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Aug 2, 20116 min read

STCW 2010 & More

Last year there was a meeting of the minds in Manila to hash out the latest major round of changes to the STCW Code, which are scheduled...

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Apr 22, 20113 min read

Extreme ATB’s: Towing Vessels Or Something Else?

It’s an ATB on steroids: behold the massive OSG Vision….. …..a 997 GRT/12,000 horsepower “tug” (153′ long x 51′ beam x 26′ draft) that...

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Feb 13, 20114 min read

Dancing With Miss Lucy: This Is Not A Simulation!

At slack water two tugs, one a new-ish ASD tractor and the other a rather elderly conventional twin-screw boat of classic lines, work...

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Sep 17, 20105 min read

MERPAC Meeting Canceled: Mariners Left Out In The Cold Again?

September’s regularly scheduled Merchant Marine Personnel Advisory Committee (MERPAC) meeting was cancelled. The Coast Guard cites...

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Jul 2, 20101 min read

Honor The Mariner? Our Licenses Are Returned, Sort Of.

Maybe they’re finally starting to come around. Just maybe. On June 30 the National Maritime Center issued an information bulletin...

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Mar 23, 20104 min read

STCW Revisited?

In a sign that the regulatory process sometimes works at least sort of the way that it’s supposed to, the U.S. Coast Guard today...

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Feb 18, 20103 min read

Jim Cavo: The Shell Answer Man For The Coast Guard’s National Maritime Center

As you’re all surely aware, websites, blogs and other forms of social media have become the new standard for communicating to the masses....

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Jan 17, 20106 min read

When Is It A Tug, When Is It An ATB, & What About The TOAR? – Part I

It sounds like a simple question: when is a tug a tug? Since the ATB unit has come on the scene the answer isn’t quite so simple anymore,...

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Dec 8, 20097 min read

Look Out…..The STCW Juggernaut Rolls On

In case you missed it, last month the Coast Guard published another Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) in the Federal Register. This...

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Dec 3, 20094 min read

Should the TOAR Be Modified?

I’d like to add to what Captain Joel Milton wrote in a recent column in Workboat Magazine. First, I should say that in the past I’ve been...

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Oct 29, 200912 min read

Sleep Apnea & The Professional Mariner

Sleep Apnea & the Professional Mariner by Capt. Doug Pine As a professional mariner you are, I’m sure, quite familiar with the sounds of...

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Sep 24, 20093 min read

More On 26-Foot Long Towing Vessels & Assistance Towing: Standards, Anyone?

A recent post about the 26-foot break point for towing vessel licenses and the legal definition of assistance towing drew some interest...

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Sep 18, 20093 min read

Watershed Moment in Martinsburg?

According to Joe Keefe’s editorial in The Maritime Executive (MarEx), next week’s meeting of the Merchant Marine Personnel Advisory...

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Sep 3, 20094 min read

The 26-Foot Long Towing Vessel, Assistance Towing & Recreational Boaters From Hell: What License

A recent e-mail asked this question: “Is the operator (captain) of a vessel 26 feet in length or less engaged in towing, whether it be...

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Jul 31, 20096 min read

Newsletter Roundup, The Latest Towing License Public Squabble & The 30-Day Wonder

The National Mariners Association’s June-July 2009 newsletter, #63, has just been published by NMA Secretary Richard Block. You might...

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Jul 15, 20093 min read

Congress Turns Up The Heat: Mariner Licensing Delays Are In The Spotlight

Last Thursday, July 9th, the House Subcommittee on Coast Guard & Maritime Transportation held a hearing on the National Maritime Center...

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Jun 11, 20096 min read

Still Licensed For Life! Now I Miss The F.C.C. Even More…..

By now, presumably, you’re all aware of the fact that our F.C.C. radio operator licenses no longer expire and are, therefore, good for...

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Jun 3, 20091 min read

Deck License Examination Guide

If you’re planning on taking a deck license test, any test, you’ll definitely want to refer to the Coast Guard’s Guide for Administration...

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May 30, 20096 min read

Back From Amsterdam: The Tugnology ’09 Summary

Tugnology ’09 Summary The 2009 Tugnology Conference in Holland is over and your two MTVA delegates are safely back aboard their tugs. The...

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May 25, 20094 min read

Tugboat License Tonnage & The New MMC

Last week, after reading the Tugboat Licensing Tonnage post, a reader contacted us with a question about his newly issued Merchant...

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