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Joseph Toahty, Pawnee Warrior of Guadalcanal

By William Thiesen

November 5, 2019

I am very pleased to forward a Purple Heart Medal and Certificate to you for service at Guadalcanal in August of 1942. Men such as you who have made great contributions to the grand heritage of the Co...

U.S. Coast Guard's Last Recoverable POW Laid to Rest

By The Maritime Executive

November 2, 2019

The Coast Guard’s last known recoverable prisoner of war (POW) from WWII was laid to rest during a ceremony in Buffalo, New York, on Saturday. Lt. James Crotty graduated from the Coast Guard Academ...

Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund Act Advances

By The Maritime Executive

October 29, 2019

The Full Utilization of the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund Act, H.R. 2440, advanced in the U.S. House of Representatives on October 28. The vote was 296 in favor and 109 opposed. The voting requir...

American Mariners Recognized for Response to 2018 Ro/Ro Fire

By The Maritime Executive

October 24, 2019

Next Friday, the U.S. Maritime Administration will present the crew of the U.S-flagged ro/ro Green Lake with a rare honor - the Gallant Ship Citation Award - for their role in rescuing seven crewmembe...

Landing Craft for Canada's AOPS Complete Sea Trials

By The Maritime Executive

October 23, 2019

The landing craft being built for the Royal Canadian Navy's Arctic and Offshore Patrol Ships (AOPS) have completed sea trials. The 12-meter (39-foot) vessels have been built by ABCO Industries, bas...

Colombian Port Would Hit Humpback Whale Nursery

By Dialogue Earth

October 22, 2019

[By Andrés Bermúdez Liévano] With government backing and eyes on boosting trade with China, a group of Colombian businesspeople has been pushing plans to build the Tribugá port, a controversial com...

The U.S. Coast Guard's First Ice Ships and Icebreakers

By William Thiesen

October 18, 2019

During the Age of Sail, the seasonal pattern of icebound winters froze-in merchant vessels and reduced the wintertime demand for revenue cutters on the Great Lakes, in the Northeast and in the Mid-Atl...

AAPA Installs 2019-20 Officers

By The Maritime Executive

October 17, 2019

Gary G. Nelson, executive director for the Port of Grays Harbor, Aberdeen, WA, was officially installed for a one year term as the 2019-20 chairman of the board for the American Association of Port Au...

Op-Ed: Congressional Research Service is Wrong About U.S. Dredging

By William P. Doyle

October 10, 2019

The leaders of the U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee (T&I) and T&I’s Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation have sent a letter to the Library of Congress refuting...

Virgin Voyages Names Second Captain

By The Maritime Executive

October 8, 2019

Virgin Voyages has announced that Captain Marco Carsjens has joined the cruise line. He joins Captain Wendy Williams who took a role of Master of the line's first ship Scarlet Lady in June. She is...

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