The start of operations is scheduled for 2019.
https://worldmaritimenews.com/archives/271453/us-coast-guard-green-lights-first-cameron-lng-export/
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Tanker Crew Medevaced after Lifeboat Incident off Virginia
Two crew were inside the lifeboat as it detached from the tanker on Wednesday.
Commandant’s Message to Coast Guard Following U.S. Government Shutdown
The following is the Jan. 26 message to the Coast Guard from commandant Adm. Karl Schultz following the passage of a continuing resolution ending the longest-ever U.S. government shutdown.
To the Extraordinary Men and Women of the United States Coast Guard,
With the President’s signing of a three-week Continuing Resolution, we enthusiastically welcome back our greatly missed furloughed civilian employees, allowing us to reconstitute our total workforce and set a path to restore a fully Ready,...
https://news.usni.org/2019/01/26/commandant-message-coast-guard-following-u-s-government-shutdown
Report to Congress U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Procurement
The following is the Oct. 26, 2018 Congressional Research Service report, Coast Guard Cutter Procurement: Background and Issues for Congress.
The Coast Guard’s acquisition program of record (POR) calls for procuring 8 National Security Cutters (NSCs), 25 Offshore Patrol Cutters (OPCs), and 58 Fast Response Cutters (FRCs) as replacements for 90 aging Coast Guard high-endurance cutters, medium-endurance cutters, and patrol craft. The Coast Guard’s proposed FY2019 budget requests a total of $705...
https://news.usni.org/2018/11/06/report-congress-u-s-coast-guard-cutter-procurement-5
Report to Congress on Coast Guard Polar Security Cutter Program
The following is the Oct. 26, 2018 Congressional Research Service report, Coast Guard Polar Security Cutter (Polar Icebreaker) Program: Background and Issues for Congress.
From the report
The Coast Guard Polar Security Cutter (PSC) program, previously known as the polar icebreaker (PIB) program, is a program to acquire three new heavy polar icebreakers, to be followed years from now by the acquisition of up to three new medium polar icebreakers. The Coast Guard wants to begin construction of the...
https://news.usni.org/2018/10/30/report-congress-coast-guard-polar-security-cutter-program
Wasp ESG Assessing Damage to Guam, Northern Marianas from Typhoon Mangkhut
The 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit Humanitarian Assistance Survey Team rides on a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 262 (Rein.) Marine Corps photo.
The Wasp Expeditionary Strike Group (ESG) with embarked 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) is assisting in the assessment of typhoon damage to Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
The islands of Rota, Saipan and Tinian, as well as nearby Guam, were in the path of Typhoon Mangkhut, which...
US and Russia propose two-way shipping routes in Bering Sea
The United States and Russia jointly propose a routing system for vessels passing through the Bering Strait and Bering Sea. The scheme aims to organize and direct ships along fixed corridors passing through these Arctic waters and thus reduce the risk of collisions.
The proposal comes in the form of a document jointly submitted to the International Maritime Organization suggesting the establishment of six recommendatory two-way routes and six precautionary areas in the Bering Sea and Bering...
http://www.highnorthnews.com/us-and-russia-propose-two-way-shipping-routes-in-bering-sea/