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STCW 2010 & More

Last year there was a meeting of the minds in Manila to hash out the latest major round of changes to the STCW Code, which are scheduled to “come into force” on January 1, 2012. That… more →

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STCW 2010 & More — 1 comment

towmasters wrote 1 year ago: Last year there was a meeting of the minds in Manila to hash out the latest major round of changes t … more →

Tags: STCW 2010, STCW Convention, Towing Vessel Licenses, Traditional License, U.S. Coast Guard

Extreme ATB's: Towing Vessels Or Something Else?

towmasters wrote 2 years ago: It’s an ATB on steroids: behold the massive OSG Vision….. …..a 997 GRT/12,000 hors … more →

Tags: Marine Regulations, A.T.B.'s, ATB, Articulated Tug & Barge, Intercon System, Overseas Shipholding Group, OSG, OSG Vision, Fast Rescue Craft

Dancing With Miss Lucy: This Is Not A Simulation! — 1 comment

towmasters wrote 2 years ago: At slack water two tugs, one a new-ish ASD tractor and the other a rather elderly conventional twin- … more →

Tags: Apprentice Mate / Steersman (Western Rivers), Masters, Mates / Pilots (Western Rivers), Ship-Assist Tugs, towing vessels, tractor tugs, Training & Education, U.S.C.G. Licensing & Certification Standards &, ASD Tug

MERPAC Meeting Canceled: Mariners Left Out In The Cold Again? — 1 comment

towmasters wrote 2 years ago: September’s regularly scheduled Merchant Marine Personnel Advisory Committee (MERPAC) meeting was ca … more →

Tags: Merchant Marine Personnell Advisory Committee, MERPAC, National Mariime Center, National Mariners Association, NMC, STCW Convention, Towing Safety Advisory Committee, TSAC, U.S. Coast Guard

Honor The Mariner? Our Licenses Are Returned, Sort Of. — 1 comment

towmasters wrote 2 years ago: Maybe they’re finally starting to come around. Just maybe. On June 30 the National Maritime Ce … more →

Tags: U.S.C.G. Licensing & Certification Standards &, Merchant Mariner Credential

STCW Revisited?

towmasters wrote 3 years ago: In a sign that the regulatory process sometimes works at least sort of the way that it’s suppo … more →

Tags: STCW, U.S.C.G. Licensing & Certification Standards &, CG Licensing Regulations, Merchant Mariner Credential, MMC, stcw-95, STCW Convention, U.S. Coast Guard

Jim Cavo: The Shell Answer Man For The Coast Guard's National Maritime Center — 3 comments

towmasters wrote 3 years ago: As you’re all surely aware, websites, blogs and other forms of social media have become the ne … more →

Tags: U.S.C.G. Licensing & Certification Standards &, ADM Thad Allen, AMVER, Blogging, Designated Examiner, gCaptain Blog, gCaptain Forum, iCommandant Blog, Jim Cavo

When Is It A Tug, When Is It An ATB, & What About The TOAR? - Part I — 11 comments

towmasters wrote 3 years ago: It sounds like a simple question: when is a tug a tug? Since the ATB unit has come on the scene the … more →

Tags: U.S.C.G. Licensing & Certification Standards &, 30-Day Wonder, Articulated Tug & Barge, ATB, Bouchard Transportation Co., conventional tugs, K-Sea Transportation Co., Reinauer Transportation co., toar

Look Out.....The STCW Juggernaut Rolls On — 2 comments

towmasters wrote 3 years ago: In case you missed it, last month the Coast Guard published another Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (N … more →

Tags: STCW, U.S.C.G. Licensing & Certification Standards &, towing vessels, U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Domestic Regulations, International Regulations, stcw-95, STCW '78, STCW Convention

Should the TOAR Be Modified? — 10 comments

captbbrucato wrote 3 years ago: I’d like to add to what Captain Joel Milton wrote in a recent column in Workboat Magazine. Fir … more →

