The Office of Commercial Vessel Compliance has published MSIB 21-20 Change 1 “Recommendation for Pilot Transfer Arrangements.”
7/10/2015: Coast Guard encourages vessels to enroll in the Alternate Compliance Program
The Coast Guard encourages vessel owners to take advantage of the voluntary alternate inspection process to obtain a certificate of inspection to help streamline vessel inspections and reduce downtime.
1/26/2015: U.S. Achieves highest coverage standard with Rescue 21 system
The Coast Guard’s Acquisition Directorate published updates regarding Rescue 21 and Sea Area A1.
10/17/2014: Confronting today’s safety issues for ferries
The Director of Commercial Regulations and Standards for the Coast Guard, spoke at the 39th Annual Interferry Conference. For those of you who could not attend the conference, Maritime Commons is providing Lantz’s remarks…
9/19/2014: Marine safety information bulletin- Riyadh port state control regimes announce concentrated inspection campaign
The six Maritime Authorities of the Riyadh will launch a joint CIC with the purpose of ensuring compliance with SOLAS Chapter II-2 and the International Code for Fire Safety Systems.
