After more than 60 years of operation, the U.S. Coast Guard has decided to replace the USCGC MACKINAW with the new multi-mission Great Lakes Icebreaker GLIB. U.S. Cost selected ACS & Azipod. The new icebreaker will be equipped with ABB's Azipod propulsion system, an electric podded propulsion unit capable of...
The U.S. Coast Guard is a military, multi-mission, maritime service and a unique federal agency. In addition to its non-redundant yet compelling national defense role as one of the five U.S. Armed Services, the Coast Guard is charged with a broad scope of regulatory, law-enforcement, humanitarian, and emergency-response duties. The...
For several years now, the Coast Guard has been warning that the existing fleet--especially cutters--was failing at an unsustainable rate, and it began studying options for replacing or modernizing the fleet more rapidly. This report addresses several issues related to these considerations: changes in the condition of deepwater legacy assets...
The Navy and Coast Guard agree that the Coast Guard should be the lead agency for the maritime component of homeland security, and that the Navy?s role relative to the Coast Guard in maritime homeland security should be to support the Coast Guard. Potential Navy homeland security roles include defending...
For years, the Coast Guard has conducted search and rescue operations from its network of stations along the nation's coasts and waterways. In 2001, reviews of station operations found that station readiness--the ability to execute mission requirements in keeping with standards--was in decline. The Coast Guard began addressing these issues,...
The goal of the Deepwater Project is to improve the Coast Guard's Operational Effectiveness while Minimizing Total Ownership Cost TOC. The Deepwater Logistics Process and Policy Development LPPD Integrated Project Team IPT is currently working on a Business Process Reengineering BPR project. Performance Based Logistics is typically used by the...
The On-Scene Coordinator OSC is the federal official responsible for monitoring or directing responses to all oil spills and hazardous substance releases reported to the federal government. The OSC coordinates all federal efforts with, and provides support and information to, local, state and regional response communities. The OSC is an...
This paper presents the recommended methodology for the analytical oil spill identification part. The sampling techniques and handling of oil samples prior to their arrival at the environmental forensic laboratory is not covered in this paper. The recommended methodology approach is a result of documented analytical improvements and quantitative treatment...
Efforts to quickly deploy effective fast-water spill response have been hampered by the lack of technology and adequate training. The objective of this manual is to serve as a training aid and a field manual to increase the effectiveness of fast-water responses. This guide starts with a decision guide to...
The Coast Guard is now concerned about what the future may hold in terms of oil pollution threats, and prevention, preparedness and response program shortcomings and opportunities in the future. To address this issue, the Coast Guard, in partnership with other National Response Team agencies and industry, is conducting a...
This paper focuses on the ICS being used by the Coast Guard, describes enhancements to the system specific for oil spills, and discusses forthcoming activities related to nationwide training for the Coast Guard and the public. This paper reviews the key elements of the oil spill Incident Command System as...
Risk communication is the interactive process of exchanging information and opinion among individuals, groups and institutions. It involves multiple messages about the nature of risk and other messages, not strictly about risk, that express concerns, opinions, or reactions to risk messages or to legal and institutional arrangements for risk management....
The paper presents a brief summary of Risk-based Decision Making. A great deal more information is available in the literature of the field. This guideline is not intended to replace or repeat the numerous references available. Instead, the goal here was to present a decision making methodology and the major...
United States Coast Guard Intelligence Program Using SecureOffice Trusted Thin Client to Provide Access from SIPRNet to NIPRNet HERNDON, Va. -- Trusted Computer Solutions, Inc. TCS, a leading supplier of cross domain solutions for government and industry, announced today that the company's SecureOffice[R] Trusted Thin Client[R] product is...
E-Yearbook.com, a website with the largestcollection of old yearbooks on the Internet, today launches a newcollection of old Military Yearbooks . The newyearbook collection includes year books from the following schools: -- United States Military Academy at West Point - Howitzer Yearbook -- ...
MANILA, June 24 Kyodo (EDS: UPDATING DEATH TOLL) Rescuers found several bodies Tuesday floating inside a sunken passenger ferry that capsized with more than 800 passengers and crew aboard Saturday off the coast of the central Philippine province of Romblon, a spokesman for...
SEATTLE -- Todd Shipyards Corporation (NYSE:TOD) announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Todd Pacific Shipyards Corporation ("Todd" or the "Company"), was awarded Honorable Mention in the 2008 William M. Benkert Environmental Protection Awards ("The Benkert Award") by the United States Coast Guard. The Benkert Award was created to recognize outstanding...
Sensis to Provide Marketing and Support for Multi-mission 3-D Radars EAST SYRACUSE, N.Y., June 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Sensis Corporation and Saab Microwave Systems have entered into a cooperative agreement for Sensis to market, sell and provide logistics support for Saab's GIRAFFE Agile Multi-Beam AMB radar to the...
Schooner Western Union Gets Well-Deserved Makeover KEY WEST, Fla. -- The boatyard at Old Island Harbor, part of a proposed mixed-use redevelopment project emphasizing waterfront revitalization at Safe Harbor, recently provided working dock space to one of the world's only surviving cable ships - the Schooner Western Union...
BETHESDA, Md. -- First Potomac Realty Trust (NYSE:FPO) announced today that the U.S. General Services Administration GSA has leased 44,000 square feet for the United States Coast Guard USCG, which included an extension of 22,000 square feet and a 22,000 square foot expansion, in First Potomac's Crossways I property in...
