Regional Exam Center (REC) St. Louis has been permanently relocated from the 7th Floor to the 8th Floor of the Robert A. Young Federal Building.
Source: USCG
Link: Regional Examination Center St. Louis permanently relocates
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) and the U.S. Coast Guard are pleased to announce the recipients of the 2019 Commercial Fishing Occupational Safety Research Cooperative Agreement and Training Project Grant Program. This year’s program made nine awards totaling $5.25 million to support critical research and training projects to improve the occupational safety of workers in the high-risk commercial fishing industry.
Source: USCG
Link: Commercial Fishing Occupational Safety Research Cooperative Agreement and Training Project Grant Award Recipients named
The Coast Guard recognizes that sealift capacity is an efficient and effective means to provide relief supplies following hurricane damage. Vessels operating within the conditions outlined in their Certificate of Inspection, generally, do not need additional permission from the Coast Guard to engage in relief operations. This policy provides guidelines for Coast Guard personnel when considering requests for vessels to participate in hurricane operations.
Source: USCG
Link: Policy Letter: Guidance for vessel requests to participate in hurricane relief operations
In this post, The National Maritime Center (NMC) is providing instructions for mariners whose credentials were lost due to Hurricane Dorian.
Source: USCG
Link: Credentials Lost Due to Hurricane Dorian
While technicians work to resolve the issue, credentials may be verified by contacting the National Maritime Center directly.
Source: USCG
Link: Online mariner credential verification tool temporarily unavailable
The guidance in this Manual should assist medical practitioners, the maritime industry, individual mariners, and Coast Guard personnel in evaluating a mariner applicant’s physical and medical status to meet the requirements of the merchant mariner medical certificate. This Manual incorporates and consolidates prior guidance on the medical evaluation of merchant mariners contained in several Coast Guard documents. The Manual includes guidance on the medical certificate and related processes, including procedures for application, issuance, and cancellation of the medical certificate.
Source: USCG
Link: Merchant Mariner Medical Manual now available
The U.S. Coast Guard Marine Safety Center issued the 21st U.S. Coast Guard Ballast Water Management System Type Approval Certificate to COSCO Shipbuilding Industry Co., Ltd.
Source: USCG
Link: Marine Safety Center issues Ballast Water Management System Type Approval Certificate to COSCO Shipbuilding Industry Co., Ltd.
Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease can kill coral within weeks or months and spreads rapidly to destroy the soft tissue of many different species of coral. This MSIB reminds vessel representatives of mandatory management practices associated with the discharge of ballast water (BW) from vessels required to conduct a Ballast Water Exchange (BWE) under U.S. Regulations.
Source: USCG
Link: MSIB: Best practices to reduce transport of pathogens spreading stony coral tissue loss disease
The exercise gave participants the opportunity to discuss the capabilities, resources, and procedures required to respond to cybersecurity threat scenarios that may occur during operations in the Gulf of Mexico Outer Continental Shelf.
Source: USCG
Link: Gulf of Mexico Area Maritime Security Committee holds annual security exercise
The U.S. Coast Guard released its 2018 Recreational Boating Statistics Report Tuesday, revealing that there were 633 boating fatalities nationwide in 2018, a 3.8 percent decrease from 2017.
Source: USCG
Link: 2018 Recreational Boating Statistics Report now available