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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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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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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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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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Apr 26, 20093 min read

2-Watch System Or Bust!

For those of you who missed it, here’s an extremely interesting and important article by Dom Yanchunas in Issue #121 of Professional...

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Mar 21, 20092 min read

More on the MMC Final Rule

I was intending to post again about the Coast Guard’s Merchant Mariner Credentials and Licenses communique from Mr. Jeffrey Lantz, the...

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Mar 18, 20093 min read

The Coast Guard Responds!

So, it would appear that maybe when the volume gets turned up loud enough the Coast Guard IS able to respond in some fashion. Below, in...

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Mar 15, 20095 min read

Coast Guard Needs To Get Their Hearing Checked…..

This should get your new work week started on an upbeat note: Coast Guard blows off mariners yet again! But here’s the critical question:...

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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 16, 20093 min read

Radar Endorsement Follow-up

In the past, like many of us, I sat for my radar renewal and then submitted the certificate with my license renewal application. I did...

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Feb 13, 20093 min read

The Radar Observer Endorsement “Final Rule” Not So Final

I’m in the process of renewing my mariner credentials and, as we’re all aware by now (or should be), the regulations for radar observer...

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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 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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Sep 24, 20083 min read

Is Mariner Health Just A Pipe Dream?

In light of the potential for unforeseen consequences because of the new Coast Guard medical NVIC, a little background is in order. The...

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