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With our fiscal year just ended June 30, 2018, preliminary data shows that AMSEA Fishing Vessel Drill Conductor training reached over 979...

The U.S. Coast Guard has issued a Marine Safety Alert for defective Type-I Personal Flotation Devices (PFD). The defect renders the PFD...

Most mariners encounter large ships from time to time. If you frequent busy ports, you may encounter them quite often. Navigating small...

Editor's Note: This article originally was published in the Spring 2012 edition of Marine Safety Update. It is a myth that a "universal...

Editor's Note: In our high-tech world, it's good to remember that there are useful, low-tech devices that can get you out of jam. This...

UPDATE 03/30/2018: We asked Scott Wilwert, the lead Commercial Fishing Vessel Safety Examiner for U.S.C.G. District 17, for some...