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USCG issues request for comments on recognition of foreign STCW certificates

By On September 28, 2010

As it was pointed out in the gCaptain forum, the U.S. Coast Guard has published a notice and request for comments on development of a policy for recognition of foreign [...]

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DOT Issues New Drug Testing Requirements

By On September 22, 2010

As many of you may already be aware, on August 16th the Department of Transportation issued a final rule amending certain provisions of its drug testing procedures that, once in [...]

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USCG launches Merchant Mariner Certificate printing service

By On August 19, 2010

Ask and you shall recieve!  As reported earlier, the USCG has been working on a service allowing mariners to download a traditional 8×11 paper license that is suitable for printing [...]

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Finally! Merchant Mariner Certificates Suitable for Framing

By On July 8, 2010

Return those scanners and Photoshop for Dumbies books everyone, the USCG set to release a printable, frameable and traditional MMC! After what we’re sure was the result of numerous requests [...]

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The New Hawsepipe – An Interview With Leonard Lambert

By On January 15, 2010

The following article is from the gCaptain archives but the information is very much still pertinent today! ____________________________________ Aboard almost every US flag ship is one seaman who forgoes the [...]

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How Do Mariners Pay For Training?

By On August 16, 2009

For your Sunday morning reading we bring you a top post from the gCaptain archives. Enjoy! How Do Mariners Pay For Training? By Leonard Lambert Since the inception of STCW [...]

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Wakeup Call: The Road to STCW Compliance Starts to Get Bumpy…

By On September 25, 2008

Editorial Note: Being actively sailing mariners, the editorial team at gCaptain is concerned by recent changes to US Coast Guard policy on the licensing of mariners. We feel this is [...]

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License Creep

By On March 11, 2008

(Ed. note: This entry is reposted in it’s entirety with permission from Red Right Returning. Doug Gould is a fellow tower from the East Coast.) Are you aware of the [...]

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USCG Tug And Towing Endosement – Proposed Changes

By On February 27, 2008

The Contra Costa Times article “Critics Fear More Barge Disasters” of February 19, 2008 and the KGO TV Channel 7 report on tug boat licensing presented eye opening views on [...]

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US Mariner Licensing Consultants

By On February 17, 2008

As a member of the first “class” of mariners to fall under the new USCG training requirements for Chief Mate / Master I have enough Coast Guard licensing related stories [...]

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Evolution Of Security – A Blog By TSA

By On February 16, 2008

In an unusual turn of events the TSA (United States’ Transportation Security Agency) has launched a blog! While the review on NPR‘s show “On The Media” was positive, with the [...]

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Cosco Busan Pilot’s Medical Records Questioned

By On January 19, 2008

Cosco Busan Photo by Noah Berger/Associated PressOctober 15th 2003 the Staten Island ferry crashed into a concrete pier killing eleven people and leaving 71 injured. It was later determined that [...]

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