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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

U.S. Coast Guard

Bar Fly — SEATTLE - The barge Bar Fly sits partially submerged and surrounded by containment boom near La Push, Wash., in the Quillayute River Feb. 23, 2010. The barge sank after being hung up on its anchor and taking on water. Three people were rescued by Station.

Do your part to support marine casualty reporting changes

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racine_locks_dam_usace — Racine Locks and Dam. Undated USACE photo.

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Ohio River reopened after barge breakaway, allision

Ashley Herriman

national-security-cutter-3-stratton-800x560 — Coast Guard cutter Stratton, the third in the National Security Cutter class, during sea trials. USCG photo.

Proposed budget would cut Coast Guard 14%

Kirk Moore

Coast Guard offloads in Puerto Rico over $125 million dollars worth of seized cocaine — The Coast Guard offloaded 4.2 tons of seized cocaine, worth an estimated $125 million, at Coast Guard Sector San Juan. The crew of the Coast Guard cutter Joseph Napier seized the drugs and four Guyanese smugglers on fishing vessel, Lady Michelle, in inter

Coast Guard scores record Atlantic cocaine seizure

Kirk Moore

Polar Star escorts resupply vessel — The tanker Maersk Peary lines up with the Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star as they prepare to be escorted to the National Science Foundation

Coast Guard awards $20 million for icebreaker studies

Kirk Moore

Coast Guard 1st District cutters head to Naval Station Newport for the 2016 Cutter Roundup — NEWPORT, Rhode Island - Several Coast Guard Cutters sit at the pier at Naval Station Newport in Rhode Island on Oct. 25, 2016, during the 1st District Cutter Roundup held in Newport, Rhode Island. The roundup allows crews of cutters located from New Jers.

Transfer the Coast Guard to the Defense Department?

Pamela Glass

Coast Guard rescues lift boat crewmembers — Coast Guard Sector New Orleans received a distress call from the lift boat, Superior Trust, near Southwest Pass, Louisiana, Feb. 15, 2017. Coast Guard photo)

Four crew rescued in Louisiana liftboat mishap

Kirk Moore

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

U.S. Coast Guard

USCG Station Crisfield integral part of small, fishing community — A drafting compass is seen on a nautical chart at Coast Guard Station Crisfield, Crisfield, Md., Aug. 4, 2013. Station crew members use the tool to plot positions on the chart for Coast Guard missions. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Li.

Is the U.S. maritime industry ready for digital charting?

WorkBoat Staff

Kamokuna ocean entry — Kamokuna ocean entry of lava from Hawaii's Kilauea volcano. USGS photo.

Illegal charters offer volcano tourists a hot time

Kirk Moore