim Stark, both former Coast Guard captains, are the incoming and outgoing, respectively, presidents of the Gulf Intracoastal Canal Association. (Photo by Frank McCormack)

Paul Dittman, left, and Jim Stark, both former Coast Guard captains, are the incoming and outgoing, respectively, presidents of the Gulf Intracoastal Canal Association. (Photo by Frank McCormack)

‘Watch Change’ Highlights GICA Seminar

August 13, 2021

After meeting virtually in 2020, members of the Gulf Intracoastal Canal Association (GICA) and stakeholders of the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (GIWW) gathered in New Orleans August 4–6 for the organization’s… Read More

Timme Installed As Commander Of Eighth District, Nadeau Retires Adm. Karl Schultz (center) congratulates Rear Adm. John Nadeau (right) upon Nadeau’s retirement from the Coast Guard June 25. Rear Adm. Richard Timme, who relieved Nadeau as commander of the Eighth Coast Guard District, looks on. (Photo by Frank McCormack)

Adm. Karl Schultz (center) congratulates Rear Adm. John Nadeau (right) upon Nadeau’s retirement from the Coast Guard June 25. Rear Adm. Richard Timme, who relieved Nadeau as commander of the Eighth Coast Guard District, looks on. (Photo by Frank McCormack)

Timme Installed As Commander Of Eighth District, Nadeau Retires

July 2, 2021

The Eighth Coast Guard District held successive ceremonies June 25, with the first installing a new commander to lead the Heartland region and the second marking the start of a… Read More