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Aug 12, 20116 min read
Notice Of Proposed Rulemaking: Inspection Of Towing Vessels
Well, it’s finally out! Yesterday the U.S. Coast Guard published their long-awaited Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) for...
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May 23, 20115 min read
Emergency Towing: What Do You Do? – Part I
Okay, so you’re underway at sea in crappy weather on you’re fancy new ATB (or not-so-new ATB) and the worst has happened: the pins have...
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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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Aug 17, 20103 min read
Grueling But Manageable? The U.S. Navy Goes Off The Deep End
The events of the last few years indicate that greed, stupidity and ineptitude is spreading like a metastasizing cancer throughout many...
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Apr 20, 20103 min read
Question Of The Month: On A 600 Mile Voyage, 2 Watches Or 3?
Question: Isn’t there some rule about going to three watches on tugs if the trip is 600 miles long? Simple Answer: Yes, sometimes. It...
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Apr 15, 20102 min read
The Facts: Mandatory Drug Testing Of Merchant Marine Personnel
By way of the MarEx e-Newsletter comes an excellent 10-page paper, Mandatory Drug Testing Of Merchant Marine Personnel, from practicing...
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Mar 21, 20107 min read
The U.K. Says “No More!” To Undermanning & Fatigued Mariners. What Will The U.S. Coa
Paul Coley, MCA Assistant Director of Seafarers & Ships said: “Its been known for many years that tiredness caused by long working ...
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Aug 29, 20092 min read
Freedom To Crew Change!
Ever since 9/11 mariners have been largely kept in a state of virtual lockdown at most marine facilities and, in some cases, this has...
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Aug 1, 20093 min read
When The Wire Breaks!
We’ve had an increasing number of hits lately coming from web searches for “emergency towing for barges”, or something like it, so it’s...
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Mar 9, 20093 min read
Tugboat Licensing Tonnage: Tons Of Misunderstanding
Due to the large number and specific nature of internet searches that have lead net-surfing mariners to our website, it’s time to...
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Feb 21, 20091 min read
Federal Pilotage Requirements
An updated and expanded version of our Federal Pilotage Requirements flyer has just been added to the Sea Time page, along with a new...
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Feb 19, 20091 min read
TWIC Information Bulletin
Here’s an important TWIC bulletin written by the commanding officer of the National Maritime Center, Capt. David Stalfort. It reiterates...
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Dec 14, 20082 min read
Close The Crossovers!
Revisiting the tragic loss of Maritrans’ tug Valour for some lessons-learned type discussion will be a recurring project here on the MTVA...
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Dec 1, 20086 min read
CEMS and the Tugboat Quandary
The responsibilities of the pilothouse watch stander by definition are to stay awake and alert. The number of tools at hand to facilitate...
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Nov 9, 20082 min read
How old to be the “Old Man”?
One of the really good things about WordPress is the comprehensive statistics they provide about site traffic. We’re able to see exactly...
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Oct 31, 20084 min read
Tugboat Pilotage 102
In Tugboat Pilotage 101 the subject was confined to inspected coastwise tank barges and the requirement that they be under the “command...
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Oct 26, 20085 min read
Tugboat Pilotage 101
This is an important yet frequently misunderstood subject for masters, mates and pilots of towing vessels, but I’ll try to make this as...
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Oct 23, 20082 min read
Direct Supervision: It Means Exactly What It Says.
A question I’ve been asked many times over the last five years has been “What do they mean by ‘direct supervision’? Does that mean I...
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Oct 10, 20082 min read
Licensed for Life! Why I’ll miss the FCC, sort of.
Here’s some good news for those who may have missed it: anyone holding any of the following U.S. FCC licenses (Marine Radio Operators...
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Oct 1, 20082 min read
TWIC Enforcement Schedule
Here is the Coast Guard’s current rolling schedule, broken up by Sectors or Captain of the Port zones, for the phasing in of enforcement...
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