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A large containership broke free from its mooring at the Paul W. Conley Container Terminal in Boston on Wednesday and drifted into the main shipping channel

The U.S. Coast Guard, as a public service to holiday gift shoppers has announced its recommended USCG Approved gifts for 12 nautical days of Christmas…

The Gulfport Fire Department helped the U.S. Coast Guard put out a fire aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Brant while moored in Gulfport, Mississippi on Wednesday.

By Alister Doyle OSLO, Oct 6 (Reuters) – A coalition of insurance firms agreed on Friday to crack down on pirate fishing by banning coverage for

by Captain John Konrad (gCaptain) Today the United States Coast Guard issued the Marine Board of Investigation (MBI) report on the S.S. El Faro. The 189 page

Louisiana-based shipbuilder Metal Shark is once again building multiple high-speed aluminum catamaran passenger vessels for the NYC Ferry Service Operated by

A helicopter crew with the British Royal Navy has rescued a woman and two children from their overturned vessel which had grounded near Vieques, Puerto Rico

The captain of a Portland river cruise has had his Merchant Mariners Credential suspended for navigating his vessel through a crowd of watercraft attending an

The Commandant of the United States Coast Guard, Admiral Paul Zukunft, says he remains committed to supporting the small number of openly transgender members

Update: NTSB Says Icing Caused Fatal Sinking of FV Destination in Bering Sea Searchers have located that the wreck of the missing fishing vessel

A disabled Maersk containership was towed to safety on Saturday after losing power and threatening to run aground in Alaska. The United States Coast Guard and

The U.S. Coast Guard and state and local agencies are monitoring a 586-foot Thai-flagged cargo vessel that ran aground Thursday off Sewells Point in Norfolk,

The Coast Guard teamed-up with local responders late Friday and early Saturday to rescue 55 people stranded aboard a high-speed ferry that hit a jetty while

Gasoline is the dominant fuel source for Fast Rescue Boats aboard merchant ships but it is difficult to obtain, dangerous to store and has a

President Donald Trump addressed the 2017 graduating class of the U.S. Coast Guard Academy during the Academy’s 136th Commencement ceremony on Wednesday

The U.S. Coast Guard says it is investigating multiple laser strikes on commercial vessels in the Chesapeake Bay, Maryland during the last month. The most

The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Ida Lewis on Monday discovered a buoy sunk in the water with bullet holes near Block Island, Rhode Island. The crew

Update: Second Crewmember Dies, Emergency Response Continues A multi-national emergency response is underway following an explosion aboard the Marshall

President Donald Trump will give the commencement address at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy’s graduation ceremony next month in new London, Connecticut.

by Diana Honings – In the modern history of the United States Coast Guard, there has been a rapid shift from mistaken identity to a brand