Tags: Training & Education, U.S.C.G. Licensing & Certification Standards &, Articulated Tug & Barge, ATB, Capt. Bill Brucato, conventional tugs, NY Tugmaster's Weblog, toar, Towing Officers Assessment Record

Sleep Apnea & The Professional Mariner — 7 comments

towmasters wrote 3 years ago: Sleep Apnea & the Professional Mariner by Capt. Doug Pine As a professional mariner you are, I … more →

Tags: Medical Standards, Marine Safety, Fatigue, fatigue, 2-watch System, Sleep Apnea, mariner health, obstructive sleep apnea, OSA

More On 26-Foot Long Towing Vessels & Assistance Towing: Standards, Anyone? — 6 comments

towmasters wrote 3 years ago: A recent post about the 26-foot break point for towing vessel licenses and the legal definition of a … more →

Tags: Casualties, National Maritime Center, U.S. Coast Guard, Towing Safety Advisory Committee, TSAC, master of towing vessels association, MTVA, Assistance Towing, Assistance Towing Endorsement

Watershed Moment in Martinsburg? — 1 comment

towmasters wrote 3 years ago: According to Joe Keefe’s editorial in The Maritime Executive (MarEx), next week’s meetin … more →

Tags: CG Licensing Regulations, Coast Guard, National Maritime Center, U.S. Coast Guard, Traditional License, MMC, MMC Final Rule, 30-Day Wonder, master of towing vessels association

The 26-Foot Long Towing Vessel, Assistance Towing & Recreational Boaters From Hell: What License? — 5 comments

towmasters wrote 3 years ago: A recent e-mail asked this question: “Is the operator (captain) of a vessel 26 feet in length … more →

Tags: Masters, towing vessels, U.S.C.G. Licensing & Certification Standards &, Assistance Towing, Assistance Towing Endorsement, Assistance Towing Vessels, Commercial Towing Vessels, Disabled Vessel, Master of Towing Vessels

Newsletter Roundup, The Latest Towing License Public Squabble & The 30-Day Wonder

towmasters wrote 3 years ago: The National Mariners Association’s June-July 2009 newsletter, #63, has just been published by … more →

Tags: towing vessels, U.S. Coast Guard, U.S.C.G. Licensing & Certification Standards &, 30-Day Wonder, American Waterways Operators, CG Licensing Regulations, master of towing vessels association, Merchant Mariner License, National Mariners Association

Congress Turns Up The Heat: Mariner Licensing Delays Are In The Spotlight — 2 comments

towmasters wrote 3 years ago: Last Thursday, July 9th, the House Subcommittee on Coast Guard & Maritime Transportation held a … more →

Tags: towing vessels, National Maritime Center, U.S. Coast Guard, Congressional hearings, Merchant Mariner Credentialing, Mariner Medical Standards, House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee, House Subcommittee on Coast guard and Maritime Transpor, Towing Vessel Inspection Program

Still Licensed For Life! Now I Miss The F.C.C. Even More..... — 2 comments

towmasters wrote 3 years ago: By now, presumably, you’re all aware of the fact that our F.C.C. radio operator licenses no lo … more →

Tags: F.C.C. Radio Licensing & Regulations, FCC, Federal Communications Commission, GMDSS Operator's License, Marine Radio Operator's Permit, Radio License Renewal, FCC Lifetime Licenses

Deck License Examination Guide

towmasters wrote 3 years ago: If you’re planning on taking a deck license test, any test, you’ll definitely want to re … more →

Tags: U.S. Coast Guard, Deck Licenses

Back From Amsterdam: The Tugnology '09 Summary — 3 comments

towmasters wrote 3 years ago: Tugnology ’09 Summary The 2009 Tugnology Conference in Holland is over and your two MTVA deleg … more →

Tags: U.S. Coast Guard, Training & Education, Equipment & Technology, American Waterways Operators, samson rope, TUGNOLOGY '09, master of towing vessels association, Markey Machinery, Ron Burchett


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