USCG Marine Safety Alert 21-25 In December 2025, the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) Office of Design and Engineering Standards (CG-ENG) was notified of a manufacturer… Read More >RECALL OF ORION SKYBLAZER II RED XLT AERIAL SIGNAL
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USCG Marine Safety Alert, March 12, 2025 The Coast Guard was recently notified of several vessels whose mariners were unable to properly don their Viking… Read More >DONNING OF VIKING PS2006 IMMERSION SUITS
USCG Marine Safety Alert, January 2, 2025 Two recent marine casualties on commercial fishing vessels (CFVs) highlighted hazardous stowage conditions that rendered onboard lifesaving equipment… Read More >COMMERCIAL FISHING VESSEL LIFESAVING EQUIPMENT STOWAGE
The U.S. Coast Guard has published the following four safety alerts on their Safety Alerts (uscg.mil) site: USCG Safety Alert 06-24, Uninspected Commercial Vessel Stability… Read More >USCG SAFETY ALERTS
On September 18, 2024, the U.S. Coast Guard began issuing Merchant Mariner Credentials (MMCs) with an embedded credential verification scan quick-response (QR) code. The QR… Read More >VERIFICATION SCAN CODE FOR MERCHANT MARINER CREDENTIALS
USCG Marine Safety Alert, September 5, 2024 This Safety Alert is an urgent reminder to vessel owners, operators, and crewmembers that no matter how straightforward… Read More >PREVENT FORKLIFT CASUALTIES: OPERATOR TRAINING IS ESSENTIAL FOR SAFE INDUSTRIAL EQUIPMENT OPERATION
Details here: Federal Register Anchorage 2024
USCG Marine Safety Alert, August 26, 2024 Coast Guard Sector Honolulu and Hawaii State Fire Investigators are examining a recent marine diesel fuel tank explosion… Read More >WARNING: ENSURE A GAS-FREE ENVIRONMENT PRIOR TO CONDUCTING HOT WORK