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
If you’re in the market to charter an offshore supply vessel for a specialty ocean marine job, offshore engineering, aerospace or oceanographic mission, chances are you’re already highly informed on how you need it equipped to get the job done. For starters, that always includes making sure your vessel meets stringent Coast Guard and ABS...Read More
Pictured: GO Marine Services recruits Sam Randle and Kevin Birotte (second and third from left, respectively), and (third name) recently learned basic maritime firefighting skills on the first of their five-day STCW training. With good training comes a sense of self-confidence and teamwork that makes a significant difference in achieving success, no matter what...Read More
Maritime navigation is about to become safer, easier and more efficient thanks to the new “Harmonized Waterways” project, part of massive joint effort by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the U.S. Coast Guard (USGC) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to synchronize identifiers (such as names and abbreviations) for rivers, bays and...Read More
Guice Offshore (“GO”) is advising our fellow mariners and maritime professionals that on February 7, 2022, the U.S. Coast Guard will cease the monitoring of all High Frequency (HF) Voice Distress Frequencies (4125 kHz; 6215 kHz; 8291 kHz; and 12290 kHz) in the contiguous United States and Hawaii because they are rarely used anymore. The...Read More
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