Coast Guard announces publication of Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers final rule in the Federal Register

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Coast Guard announced Tuesday the publication of the final rule “Implementation of the Amendments to the International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers, 1978, and Changes to National Endorsements” in the Federal Register.
This final rule will implement the International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification...
Coast Guard Cutter Dependable returns home from 29-day patrol

CAPE MAY, N.J. – The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Dependable returned to homeport in Cape May Monday at 11:30 a.m.
During the 29-day patrol, Dependable was tasked with enforcing marine wildlife protection laws, as well as fisheries and safety regulations, completing more than 20 boardings of commercial fishing vessels.
Throughout the patrol, when not conducting boardings, the crew enhanced...
Fireside volunteers take in Coast Guard recruits for Christmas

CAPE MAY, N.J. – The Coast Guard and American Red Cross will place more than 200 Coast Guard recruits with several dozen South Jersey families for Christmas as part of Operation Fireside Wednesday at 11:30 a.m.
Thousands of recruits have spent Christmas with hundreds of volunteers from South Jersey since the Operation Fireside program was established in 1981. It allows recruits to celebrate the...
Coast Guard medevacs woman from cruise ship Grandeur of the Seas

PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The Coast Guard medevaced a 56-year-old woman Monday from a cruise ship approximately 225 miles southeast of the Bahamas.
Personnel aboard the 915-foot cruise ship Grandeur of the Seas notified watchstanders at the Fifth District Command Center at approximately 10 p.m. Sunday stating the woman was is medical distress.
Coast Guard watchstanders arranged for a rendezvous with the...
Coast Guard advises holiday season boating safety

NEW ORLEANS — The Coast Guard advises the public to exercise safe boating practices this holiday season as changing weather presents hazards on the Gulf Coast and inland rivers.
All mariners, rivermen and water enthusiasts are advised to increase their awareness to the dangers of hypothermia, as freezing temperatures are forecasted on the northern parts of the Mississippi, Ohio and Illinois rivers....
Coast Guard searches for six Cuban migrants aboard overdue zodiac boat in the Caribbean Sea

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Coast Guard rescue crews are searching Monday for possible survivors of an overdue illegal migrant zodiac boat reportedly transporting a group of six Cuban nationals from the Dominican Republic to Puerto Rico.
Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector San Juan received multiple phone calls Saturday from one of the overdue migrant’s family member, who reportedly resides in...