Jeffrey Lantz elected Council Chair of the International Maritime Organization
Thursday, December 17, 2009
For more than 50 years, the International Maritime Organization (IMO) has served as the maritime arm of the United Nations. Charged with developing and maintaining a regulatory framework for global shipping, the IMO has been at the center of international treaties and conventions governing every facet of shipping including safety, environmental concerns, legal matters, technical [...]
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itCG – missing boy found, deadly November, Arctic strategy
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
As reported earlier on Coast Guard Compass, a 3-year-old boy at the center of a custody battle was located on a sailboat with his father some 100-miles off the coast of Florida and is being transported to Fort Myers by the Cutter Crocodile. The sailboat carrying the boy and his father was spotted by a [...]
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An interview with David Helvarg on a National Ocean Policy
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Last week, Admiral Allen testified before Congress on the merits of a National Ocean Policy as a representative of the Obama Administration’s Ocean Policy Task Force. To provide some outside perspective on the issue, Coast Guard Compass brings you an interview with ocean activist and author David Helvarg. Mr. Helvarg, president of Blue Frontier Campaign, [...]
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itCG – Fallen Guardians honored, ADM Allen testifies, runaway vessel, medevac rescue
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Thousands are using the Internet to honor the seven fallen Guardians lost this past weekend. A Facebook tribute page to the crew of “Rescue 1705″ has in excess of 5,650 members. Meanwhile, thousands more have replaced their Facebook profile pictures with the USCG Air Station Sacramento, CA patch in tribute to the fallen Guardians. Tribute [...]
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Admiral Allen to testify on National Ocean Policy
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
For well over two centuries, the Coast Guard has worked to safeguard our Nation and its citizens, to secure our maritime borders, and to serve as a responsible steward of our oceans, our coasts, and the Great Lakes. – Admiral Thad Allen, Commandant, U.S. Coast Guard The Coast Guard has a centuries-old tradition as America’s [...]
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