Coast Guard ensures compliance and port security in Guam
A U.S. Coast Guard Forces Micronesia Sector Guam team conducts a port state control examination on the 472-foot Singapore-flagged commercial cargo vessel Kota Raja in the Port of Guam on June 15, 2023. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Chief Warrant Officer Sara Muir)
SANTA RITA, Guam — On June 15, 2023, a U.S. Coast Guard Forces Micronesia/Sector Guam team conducted a port state control examination on...
Fire at sea: Wake-up call averts a mariner’s nightmare
Story by Petty Officer 2nd Class Barry Bena
On the evening of July 27, 2015, while much of the public attention was focused on thousands of firefighters battling wildfires in the western United States, the crew of a 738-foot Maltese bulk freighter fought a fire in the engine room of their ship some 120 miles off the coast of California. When one of the generators onboard the motor vessel Maribella...
