Coast Guard News


Euro Crew Exchange Helps 13 Countries

Oct 19, 2015

The fourth European lifeboat crew exchange attracted members from 13 countries – two more than last year – who shared experience on how to help reduce the numbers of people losing their lives in Europe’s waters.   Set up by the International…

ASRY Active in Bahrain Coast Guard Newbuilds

Oct 19, 2015

ASRY holds keel-laying ceremony as it starts landing craft construction. ASRY marked the commencement of erection of a new Landing Craft being constructed for the Bahrain Coast Guard (BCG) with a keel-laying ceremony. The event was attended…

Boat capsizes in Philippines, 7 dead

Oct 19, 2015

A pump boat carrying about 36 passengers  and five crew memberscapsized in Iloilo-Guimaras Strait  in central Philippines at around 4 p.m. on Sunday (October 18). According to the Philippine Coast Guard-Iloilo (PCG), the passenger motorboat with 41 people on board capsized in a storm…

Marines Thwart Biggest Bunker Robbery in Singapore

Oct 16, 2015

Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) in Johor Baru thwarted the biggest robbery attempt so far this year on marine fuel oil (MFO). MMEA director-general Admiral (Maritime) Ahmad Puzi Ab Kahar said in a Twitter message that the robbers…

Women in Defence Conference Address Gender Diversity

Oct 14, 2015

The 3rd annual Chief of Defence Force Women in Defence conference in Canberra has reaffirmed Defence's ongoing commitment to improve gender diversity across the organisation. Themed ‘Our People and Capability’, the two day conference…

SBI Hire Aims to Boost Foreign Military Sales

Oct 13, 2015

Joseph Abeyta, President of Allwater Marine Group, LLC, has joined SAFE Boats International (SBI) as Foreign Military Sales Business Development Consultant to help increase foreign military sales business development growth efforts, SBI announced…

HII’s Petters Honored by Coast Guard Foundation

Oct 13, 2015

HII president and CEO Mike Petters honored at the Coast Guard Foundation’s Salute to the United States Coast Guard in New York Mike Petters, president and CEO of Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII), was honored by the Coast Guard Foundation…

USCG, RCAF to Conduct Joint Training

Oct 13, 2015

The crew of Coast Guard Air Station Traverse City is hosting an international joint search-and-rescue exercise with members of the Royal Canadian Air Force beginning Tuesday in and around the Traverse City area.The Royal Canadian Air…

20 Nations Reinforce their Commitment to Fight Piracy

Oct 12, 2015

Senior officers from Australia and 19 other nations attended the Regional Cooperation Agreement on Combating Piracy and Armed Robbery against Ships in Asia (ReCAAP) meeting in Sydney this week to reinforce the importance of a regional approach to combat piracy and armed robbery at sea…

Re-Drawal of High Risk Area in Indian Ocean

Oct 11, 2015

The International bodies have agreed to India’s efforts to push back the High Risk Area (HRA) from 78 degrees East longitude to the 65 degrees East longitude. This will result in huge savings for India’s EXIM trade and consumers on account…

Coast Guard Foundation Raises $250,000 for Scholarships

Oct 09, 2015

The Coast Guard Foundation, a nonprofit organization committed to the education and welfare of all Coast Guard members and their families, announced today that more than $1 million was raised at the 35th Annual Salute to the U.S. Coast Guard Thursday night in New York…

Captain of Ill-fated El Faro was Known as Trusted Mariner

Oct 08, 2015

The captain of the ill-fated cargo ship that sank in a hurricane off the Bahamas with no survivors last week was an experienced and highly trusted mariner who had spent a lifetime on the water, friends and colleagues said. The captain of El Faro…

Collision Course with a Hurricane: How Doomed US Ship Met its End

Oct 08, 2015

The ill-fated U.S.-flagged El Faro cargo ship sunk by Hurricane Joaquin was sailing at near full speed into the center of the storm before it lost propulsion amid mountainous waves and brutal winds, according to ship tracking data.The data…

Chiarello: TOTE Continues Support to El Faro Families

Oct 08, 2015

Anthony Chiarello, President & CEO of TOTE, owner of the cargo ship presumed to have sunk with 33 mariners aboard last week amid Hurricane Joaquin, issued a statement Wednesday afternoon promising continued support to the families of the mariners lost aboard the missing El Faro…

White House Backs El Faro Investigation

Oct 08, 2015

President Barack Obama on Wednesday offered condolences to the families of the 33 sailors presumed to have lost their lives aboard cargo ship El Faro which is believed to have sunk amid Hurricane Joaquin last week.  The investigation into the incident will receive the government’s full support…

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