During the past few weeks, government agencies and private corporations have increasingly restricted employees' travel due to COVID-19 and its D variant. The greater Houston region has been particularly affected. Our change to virtual format is a logical approach to lessen...
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The 27th annual Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training exercise took place last week virtually and in the Gulf of Thailand as a contactless exercise to mitigate COVID-19 risk. "The COVID-19 pandemic made 2021 a challenging year because of the health restrictions imposed...
source: UPI
Twenty years ago, al Qaeda carried out attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, and perhaps would have succeeded in attacking a third target but for the bravery of the airline passengers who forced their plane down in Shanksville,...
source: Seapower Magazine
Over the past several years, the South China Sea (SCS) has emerged as an arena of U.S.-China strategic competition. China's actions in the SCS — including extensive island-building and base-construction activities at sites that...
source: The Maritime Executive
On Sunday night, Coast Guard rescued a mariner whose vessel had become disabled, gone adrift and gotten pinned against the Highway 11 bridge near Lake Pontchartrain. At 11:17 a.m. Sunday, Coast Guard watchstanders received a report that...
source: NOLA.com
Four Chinese warships, including one of China's most advanced destroyers, were spotted near the Aleutian Island chain. Photos taken by the U.S. Coast Guard showed the Chinese naval vessels shadowed by the U.S. coastguard as they traveled through international waters on Aug....
source: The Sun
Mauri Moore Shuler, Peter Steinbrueck and Seth Muir write, "Imagine more than 200-plus miles of shoreline connecting a saltwater bay and freshwater lakes; a panoply of maritime businesses, recreational vessels, marinas, and seaplanes; a global seaport and cruise terminals;...
source: The Seattle Times (opinion)
The CDC recently updated their website noting that the following category of mariner is exempt from wearing a mask: "Non-passenger-carrying commercial vessels operated by a team of mariners who all live on the vessel and are the only...
source: Homeland Security Today
When the House Armed Services Committee completed its review of President Joe Biden's $715 billion Pentagon budget proposal in a late-night earmark marathon, the Committee boosted the overall Defense Department topline budget by...
source: Forbes
“As active threats continue to increase all across the country, workers in the maritime domain have to be trained appropriately and prepared,” said NMLEA’s Executive Director, Mark DuPont. He added “workers...
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U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) operational components, Air and Marine Operations (AMO), the U.S. Border Patrol, along with other law enforcement partners, responded to a maritime smuggling event near Key Biscayne where...
source: U.S. Customs and Border Protection
Efforts to mitigate risk at sea and plan responses are largely limited to the threat posed by piracy within discrete geographical locales. A key factor influencing this is the fact that it is exceptionally difficult to manage the...
source: Center for International Maritime Security
The U.S. Coast Guard's status as a military service coupled with its law enforcement roles allows it to effectively contribute to both the military and maritime law enforcement requirements of the Indo-Pacific region, according to the...
source: U.S. Naval Institute
Once considered the most dangerous area on the globe for mariners, the High Risk Area (HRA) for piracy in the Indian Ocean is being reduced under an agreement with the global shipping industry. The changes reducing the geographic boundaries...
source: The Maritime Executive
New port cybersecurity guidelines aim to help establish the true financial, commercial & operational impact of a cyberattack. The International Association of Ports and Harbors' (IAPH) cybersecurity guidelines are intended to help senior executive decision makers make an...
source: Port Strategy
