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Coast Guard issues another MMC Covid-19 extension

28 December 2020

A sample Merchant Mariner Credential. Coast Guard image.

The Coast Guard, as it continues to evaluate the impact of Covid-19 on the maritime industry and mariners, has issued another extension to merchant mariner credentials (MMCs).

The Coast Guard has posted Change 5 to MSIB 08-20, titled “Covid-19 – Mariner Credentials,” which updates information on extensions to MMCs, medical certificates and course approvals

The following significant changes are provided in Change 5 to MSIB 08-20:

Merchant mariner credentials, both national and STCW, and medical...

https://www.workboat.com/news/government/coast-guard-issues-another-mmc-extension-due-to-covid-19/

Coast Guard posts Covid-19 mariner credentials update

1 October 2020

The Coast Guard continues to evaluate the impact of Covid-19 to the maritime industry and mariners in order to take action needed to ensure the continuity of the Maritime Transportation System (MTS).

Yesterday, the Coast Guard posted Change 4 to MSIB 08-20, titled “Covid-19 – Mariner Credentials,” which updates information on extensions to merchant mariner credentials, medical certificates and course approvals.The following significant changes are included in Change 4 to MSIB 08-20:

Merchant...

https://www.workboat.com/news/government/covid-19-mariner-credentials-update/

Coast Guard reports Alaska trend toward more maritime violations

9 July 2020

Petty Officer 1st Class Nicolas Santos, a boatswain’s mate with the Coast Guard cutter John McCormick, operates the cutter’s small boat alongside the fishing vessel Tenisha Rose in Sitka Sound, Alaska, during a commercial fishing vessel safety inspection March 19, 2019 in preparation for the 2019 sac roe herring fishery. Coast Guard photo/Ensign Lindsay Wheeler.

Coast Guard officials in Alaska said their investigators and inspectors are seeing “a concerning trend in violations of maritime law throughout the state,” include a rising number of mariners testing positive for marijuana use and faulty lifesaving equipment on vessels.

In 2019 non-credentialed mariners who submitted to drug testing in the Coast Guard Sector Anchorage region came back with positive results in 15 percent of testing. The positive rate is increased this year to 22 percent from...

https://www.workboat.com/news/government/coast-guard-reports-alaska-trend-toward-more-maritime-violations/

NMC to launch electronic delivery process for license renewal exams

1 May 2020

A sample mariner credential. USCG image.

On May 1, the National Maritime Center (NMC) will launch a centralized electronic delivery process (via e-mail) for license renewal examinations. This change provides mariners the ability to request, complete, and submit renewal examinations by e-mail and will help to maintain the flow of mariner credentials during the Covid-19 pandemic. Paper mailings will still be available upon request.Approval to test (ATT) letters for renewal examinations issued on or after May 1 will include directions on...

https://www.workboat.com/news/government/nmc-to-launch-electronic-delivery-process-for-license-renewal-exams/