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5/9/2016: Information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget – Maritime transportation system recovery essential elements of information
Maritime CommonsMonday, May 9, 2016 - 8:56 AM
The Coast Guard seeks comment on the approval of a new collection on maritime transportation system recovery essential elements of information. [ Read Full Article ]
5/9/2016: Information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget – Marine occupational health and safety standards for Benzene
Maritime CommonsMonday, May 9, 2016 - 8:49 AM
The Coast Guard seeks comment on the extension of a currently approved collection for marine occupational health and safety standards for benzene - 46 CFR 197 Subpart C. [ Read Full Article ]
5/9/2016: Information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget – Waterfront facilities handling liquefied natural gas and liquefied hazardous gas
Maritime CommonsMonday, May 9, 2016 - 8:40 AM
The Coast Guard seeks comment on the approval to a revision of a currently approved collection on waterfront facilities handling liquefied natural gas (LNG) and liquefied hazardous gas (LHG). [ Read Full Article ]
5/6/2016: Security update – Foreign vessels
Maritime CommonsFriday, May 6, 2016 - 6:01 PM
The Coast Guard’s Office of Commercial Vessel Compliance posted updates to the vessel security website. [ Read Full Article ]
5/6/2016: Safety update – Foreign vessels
Maritime CommonsFriday, May 6, 2016 - 5:59 PM
The Coast Guard’s Office of Commercial Vessel Compliance Port State Control updates to the vessel safety website. [ Read Full Article ]
5/3/2016: Collection of information under review by the Office of Management and Budget – various international agreement pollution prevention certificates and equivalency documents
Maritime CommonsTuesday, May 3, 2016 - 7:35 AM
The Coast Guard seeks comment on the reinstatement, with change, of a previous collection for various international agreement pollution prevention certificates and documents, and equivalency documents. [ Read Full Article ]
4/29/2016: Final reminder – discontinued ballast water reporting form
Maritime CommonsFriday, April 29, 2016 - 1:26 PM
The Coast Guard expects vessel owners and operators of vessels equipped with ballast water tanks and bound for ports or places in the United States to use the new form starting on May 1, 2016. [ Read Full Article ]
4/29/2016: Coast Guard works on hydrogen fuel cell high-speed passenger ferry
Maritime CommonsFriday, April 29, 2016 - 11:12 AM
The U.S. Coast Guard is working with Red and White Fleet, Sandia National Laboratories, MARAD, ABS, and Elliott Bay Design Group to examine the technical and regulatory aspects of building and operating a high-speed hydrogen fuel cell passenger ferry and hydrogen refueling station in San Francisco. [ Read Full Article ]
4/29/2016: Merchant Mariner Personnel Advisory Committee working group
Maritime CommonsFriday, April 29, 2016 - 8:27 AM
The Coast Guard published a notice announcing an upcoming Merchant Mariner Personnel Advisory Committee working group meeting. The working group will meet to discuss Task Statement 30, which asks the committee to evaluate utilizing military education, training, and assessment to satisfy national [ Read Full Article ]
4/28/2016: Additional information on Coast Guard determinations about container weight requirements, verified gross mass
Maritime CommonsThursday, April 28, 2016 - 3:45 PM
Today, the Coast Guard filed an equivalency with the International Maritime Organization, and released a marine safety information bulletin that provides additional information on the Coast Guard’s determinations about container weight requirements found in the International Convention for the [ Read Full Article ]