USCG Press Release
In what seems to be something straight out of a Jules Verne novel, the Coast Guard and Navy have interdicted two vessels that are termed self-propelled, semi-submersibles.  Essentially these are boats that are desgned to have a very small profile above water to avoid radar and visual detection.  They are used to run drugs [...]

Good News from the USCG concerning M/V Antalina. 

NEW ORLEANS – An adrift 584-foot bulk freighter, the Antalina, weathered the worst conditions of Hurricane Ike and is awaiting a tow back to port from an ocean-going motor tug.
The Coast Guard confirmed at approximately 8:00 p.m., Friday, Sept. 12, 2008, that the heaviest winds of Hurricane Ike had passed [...]

From the U.S. Coast Guard Press Release -

HOUSTON – The Coast Guard received a call around 4 a.m. Sept. 12, 2008, from the motor vessel Antalina, a 584-foot freighter with 22 people aboard and carrying Petroleum Coke, reporting that they had lost main propulsion 90-miles southeast of Galveston and are drifting southwest away from the [...]

If you own or operate a vessel over 300 GRT, a passenger ship including high speed passenger craft, or a mobile offshore drilling unit (MODU), which is engaged in an international voyage, then you need to be ready for Long Range Identification and Tracking (LRIT).  In particular, you need to be ready by December 31, [...]

The Maritime Executive reports:
Massachusetts Maritime Academy Launches FREE Online Education Program

Thursday, September 4th, 2008
BUZZARDS BAY, MA – Massachusetts Maritime Academy was recently awarded a grant from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation’s “Seafarer’s Environmental Education Fund” to develop and launch the Academy’s first online courses. The grant allows the program to initially be offered FREE [...]