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Coast Guard Proposes New Safety Management System
by Matthew D. Shaffer on August 18, 2011
The Coast Guard published plans to implement a new inspection process for towing vessels last week. In the 76th volume of the Federal Register released on August 11, the Coast Guard posted their proposed rules. They plan to finalize the regulations in four public meetings this fall. The new system will have two options for obtaining safety ce...
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Liftboat Capsizes After Waterspouts Strike
by Dennis M. McElwee on October 06, 2011
A Hercules Offshore liftboat that was struck by several waterspouts capsized in the Gulf of Mexico off Louisiana on Friday evening. Five crewmembers aboard the Starfish vessel were evacuated and rescued at sea shortly after the capsizing. They were treated for minor injuries at hospital in Houma, Louisiana, and released. The vessel, a 140-clas...
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Focus on Piracy on World Maritime Day
by Matthew D. Shaffer on October 26, 2011
The international maritime community marked September 1 as World Maritime Day. This year, the focus was on eradicating piracy. According to the US Coast Guard, maritime piracy now costs the world economy between $7 billion and $12 billion a year. Staggering as those numbers are, the human costs of piracy are far greater. This World Maritime Da...
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Coast Guard Rescues More Than Two Dozen Passengers From Duck Boat Fire
by Dennis M. McElwee on February 14, 2012
More than two dozen passengers on a duck boat off California were rescued after a fire broke out on the vessel. According to the Coast Guard, it received a call over VHF-FM channel 16 on Saturday that a fire had broken out on the boat near McCovey Cove in California. The Coast Guard was able to reach the scene of the accident in the evening. Th...
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Injuries Reported in Maritime Accident Near Sabine Jetties
by Dennis M. McElwee on April 23, 2012
Several crew members were reported injured after a vessel ran aground near the Sabine Jetties near Port Arthur, Texas, recently. According to the Coast Guard, its officers from Sector Houston-Galveston were asked to respond to the site of the grounded vessel. The MV Ms. Pearl ran aground on the west side of the Sabine Jetties. There were four c...
