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...
Coast Guard welcomes first cruise ships since COVID to Guam
A Sector Boarding Team and marine inspectors from U.S. Coast Guard Forces Micronesia/Sector Guam attend the 633-foot Bahamas-flagged MS Amadea following its arrival to Guam on Feb. 24, 2023. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Chief Warrant Officer Sara Muir)
SANTA RITA, Guam — The U.S. Coast Guard, Port of Guam, U.S. Department of Homeland Security Police, Guam Customs and Quarantine Agency, Guam Police...
Coast Guard Forces Micronesia/Sector Guam hosts CISA
Capt. Nick Simmons, commander of U.S. Coast Guard Forces Micronesia/Sector Guam and captain of the port for Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands hosts members from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Chief Warrant Officer Sara Muir)
SANTA RITA, Guam — U.S. Coast Guard Forces Micronesia/Sector...
Coast Guard Forces Micronesia ensures safety of Port of Guam
Members of U.S. Coast Guard Forces Micronesia/Sector Guam’s Sector Boarding Team verify the identity of the chief engineer of the 370-foot Tuvalu-flagged motor vessel Kenyo during a boarding 13 miles offshore of Guam on Oct. 18, 2022. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Chief Warrant Officer Sara Muir)
SANTA RITA, Guam — To ensure port security and safety of both the port and mariners, U.S. Coast Guard...
Port of Guam working with Coast Guard toward increased resiliency
The Port of Guam as seen from the air in June 2021. (U.S. Coast Guard photo).
SANTA RITA, Guam — The Jose D. Leon Guerrero Commercial Port also known as the Port of Guam is among several Western Pacific entities receiving federal grant money through the 2022 Port Security Grant Program to ensure supply chain resiliency within Guam and the Mariana Islands.
Guam will receive $564,218 from the PSGP....
Coast Guard to conduct multi-day port security exercise in Guam
The Port of Guam as seen from the air in June 2021. U.S. Coast Guard Forces Micronesia/Sector Guam, Government of Guam stakeholders, and industry partners will conduct a full-scale maritime security training exercise in and around the Port of Guam, Piti, Sept. 20 – 22. (U.S. Coast Guard photo).
SANTA RITA, Guam — U.S. Coast Guard Forces Micronesia/Sector Guam, Government of Guam stakeholders, and...
Coast Guard recognizes CMA CGM mariners for rescue
At the Port of Guam on Aug. 10, 2022, Capt. Nick Simmons, U.S. Coast Guard Forces Micronesia/Sector Guam commander, stands for a photo Capt. Donald Moore and the crew who were present during the case, as well as Charlie Hermosa, general manager in Guam for CGA CGM and APL. The U.S. Coast Guard recognized mariners aboard the CGA CGM Herodote with a Certificate of Merit for their action to save lives...
Sector Guam establishes Port Readiness Committee in response to strategic port designation
APRA HARBOR, Guam – In 2009 the Port of Guam was designated a strategic port. The new designation brings additional benefits to the port, which will expand its capabilities as well as the Coast Guard’s involvement with naval vessel protection and maritime security.
The designation of strategic port brings with it many challenges not only for the Coast Guard, but also for all those with a stake...
