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Use of wrong materials delivers final blow to burning passenger vessel

2015 August OTW Crown Point running — The towboat Crown Point was the first West Coast vessel to obtain a Certificate of Inspection under Subchapter M. Tidewater Transportation & Terminals photo.

Coast Guard updates approved Subchapter M TPO list

BALLAST WATER INSPECTION — Petty Officer 3rd Class Kent-Erik Hedberg, Marine Safety Detachment Massena peers through a refractometer at a sample of ballast water from the motor vessel Eider, in Montreal, June 3, 2008. The U.S. Coast Guard inspects all vessels' ballast water before.

Coast Guard receives 28th application for ballast water management system type approval

Coast Guard responds to fire aboard charter vessel

Coast Guard responds to tugboats sinking — The Coast Guard has transitioned from pollution response to the investigation phase of a major marine casualty that occurred July 5 involving three towboats that sank in the Illinois River. USCG photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Alexandria Preston

Coast Guard investigating sinking of towboats

Coast Guard bulker — A U.S.-inspected Great Lakes bulker that was laid up for the winter suffered a catastrophic fire that caused major cosmetic, machinery, and structural damage. USCG image

No watchman, major fire, ship is lost

Coast Guard, local partners crack down on illegal charter boat operations — A Coast Guard crew verifes proper documentation and interview a boat operator and deckhand during a safety inspection at Monroe Harbor in Chicago, Aug. 19, 2017. Coast Guard photo/MCPO Alan Haraf

Coast Guard seeing COD delays

Coast Guard response crews recover more than 450,000 gallons of lubricant and heavy fuel oils from the Coimbra shipwreck — Crews aboard the 260'x52' ultra light intervention vessel Sheila Bordelon offload more than 450,000 gals. of oil from the Coimbra shipwreck 30 miles offshore from Shinnecock, N.Y. The Coimbra sank off the coast of Long Island after a German U-boat torped.

Over 450,000 gals. of oil recovered from NY shipwreck

Cutter Munro drugs — U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Munro (WMSL 755) crewmembers board a self-propelled semi-submersible suspected drug smuggling vessel (SPSS) June 18, 2019, while operating in international waters of the Eastern Pacific Ocean. U.S. Coast Guard image

Coast Guard cutter crew interdicts suspected drug smuggling vessel

Coast Guard prepares for Tropical Storm Barry — Members from Coast Guard Marine Safety Unit Houma and Marine Safety Unit Morgan City filled sandbags for the public to use in preparation for Tropical Storm Barry, July 11, 2019.

Coast Guard continues preparations for Tropical Storm Barry