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By Joel Milton
5/29/2013
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AIS operational changes — Part I
By Joel Milton
That black box on your dashboard has a purpose beyond bracing your coffee cup from toppling over and spilling. It’s called the Automatic Identification System (AIS). And again, operational changes are in the air for AIS.
Specifically, the U.S. Coast Gua
By Joel Milton
5/29/2013
Being prepared for hurricane season.
By Gene McKeever
5/28/2013
It’s the time
of the year to reinforce safety.
5/28/2013
TY Offshore and Trinity Yachts have taken on a new investment partner and plans to expand its Gulfport, Miss., operation.
5/28/2013
U.S. Coast Guard Chief Petty Officer Asad Hussain trained members of the Dominican Republic Coast Guard in a M2 .50 caliber weapon gunnery exercise.
5/28/2013
The Coast Guard responded early Monday morning to a fire aboard the 917-foot cruise ship Royal Caribbean Grandeur of the Seas off the coast of the Bahamas.
5/27/2013
Bisso Marine purchases three offshore barges.
5/23/2013
Coast Guard commandant, Adm. Robert J. Papp Jr., unveiled the Coast Guard’s
Arctic strategy on Tuesday.
5/23/2013
NOAA
presented a report to the U.S. Coast Guard this week that shows 36 sunken
vessels scattered across the U.S. seafloor that could pose an oil pollution threat.
5/23/2013
2013 state of the Coast Guard address
Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Bob Papp delivered the 2013 State of the Coast Guard Address at the National War College’s Lincoln Auditorium at Fort Lesley J. McNair in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 27, 2013.
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