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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...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...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...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...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....Read More

NOAA’s National Ocean Service National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, in partnership with the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Department of Energy’s Grid Deployment Office and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, is working to build on existing spatial planning capacity...Read More

The Department of Commerce and NOAA announced during early December their recommendation of awards totaling $54.3 million to four organizations to support small businesses and entrepreneurs.  These organizations will use these funds to bring to market solutions that will benefit...Read More

On Friday, December 20, 2024, the U.S. Department of Interior and the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) announced the approval of the SouthCoast Wind Project (formerly Mayflower Wind)–the nation’s 11th commercial-scale offshore wind energy project in history.  Today’s approval...Read More

With the publication of its new “Lifejacket Approval Harmonization” Rule on December 6, 2024, the U.S. Coast Guard has updated and streamlined manufacturer approval requirements and follow-up program requirements for lifejackets by incorporating new standards to replace existing legacy standards....Read More