GO Marine Services recruits contractors from all over America for various jobs like catering personnel, roustabouts, general labor, marine technicians, deckhands, marine mechanics, marine engineers, day and night cooks, galley hands, riggers, camp bosses, utility hands, and stewards.   But when you’re a contractor on an offshore vessel about to set sail, simply getting to...Read More

As of July 16, 2025, the U.S. Coast Guard’s final rule, “Cybersecurity in the Marine Transportation System (MTS),” became effective for all U.S.-flagged vessels, Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) facilities, and facilities subject to Maritime Transportation Security Act of 2002 (MTSA).  This final rule was executed in continuation of updates to Captain of the Port authority...Read More

Watch live this week as explorers on Ocean Exploration Trust’s Exploration Vessel Nautilus conclude a 21-day expedition  led by Dr. Robert Ballard in search of Iron Bottom Sound, the site of five major naval battles during the early years of the Allied Pacific campaign during World War II.  WATCH LIVE HERE The 1942 Solomon Islands Campaign...Read More

Are you looking for a great career in maritime?  Guice Offshore is hiring for all positions!  Apply online at GuiceOffshore.com/Careers! Enthusiasm for careers in maritime is very strong, as evidenced by a 100 percent graduation rate at the new Maritime High School (MHS), a regional choice public high school in Des Moines, WA.   The school...Read More

Photo Credit:  NAVSEA In 2023, the U.S. Navy Experimental Diving Unit (NEDU) announced the 50th anniversary of its Ocean Simulation Facility (OSF) in Panama City, Florida. A cornerstone of diving research and development, the OSF has been instrumental in advancing the safety and effectiveness of Navy divers and special operations forces for half a century....Read More

The U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) reports that the volume of marine vessels using the Automatic Identification System (AIS) has been increasing since its inception in 2000.  This increase is resulting in overloading of the two channels that carry the AIS transmissions.  In response to this overloading of AIS, international organizations like the International Maritime Organization...Read More

The American marine economy continues to fuel economic vitality, according to the statistics from the annual Marine Economy Satellite Account (MESA) released in June 2023 by two U.S. Department of Commerce agencies – NOAA and the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA). The marine economy contributed a total of $511 billion to the nation’s gross domestic product...Read More

Update–the Coast Guard districts renaming is official as of October 2, 2025.  For more detail, click HERE. On July 3, 2025, the U.S. Coast Guard announced the renaming of its operational districts from numerical to geographic designations. Renaming operational districts revises a numbered system established during World War II, when the Coast Guard operated as...Read More

The U.S. Coast Guard Cyber Command released its fourth annual Cyber Trends and Insights in the Marine Environment (CTIME) report in May 2025.  This report catalogs the persistent cybersecurity risks faced by maritime owners and operators, as well as best practices to drive hardening actions and secure critical systems. The analysis and recommendations in this report are...Read More

  The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is inviting non-Federal entities to partner with the ocean and coastal mapping programs of its National Ocean Service on certain jointly-funded projects of mutual interest, and has established selection criteria and submission requirements for such projects under the Brennan Ocean Mapping Fund opportunity.  For complete details, including...Read More