After several delays, the Okaloosa County’s Tourist Development Department, Destin-Fort Walton Beach, Florida, has completed the necessary safety requirements by local, state and federal agencies to move the SS United States (SSUS) from her current docking area in south Philadelphia to a docking area in Mobile, Alabama where preparations to ready the ship to become...Read More

Above:  Guice Offshore’s multi-purpose vessel GO Adventurer navigates under the famed Bayonne Bridge, an arch bridge that spans the Kill Van Kull between Staten Island, New York, and Bayonne, New Jersey, United States.  It carries New York State Route 440 and New Jersey Route 440, with the two roads connecting at the state border at...Read More

Delivering more value for our customers through engineering ingenuity is one of the ways Guice Offshore has earned our superior reputation in the offshore maritime business. To help save clients time and money, our staff naval architects use their mastery to maximize vessel potential and minimize additional costs. For example, GO Cosmos, the newest addition...Read More

Above:  When the Argo Merchant ran aground in December 1976, it was carrying 7.7 million gallons of No. 6 fuel oil, a heavy refined oil. Its grounding was due to navigational errors. The vessel was found to be 24 miles off course, and carrying two unqualified crew as helmsman, a broken gyrocompass, outdated maps, and...Read More

Pictured Above:  A variety of fish species swim above a patch reef 80 feet deep at French Frigate Shoals within the Papahānaumokuākea National Marine Sanctuary. The sanctuary includes an expansive area of coral reefs, seamounts, banks, and shoals and is home to a wide variety of invertebrates, fish, birds, marine mammals, and other wildlife, many of...Read More

The U.S. Coast Guard’s recent celebration of a historic veteran’s birthday also served as a wonderful reminder that the Library of Congress’ Veterans’ History Project will be celebrating its own 25th Anniversary in 2025. The Veterans History Project collects, preserves and makes accessible the firsthand recollections of U.S. military veterans who served from World War...Read More

The ex-John F. Kennedy (CV 67) is scheduled to commence its final transit from the U.S. Navy’s Inactive Ships Maintenance Facility in Philadelphia to Brownsville, Texas for dismantling, Jan. 15, the U.S. Navy’s NavSea reports.  Upon departure early on Wednesday morning, the ship will be visible from the waterfronts along the Delaware River as she...Read More

The Coast Guard has issued a final rule updating the accepted required payment method for merchant mariner credentialing fees. Effective January 19, 2025, the National Maritime Center (NMC) and Regional Examination Centers (RECs) will only accept user fee payments made using the USCG Merchant Mariner User Fee Payment Page on Pay.gov. Pay.gov is a secure...Read More

Eight bridges span one of the most important waterways in the United States Clearance data for eight bridges spanning the Lower Mississippi River between New Orleans and Baton Rouge, Louisiana has been modernized and updated using light detection and ranging (LIDAR)-derived heights, NOAA’s Office of Coast Survey reported in December 2024. The bridges are: Crescent...Read More

During early December 2024, the U.S. Coast Guard updated its user interface to the Local Notice to Mariners (LNM) and Light Lists in an effort to modernize and improve the accessibility, accuracy and overall user experience for mariners and stakeholders. Links to both new interfaces can be found on the Coast Guard’s Navigation Center HERE....Read More