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NOAA Recognizes Companies for Slowing Down to Save Whales

By The Maritime Executive
August 19, 2018
NOAA has presented awards to 13 global shipping firms for their commitment in helping prevent deadly ship collisions with whales. The companies participated in a Voluntary Speed Reduction initiative b...
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Baptism of Fire: The Rescue of the SS Mirlo

By William Thiesen
August 17, 2018
One hundred years ago, on the afternoon of Aug. 16, 1918, British tanker SS Mirlo was steaming through wind-swept seas north of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. At about 4:30 p.m., a torpedo from German...
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One Dead, Four Hospitalized in Fishing Boat Casualty

By The Maritime Executive
August 15, 2018
One man has died and four have been hospitalized following an undefined incident on the fishing boat Sunbeam in Fraserburgh, Scotland. Investigators have not released information on the nature or caus...
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Coastal Cutter Voyages to Marshall Islands

By U.S. Coast Guard News
August 10, 2018
In 1849, the Revenue Cutter Lawrence made history as the first Coast Guard crew to sail into Honolulu Harbor, safely escorted in by Native Hawaiians in outrigger canoes. This entry and escort not only...
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Duck Boat Victims' Families Seek $100M in Damages

By The Maritime Executive
July 30, 2018
The families of two of the victims of the July 19 duck boat sinking in Branson, Missouri have filed a lawsuit seeking $100 million in damages from Ripley Entertainment, the owner of Ride the Ducks Bra...
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OSHA Cites Ship Repair Yard After Deadly Explosion

By The Maritime Executive
July 27, 2018
The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited ship repair contractor First Marine, a division of Western River Boat Management, with more than a dozen serious violations rela...
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Celebrating the U.S. Coast Guard's 228th Anniversary

By William H. Thiesen
July 26, 2018
“You can kick this old service around, tear it to pieces, scream from the house-tops that it is worthless, ought to be abolished or transferred to the Navy, have the people in it fighting among themse...
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USCG: Hoax Distress Calls can be Deadly

By U.S. Coast Guard News
July 20, 2018
“This is the fishing vessel Sol e Mar. This is a mayday, we’re sinking, we need help now!” These were among the last words of 19-year-old Billy Hokanson, as the fishing boat that he and his father wer...
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Coast Guard Offloads Cocaine Worth $260M in San Diego

By The Maritime Executive
July 17, 2018
On Tuesday, the U.S. Coast Guard cutter Steadfast capped its latest patrol in the Eastern Pacific with the delivery of 7,800 kilos of cocaine at San Diego's 10th Avenue Marine Terminal. The haul came...
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Damen Begins Work on Marine Aggregate Dredger Dredging System

By The Maritime Executive
July 12, 2018
Innovative vessel for CEMEX UK is first of next generation of marine aggregate dredgers Damen has begun work on the construction of the innovative dredging system for the first Marine Aggregate Dre...

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