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168 Agneta Dahl, Director, Exercises & Preparedness, NJ Resources, Inc.

30 July 2021

Pollution protection from shipping and contingency planning

Meet Agneta Dahl, a Certified Master Exercise Practitioner (MEP) and an expert in incident management and risk assessment who actually get paid to create mayhem.

Agneta is passionate about the ocean and everything therein. She started her career in medical school, went into research and, like most of the people in the maritime industry, stumbled into this fascinating world. Agneta joined the US Coast Guard and worked with marine...

https://shippingpodcast.com/168-agneta-dahl-director-exercises-preparedness-nj-resources-inc/

Part 4: A very modern form of piracy: Cybercrime against the shipping industry – Readiness, Response, Recovery

5 May 2021

Part 4: A very modern form of piracy: Cybercrime against the shipping industry – Readiness, Response, Recovery

This is the concluding article in a four-part series that has considered some of the key issues concerning the very serious threat that cybercrime poses to the shipping industry. The preceding three articles have considered the rapidly developing risks facing the industry as well as focussing on ransomware incidents and data protection issues.

This final article draws upon Clyde & Co’s...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2021/05/05/part-4-a-very-modern-form-of-piracy-cybercrime-against-the-shipping-industry-readiness-response-recovery/

Bollinger Shipyards gets order for four more Fast Response Cutters

24 September 2020

The U.S. Coast Guard has awarded Bollinger Shipyards LLC four additional 154’x25′ Sentinel-Class Fast Response Cutters (FRC). This announcement brings the total number of FRCs awarded to Bollinger up to 60 vessels since the program’s inception. The Coast Guard’s Program of Record is to procure 64 FRCs.

The FRCs are consistently being deployed in support of the full range of missions within the Coast Guard and other branches of our armed services. FRCs have conducted operations as far as the...

https://www.workboat.com/news/shipbuilding/bollinger-shipyards-gets-order-for-four-more-fast-response-cutters/

Oil release response in Rattle Snake Bayou continues

11 December 2018

The Coast Guard continues to respond to a well discharging a mixture of crude oil, gas, and water near Port Sulphur, La. A Unified Command has been established consisting of the Coast Guard, Hilcorp, and the Louisiana Oil Spill Coordinator’s Office.

Approximately 1,700′ of hard boom has been deployed to contain the discharging oil, 2,000′ of absorbent boom to collect it, and 630 gals. of oily water have been recovered so far.

Assets being utilized include:

Five response and oil recovery vessels
Fo...

https://www.workboat.com/news/coastal-inland-waterways/oil-release-response-rattle-snake-bayou-continues/