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WASHINGTON — The U.S. Coast Guard announced Tuesday that a civilian employee of the service is the U.S. candidate for Secretary General of the

HOUSTON (Dow Jones)–The U.S. Coast Guard said an oily substance washed ashore over the weekend in parts of Louisiana that were among the hardest hit by

What was reported as a miles-long oil slick in the Gulf of Mexico is likely a plume of silt emanating from a dredging operation on the Mississippi River, a

WASHINGTON — U.S. Coast Guard and U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials joined federal, state, local and tribal authorities and private sector

WASHINGTON — U.S. Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Bob Papp testified before the House Subcommittee on Homeland Security Appropriations here, Thursday, about

The Coast Guard responded with multiple air and sea assets on Sunday to reports that an oil production platform caught fire approximately 50 miles off Grand

HOUSTON (Dow Jones)–The U.S. Coast Guard rescued two men from a burning Gulf of Mexico oil platform on Sunday. The platform, owned by Houston-based Arena

WARNING TO: U.S. Registered Yachts and Sailing Vessels The U.S. Coast Guard strongly advises against all operation of and travel by U.S. yachts and sailing

WASHINGTON — The commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard, Adm. Robert J. Papp, Jr.,  and Master Chief Petty Officer of the Coast Guard Michael Leavitt,

The USCG has just rolled out a new website for their Towing Vessel National Center of Expertise (TVNCOE), located in Paducah, KY. Every tugboater in the United

Our friends at the Unofficial Coast Guard Blog ask the question, Are CG Inspectors Wasting Their Time? they write: As I mentioned at the end of a previous

WASHINGTON — U.S. Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Bob Papp delivered his first State of the Coast Guard address at Joint Base Bolling-Anacostia in

The U.S. Coast Guard has issued an ALCOAST bulletin advising captains of the port to enforce legal requirements that port and maritime facilities provide

Photo: USCG National Security Cutter BERTHOLF (WMSL-750) via Wikipedia PASCAGOULA, Miss., Jan. 17, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The U.S. Coast Guard awarded a

–Editor’s Note: The following article has been submitted to gCaptain for re-publication by the Coast Guard Compass, the official blog of the

Yesterday, Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Bob Papp provided a Coast Guard update to the 23rd annual symposium of the Surface Naval Association. In his speech,

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Coast Guard announced Thursday publication in the Federal Register of an outer continental shelf notice of arrival rule designed to

Photo: A crew member of the Alaska Ranger is taken on board the Coast Guard Cutter Munro. The Alaska Ranger began taking on water 120 miles west of Dutch

First Class Society Authorized by USCG to issue Certificate of Fitness for OSVs handling Noxious Liquid Substances (Houston, TX—) The US Coast Guard

The Coast Guard has set the calendar year 2011 minimum random drug testing rate at 50 percent of covered crewmembers. The testing rate for calendar year 2010