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AIS operational changes — Part I

5/29/2013

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TY Offshore takes on equity partner

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Coast Guard weapons training in the Dominican

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Coast Guard responds to cruise ship fire

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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.   Continued »

 

Bisso Marine buys three barges

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New NOAA report examines national oil pollution threat from shipwrecks

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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.   Continued »

 
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2013 state of the Coast Guard Address

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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.     Continued »

 
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