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S&T, USCG, Ocean Aero, CNSP, NRL, ARL, HSSEDI, and USM’s evaluation team monitors a Triton autonomous vessel during performance testing. DHS photo

Autonomous vessels can help the Coast Guard safeguard our waters

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A team from the U.S. Coast Guard Academy participated in the National Security Agency’s 20th annual National Cyber Exercise (NCX) April 8-10, 2021, a three-day cyber competition that tests the offensive and defensive cybersecurity skills virtually. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Hunter Medley)

Cyber hygiene: The first line of defense

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USCG conducts passenger vessel inspections in Long Beach harbor — A Coast Guard vessel inspector examines a passenger vessel's operational, mechanical, and safety systems during an annual inspection in Long Beach, Calif., in 2016. Coast Guard photo

Coast Guard vessel inspection: Value in the old ways

Capt. Alan Bernstein

Loading of the first commissioning cargo at Cheniere Energy's Sabine Pass LNG Terminal in Louisiana, February 2016. Cheniere Energy Photo.

Natural gas exclusion challenged

Jim Redden

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New bill might help maritime claimants

John K. Fulweiler

Perdido-Platform-GOM-Shell — Shell's deepwater Perdido platform in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico. Shell photo.

Oil rises on supply tightness

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Sample-mariner-credential-USCG — A sample mariner credential. USCG image.

Military to Mariner credentialing program helps veterans capitalize on experience

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An April engine room fire sidelined Washington State Ferries’ 460’2”x90’x17’3” Wenatchee which was undergoing sea trials with rebuilt engines. Washington State Ferries photo.

Use lists for safety

Chris Richmond

Tug-underway-night-CC-Guian-Bolisay. — A tug underway at night. Creative Commons photo by Guian Bolisay.

Flying blind — Part II

Joel Milton

Olympus, Shell’s seventh, and largest, floating deepwater platform in the Gulf of Mexico. Shell photo

Weather hammers offshore energy in September

Jim Redden

Wilderness Adventurer crew bow wearing masks — Crew of the Wilderness Adventurer wear masks during its August 2020 Alaska cruise that was cut short. UnCruise Adventures photo

More Covid confusion

Capt. Alan Bernstein

Olympus, Shell’s seventh, and largest, floating deepwater platform in the Gulf of Mexico. Shell photo

Oil strong amid U.S. stocks draw and supply tightness

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Who caused your injury?

Tim Akpinar