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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...
Aug 2, 20116 min read
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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...
Apr 22, 20113 min read
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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...
Feb 13, 20114 min read
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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...
Sep 17, 20105 min read
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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...
Jul 2, 20101 min read
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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...
Mar 23, 20104 min read
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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....
Feb 18, 20103 min read
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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,...
Jan 17, 20106 min read
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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...
Dec 8, 20097 min read
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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...
Dec 3, 20094 min read
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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...
Oct 29, 200912 min read
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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...
Sep 24, 20093 min read
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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...
Sep 18, 20093 min read
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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...
Sep 3, 20094 min read
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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...
Jul 31, 20096 min read
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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...
Jul 15, 20093 min read
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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...
Jun 11, 20096 min read
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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...
Jun 3, 20091 min read
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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...
May 30, 20096 min read
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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...
May 25, 20094 min read
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