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Thursday, June 4, 2026
A Port State Control inspection in Nine Mile Anchorage
News

Coast Guard Unveils New Digital Mariner Credentialing Platform Amid Massive Backlog

The U.S. Coast Guard is preparing to launch a new digital credentialing platform aimed at overhauling how mariners apply for and receive Merchant Mariner

June 4, 2026
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Monday, June 1, 2026
A rendering of Davie Defense's “American Icebreaker Factory," a planned $1 billion transformation of the historic Gulf Copper shipyard in Galveston, Texas
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Davie Breaks Ground on $1 Billion Texas Shipyard Expansion for Coast Guard Icebreakers

Davie Defense officially broke ground Monday on a massive modernization of Gulf Copper’s shipyard facilities in Galveston and Port Arthur, Texas, marking the

June 1, 2026
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Monday, May 18, 2026
USCGC Storis (WAGB 21) sits hove to in the ice while conducting ice liberty for the crew in the Bering Sea
Defense

U.S. Coast Guard’s Newest Icebreaker Returns From Arctic Patrol as U.S. Expands Polar Fleet

The U.S. Coast Guard’s newest polar icebreaker has returned to Seattle after a 36-day deployment to the Bering Sea, marking an early operational test for a

May 18, 2026
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Wednesday, May 13, 2026
U.S. Coast Guard Arctic Security Cutter icebreaker operating in Arctic waters (artist rendering)
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Davie Defense Finalizes $3.5 Billion U.S. Coast Guard Arctic Security Cutter Deal

The U.S. Coast Guard’s ambitious Arctic fleet expansion took another major step forward Wednesday as Davie Defense announced it has finalized a $3.5 billion

May 13, 2026
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Friday, May 8, 2026
Coast Guard Cutter James Rankin (WLM 555) transits ice-infested waters at the west exit of the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal while underway north of Baltimore, Maryland, Feb. 11, 2026
News

Historic Cold Pushed U.S. Coast Guard Icebreaking Fleet to the Limit in 2026

The icebreaking season for the U.S. Coast Guard was longer this year after a series of storms ravaged the

May 8, 2026
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Wednesday, April 22, 2026
A U.S. Coast Guard HC-130 Hercules airplane crew assigned to Coast Guard Air Station Barbers Point flies over an overturned vessel offshore Saipan
News

One Dead Recovered From Capsized Mariana as Search Continues for Five Missing Crew

The search for six missing mariners aboard the overturned US-flagged cargo ship Mariana took a grim turn Monday after divers recovered one deceased crew

April 22, 2026
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Tuesday, April 21, 2026
US Coast Guard Icebreaker ‘Polar Star’ Returns Home After Antarctic Mission
USCG

US Coast Guard Icebreaker ‘Polar Star’ Returns Home After Antarctic Mission

The U.S. Coast Guard’s sole heavy icebreaker, the Polar Star, has returned to its homeport of Seattle after completing a months-long Antarctic deployment

April 21, 2026
Total Views: 914

Monday, April 20, 2026
A U.S. Coast Guard HC-130 Hercules airplane crew assigned to Coast Guard Air Station Barbers Point flies over an overturned vessel offshore Saipan
Featured

Search Intensifies After Cargo Ship Mariana Found Overturned Near Saipan

The U.S. Coast Guard and an expanding multinational task force are racing against time in the remote waters of the western Pacific after the U.S.-flagged cargo

April 20, 2026
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Thursday, April 16, 2026
U.S. Coast Guard Arctic Security Cutter icebreaker operating in Arctic waters (artist rendering)
Defense

U.S. Coast Guard to Homeport First Two Arctic Security Cutters in Alaska

The U.S. Coast Guard said Thursday it will homeport its first two Arctic Security Cutters in Alaska, marking a key step as the service moves to field a new

April 16, 2026
Total Views: 10722

Monday, April 6, 2026
The barge from the vessel collision near Hibiscus Island, July 28, 2025
News

