Solar Technology Australia has won an AUD$672,000 contract from the Australian Maritime Safety Authority to help maintain aids to navigation. AMSA Executive Director of Response Mark Morrow commented that ““Solar […]
https://www.shippingaustralia.com.au/solar-technology-australia-wins-first-aids-to-nav-contract/
The tender for technical support and logistics for the Australian Maritime Safety Authority’s (AMSA’s) maritime aids to navigation network has launched on AusTender today. This network includes some of Australia’s […]
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The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) has issued a statement to industry about a “new stream of government contract-based work” in 2024. It has also announced a new delivery model […]
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The U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) has been busy the past few days rescuing people and pets from Hurricane Sally’s floodwaters. But this isn’t the only thing the USCG does after destructive coastal storms. It also makes our waterways safe again for navigation.
#BREAKING The @USCG Shallow Water Response Teams are conducting #rescues in #HurricaneSally affected areas along the #GulfCoast.#Sally, #USCGSally, #Storm2020, #Ready, #Relevant, #Responsive pic.twitter.com/aNgA6juSPi
— USCG Heartland...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/coast-guard-continues-hurricane-sally-response-operations
The Coast Guard is conducting an assessment of the shallow draft waterway systems, the fourth in a series of studies to determine the navigation requirements for mariners in the U.S. Marine Transportation System (MTS).The Waterways Analysis and Management System (WAMS) study will help the Coast Guard to determine the aids to navigation (ATON) requirements in the shallow draft waterway systems which includes all navigable waterways of the U.S. less than 12 feet.
The WAMS study is focused on...
When the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Smilax (WLIC-315) was commissioned in 1944, allied forces had landed at Normandy five months earlier and had another 10 months of fighting ahead before victory in Europe and the Pacific would bring World War II to an end.
With nearly seven and half decades of water in her wake, the Smilax is the oldest Coast Guard cutter in service today. She turns 75 on Nov. 1.
The septuagenarian inland construction tender was enthroned as the Coast Guard “Queen of the Fleet” in...
https://www.workboat.com/news/government/oldest-coast-guard-cutter-to-turn-75-in-november/