The Marine Compliance Alliance, an association of inland marine compliance professionals focused on sharing lessons learned and best practices, while also serving as a unified voice on behalf of… Read More
Subchapter M
Ripple Operations has debuted a suite of software purpose-built for the inland marine industry that works both online and offline so that limited internet connectivity is not a problem. Read More
With the Coast Guard’s Subchapter M requirements for certificates of inspection fully in effect, companies are now taking a closer look at required credit drydock inspections and internal structural… Read More
Winter is coming, in more ways than one, and it will have resounding impact on the inland marine industry. Subchapter M has come into full force as… Read More
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… Read More
Campbell Transportation Company’s Georgetown Shipyard in Pennsylvania has begun its first drydock internal structural exam (ISE), one of the first few that have begun in the country under the… Read More
Washington, D.C.—The House approved its first fiscal year 2023 appropriations measure that included funding for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the Maritime Administration and a number of other… Read More
Now that the final Subchapter M documentation deadline of July 19 is upon the towing industry, the next phase is the drydock/internal structural examination. There have been rumors… Read More
July 19 marks the “final” deadline for all inland vessels to have certificates of inspection documenting their compliance with Subchapter M. The reason we put “final” in quotation marks… Read More
The Coast Guard will no longer charge inspection fees for towing vessels using the Towing Safety Management System (TSMS) option for documenting Subchapter M compliance. The Coast Guard… Read More
