Coast Guard seeks participants in Safety Assessment on Corpus Christi Bay

Coast Guard seeks participants in Safety Assessment on Corpus Christi Bay
NEW ORLEANS – The Coast Guard is soliciting for members of the public to participate in a Corpus Christi Bay Ports and Waterways Safety Assessment workshop in September. A PAWSA is a longstanding and proven process for formal public study that the Coast Guard has sponsored and led over 50 times nationwide since 1999. It’s a joint effort involving waterway users, stakeholders, and agencies to focus...

Coast Guard seeks participants for Straits of Mackinac ports and waterways assessment workshop

Coast Guard seeks participants for Straits of Mackinac ports and waterways assessment workshop
CLEVELAND ― The U.S. Coast Guard is soliciting for members of the public to participate in a Ports and Waterways Safety Assessment (PAWSA) workshop for the Straits of Mackinac that will take place in St. Ignace, Michigan, July 24 and 25. A longstanding and proven Coast Guard process for formal public study, a PAWSA is a joint effort involving waterway users, stakeholders, and agencies to focus on...

Coast Guard hones in on safe boating along the Hudson River

Coast Guard hones in on safe boating along the Hudson River
NEW YORK –The Coast Guard will be promoting safe boating on the Hudson River this summer as a result of the Ports and Waterways Safety Assessment (PAWSA) conducted last November. Over 200 stakeholders who live, work and recreate on the Hudson River participated in this process conducted by the Coast Guard and provided valuable information to help increase safety for all waterway users. As part...

Coast Guard hosts Puget Sound safety assessment workshop

Coast Guard hosts Puget Sound safety assessment workshop
SEATTLE — Coast Guard Sector Puget Sound hosted a Ports and Waterways Safety Assessment workshop at the Whatcom County Emergency Operations Center in Bellingham this week, comprised of more than 80 maritime and waterway community users, stakeholders and representatives from Canada, the State of Washington, Coast Salish Tribes and indigenous peoples. The PAWSA panel focused on the Port Angeles Precautionary...