Above:  Aerial view of Government Point, located within Point Conception State Marine Reserve and Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary. This marine protected area contains kelp forests, surfgrass beds, and rocky reefs surrounded by sandy seafloor. It also hosts an abundance of diverse fish, invertebrates, birds, and marine mammals. (Image credit: NOAA)   The National Oceanic...Read More

Global maritime community marks 50 years of SOLAS, the international ship safety treaty.  World Maritime Day on September 26, 2024 highlights the importance of safety at sea in an era of significant transformations and new risks.   Fifty years since the adoption of the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) – the...Read More

As America’s independent federal agency responsible for regulating the U.S. international ocean transportation system for the benefit of U.S. exporters, importers, and the U.S. consumer, the Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) deals with substantial volumes of documentation in which its official seal could be misused or misrepresented. To protect the public from related fraud, The Commission...Read More

But here’s how to watch safely and follow along with NASA from wherever you are!  Both Guice Offshore’s Louisiana headquarters and our Rhode Island office will have a close-up view of the 2024 Solar Eclipse path of totality on Monday, April 8, as most of North America will have the chance to see the Moon...Read More

Construction Complete and all 12 Turbines Are Powered Up at the First U.S. Commercial-Scale Offshore Wind Farm Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) and Ørsted announced the completion of the landmark South Fork Wind project on March 14, 2024.  Now, all 12 offshore wind turbines are fully constructed and the wind farm is successfully delivering power to...Read More

Guice Offshore invites you to celebrate Black History Month 2024 with the U.S. Coast Guard!  Highlighted by a national event on February 15, 2024 that will be accessible both in-person and virtually, the celebration also includes a month-long series of essays by historians and others on notable Black contributions to the U.S. Coast Guard. For...Read More

Today, the U.S. Navy, on behalf of NOAA, has awarded $146,778,932 to Skanska USA, from New York, to design and build a new NOAA facility on Naval Station Newport in Rhode Island. This facility will eventually be the new home of NOAA’s Marine Operations Center – Atlantic.  While the details of the facility’s design are...Read More

Central Atlantic Offshore Wind Proposed for Offshore Delaware, Maryland, Virginia On December 11, 2023, the U.S. Department of the Interior announced the proposal of an offshore wind lease sale in the Central Atlantic that includes one area offshore the States of Delaware and Maryland, and one area offshore the Commonwealth of Virginia. Lease Area A-2 consists of...Read More

Guice Offshore (“GO”) invites you to celebrate today’s 90th Anniversary of National Maritime Day! National Maritime Day is celebrated yearly on May 22. In honor of today’s occasion, U.S. Maritime Administrator Ann C. Phillips led a presentation for the official National Maritime Day Observance, entitled “Mariners Move the Nation: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow.”  A national panel featuring key...Read More

Guice Offshore mini supply vessel GO Quest recently sailed through the Panama Canal, during which her crew captured some spectacular images of the versatile 170-ft. DP1 Master Boat Builders-designed ship passing through the Gatún Locks, the oldest and most historic part of the Panama Canal. Watch the video here:   Like every vessel in the...Read More