Coast Guard

seedling-1062908_1920 — The use of marijuana is still illegal as far as the federal government is concerned. Pixabay photo

Positive marijuana test can jeopardize career, Coast Guard warns

Dale K. DuPont

Transocean rig — A Transocean drilling rig. Transocean photo

Confined spaces: Silent and invisible killers

U.S. Coast Guard

De Jeanne Maria — The DeJeanne Maria sank after striking a submerged object in the Lower Mississippi River near Venice, La., April 15, 2019. Denet Towing Service photo

Crew escapes Louisiana towboat sinking

WorkBoat Staff

Dredge Brunswick — A crewmember from the dredge Brunswick was missing after a workboat capsized at Charleston, S.C. Southern Dredging photo

Body of crewmember recovered after workboat capsizes in Charleston harbor

Kirk Moore

Coast Guard Recruits-calling-a-cadence — Coast Guard recruits calling a cadence. Coast Guard photo.

Coast Guard still recovering from government shutdown

Pamela Glass

Legislation introduced to improve duck boat safety

David Krapf

Dublin Express by Shipspotting — The containership Dublin Express may have leaked up to 100,000 gals. of fuel oil during a recent transit off the U.S. East Coast, Coast Guard officials said. Shipspotting.com photo

Containership may have leaked 100,000 gals. of oil along East Coast

Kirk Moore

rsz_potomac_image_1 — New 88' ferries run around Washington, D.C. The Coast Guard is surveying mariners for a waterways analysis of the Upper Potomac River. Metal Shark photo

Coast Guard wants mariners’ input for Potomac River study

Kirk Moore

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: A new approach to vessel inspections

Pamela Glass

Missouri Airmen protect local communities during flooding — U.S. Airmen assigned to the 139th Airlift Wing, Missouri Air National Guard, pick up trash along a levee, after laying a half-mile of sandbags for addition reinforcement along the Missouri River, in Elwood, Kan., on March 23, 2019. (U.S. Air National Guar

Missouri River safety zone established

WorkBoat Staff

Coast Guard halts 4 more weekend illegal charters in Miami area — Two pontoon boats at Haulover Inlet, Fla., were boarded by the Coast Guard and their voyages terminated as illegal charters March 31, 2019. Coast Guard photo.

Coast Guard ties up more Florida illegal charters

Kirk Moore