Tug Captain Charged After Fatal Biscayne Bay Collision Kills Three Children

A tugboat captain has been charged with seaman’s manslaughter following a fatal collision in Biscayne Bay that left three children dead, federal prosecutors

April 6, 2026
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Thursday, March 26, 2026
U.S. Coast Guard Announces Plans to Acquire Up to Seven New Light Icebreakers
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U.S. Coast Guard Announces Plans to Acquire Up to Seven New Light Icebreakers

The U.S. Coast Guard has issued a request for information (RFI) as it moves forward with plans to acquire up to seven new light icebreakers to replace an aging

March 26, 2026
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Wednesday, March 18, 2026
a seafarers enters an enclosed space on board a ship
Accidents

Two Dead in Confined Space Accident Aboard Barge Near Alaska

Fatal accident comes despite increasing efforts aimed at preventing enclosed-space deaths Two crewmembers are dead and two others hospitalized following a

March 18, 2026
Total Views: 2045

A cargo ship is moored in the Port of Long Beach while cranes retrieve cargo containers from the ship
News

OOCL Sunflower Reaches Long Beach After Losing Containers in Pacific Storm

Ultra-large containership to undergo inspection after dozens of boxes lost and damaged in heavy weather.

March 18, 2026
Total Views: 1026

Thursday, March 12, 2026
U.S. Coast Guard Debunks Tankers Registering For U.S. Compliance
Shipping

U.S. Coast Guard Debunks Tankers Registering For U.S. Compliance

The U.S. Coast Guard is quashing the latest rumor on tankers looking to reposition to the Atlantic and Pacific trades instead of staying in the Middle

March 12, 2026
Total Views: 5224

Tuesday, March 10, 2026
A screenshot from aerial video posted online showing the fire on a barge towed by the tug Douglas J
Incidents

Coast Guard Responding to Large Barge Fire in Delaware Bay

The U.S. Coast Guard and multiple partner agencies are responding to a barge fire in Delaware Bay on Tuesday after a tug reported that the vessel it was

March 10, 2026
Total Views: 2105

Tuesday, February 17, 2026
Aerial view of the 265-foot fuel barge Defiant grounded on rocks near the entrance to San Juan Harbor, Puerto Rico, as salvage crews prepare the vessel for removal.
Grounding Incidents

Salvage Crews Remove Fuel From Grounded Barge Near San Juan Harbor

Salvage crews have removed roughly 1,000 gallons of residual fuel from the grounded barge Defiant near the entrance to San Juan Harbor, significantly reducing

February 17, 2026
Total Views: 1629

Wednesday, February 11, 2026
U.S. Coast Guard Arctic Security Cutter icebreaker operating in Arctic waters (artist rendering)
Defense

U.S. Coast Guard Awards Arctic Security Cutter Contracts to Davie Defense, Closing Out 11-Ship Program

The U.S. Coast Guard has completed contract awards for all 11 Arctic Security Cutters, closing out a major icebreaker expansion aimed at strengthening U.S.

February 11, 2026
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Tuesday, February 10, 2026
Fuel barge Defiant aground near the entrance to San Juan Harbor in Puerto Rico
News

Fuel Barge Grounds Near San Juan Harbor Entrance

A fuel barge ran aground near the entrance to San Juan Harbor on Monday while being towed inbound from St. Thomas, prompting a Coast Guard response near Old

February 10, 2026
Total Views: 3086

Container ship alongside port cranes with several collapsed shipping containers; small pilot boat in foreground.
Accidents

Container Collapses at LA–Long Beach Prompt Coast Guard Safety Warning

Multiple container stack collapses at the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach in late 2025 injured a worker and damaged an emissions control barge, prompting

February 10, 2026
Total Views: 3633

Monday, February 9, 2026
Packages of cocaine in the water following an drug smuggling operation involving a stowaway in San Juan Harbor
News

Stowaway Smuggler Caught in San Juan Harbor With Nearly 800 Pounds of Cocaine

Coast Guard and CBP arrested a stowaway smuggler and seized 789 pounds of cocaine worth over $5 million after a crew aboard the tug Signet Thunder discovered

February 9, 2026
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