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Ballast-Water-Discharge — A vessel discharging ballast water. Photo: Maritime Environmental Resource Center.

Coast Guard issues final rule on ballast water reporting

Diamon Offshore — Photo courtesy of Diamond Offshore

Coast Guard withdraws proposed OCS rule

Towboat-Ingram-Miss-River — A towboat on the Mississippi River at Dubuque, Iowa. Subchapter M has established towing vessel safety regulations for the first time. Creative Commons photo by D. Michael Burns.

Subchapter M passes its first deadline

Coast Guard cold water safety event — WCVB TV meteorologist Cindy Fitzgibbons receives kayaking lessons and boating safety tips from pro kayaker Kevin N. Horner during a cold water safety event hosted by Coast Guard Station Boston in 2015. USCG photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class LaNola Stone.

Summer is coming — paddle responsibly

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.

Clarification on the ballast water management extension program

USCGC Polar Star icebreaking operations off of Antarctica — The Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star cuts through Antarctic ice in the Ross Sea near a large group of seals as the ship

Everything you always wanted to know about icebreaking

OPM deals with cybersecurity breach — U.S. Army graphic.

Developing a basic cyber risk strategy may be easier than you think