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6/20/2018: Coast Guard-Passenger Vessel Association Quality Partnership Meeting recap
Maritime CommonsWednesday, June 20, 2018 - 8:00 AM
The Coast Guard and the Passenger Vessel Association held their bi-annual Quality Partnership Meeting last month to discuss safety issues and other topics affecting the professional passenger vessel industry. The Coast Guard/PVA partnership was established in 1996 as a non-regulatory mechanism for [ Read Full Article ]
6/20/2018: Posidonia 2018 – Ballast water management regulations, global trends in the 21st Century
Maritime CommonsWednesday, June 20, 2018 - 8:00 AM
In part three of our Posidonia series, we share a condensed version of Rear Adm. John Nadeau's remarks given during a conference jointly sponsored by the American Hellenic Chamber of Commerce, North American Marine Environment Protection Association, and the International Propeller Club in Port of [ Read Full Article ]
6/19/2018: Marine Safety Alert – A PFD that’s unwearable makes an emergency situation worse
Maritime CommonsTuesday, June 19, 2018 - 9:45 AM
The Office of Investigations and Analysis released Marine Safety Alert 11-18 to raise awareness of potentially
dangerous circumstance involving Personal Flotation Devices. During several inspections involving different vessels, Coast Guard personnel discovered a significant number (>100) of [ Read Full Article ]
6/19/2018: Posidonia 2018 – Role of the Regulator
Maritime CommonsTuesday, June 19, 2018 - 8:00 AM
In part two of our series covering Coast Guard participation in Posidonia this month, Rear Adm. John Nadeau continues his discussion at the Hellenic Marine Environment Protection Association’s conference on air emissions, shifting to the role of the regulator in the fast-past and ever-changing [ Read Full Article ]
6/18/2018: Posidonia 2018 – Coast Guard perspective on IMO 2020 Sulphur Cap
Maritime CommonsMonday, June 18, 2018 - 8:00 AM
Rear Adm. John Nadeau, assistant commandant for prevention policy, represented the U.S. Coast Guard at the Posidonia international shipping conference in Athens, Greece earlier this month and participated in several panel discussions on topics relevant to the international maritime community. This [ Read Full Article ]
6/15/2018: Marine Safety Center issues ballast water management system type approval certificate to Samsung Heavy Industries Co., Ltd.
Maritime CommonsFriday, June 15, 2018 - 1:30 PM
The treatment principle of the Samsung Purimar BWMS consists of filtration with electrolysis during uptake and neutralization at discharge. This approval covers models with maximum treatment rated capacities between 250 m3/h and 10,000 m3/h.
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6/15/2018: 2017 Area Maritime Security Committee of the Year announced
Maritime CommonsFriday, June 15, 2018 - 7:00 AM
The Coast Guard congratulates the Charleston Area Maritime Security Committee as the recipient of the 2017 AMSC of the Year award. The award is based on outstanding achievements and contributions in safeguarding the Marine Transportation System, including port areas, adjacent waterways, coastal and [ Read Full Article ]
6/14/2018: Maritime Commons launches official LinkedIn page
Maritime CommonsThursday, June 14, 2018 - 11:07 AM
We have launched an official Showcase Page on the Coast Guard’s enterprise LinkedIn account as another opportunity for us to communicate with you, the maritime professional, on the latest Coast Guard issues and topics that affect you. [ Read Full Article ]
6/14/2018: Autonomous vessels key point of discussion at IMO
Maritime CommonsThursday, June 14, 2018 - 7:05 AM
Last year at MSC 98, the IMO agreed to initiate a scoping exercise to assess how adequate the existing international conventions, such as SOLAS, would address advances in autonomy. At MSC 99, discussions focused heavily on how to conduct the scoping exercise and initiated efforts to better inform [ Read Full Article ]
6/13/2018: Recording of Subchapter M webinar available online
Maritime CommonsWednesday, June 13, 2018 - 8:23 AM
Coast Guard members from the Office of Commercial Vessel Compliance were recently invited to participate in an American Waterways Operators webinar aimed at helping towing vessel owners and operators better understand the process of obtaining Certificates of Inspection under Subchapter M [ Read Full Article ]