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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

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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

In keeping with their goal to continuously improve services to mariners, the National Maritime Center (NMC) has posted a video on their website to help… Read More >VIDEO GUIDE TO FILLING OUT MEDICAL CERTIFICATE APPLICATION FORM CG-719K

On March 1, 2024, the U.S. Coast Guard began issuing Merchant Mariner Credentials (MMCs) in a new single-sheet format.  This new mariner credential replaced the… Read More >UPDATED MERCHANT MARINER CREDENTIALS