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KCRG - TV
Many people in Eastern Iowa celebrate the fourth of July boating with friends and family and watching the fireworks over the Cedar River. But the Iowa Department of Natural Resources was also out in full force this week. “Let’s see two lifejackets,” said Conservation Officer Angie Jansen to a boater. Riding along with Officer Dakota Drish, they helped a number of other DNR Conservation Officers uphold the law.
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NMLEA
The National Maritime Intelligence-Integration Office (NMIO) is pleased to announce the presentation of its annual National Maritime Law Enforcement Academy (NMLEA) Award for Excellence in the Field of Maritime Domain Awareness at the upcoming Maritime Security West Conference in Los Angeles/Long Beach August 5th through the 7th.
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NMLEA
- There are new opportunities for ports and transportation entities for funding. Here is a quick snapshot:
Port Infrastructure Development Program provides a total of $92,730,000, to remain available until expended. MARAD is directed to provide grants for infrastructure improvement projects for the 15 coastal seaports that handled the greatest number of loaded twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) of foreign and domestic containerized cargo in 2016. Application Deadline: September 16, 2019. Read More.
- The Maritime Administration has announced the availability of $7 million in federal grant funds for Marine Highway Projects. America’s Marine Highway Program, a U.S. Department of Transportation-led and AAPA-supported program, was designed to integrate marine highway services and ports into the nation’s surface transportation system. Application deadline is incorrect on the Federal Register, but will be updated in the next few days. Read More.
- In the Build Grant, $900 million is available to be awarded for investments in surface transportation infrastructure. There should be a 50-50 split between rural and urban grants. The maximum grant size is $25 million. For a project in a rural area, the minimum grant award is $1 million; in non-rural areas the minimum grant award is $5 million. There is no minimum award size for planning grants. Selection criteria encompass safety, economic competitiveness, quality of life, state of good repair, innovation and partnerships with a broad range of stakeholders. Application Deadline: July 15, 2019. Read More.
NMLEA
The U.S. Coast Guard has issued a Marine Safety Bulletin warning that commercial vessels are being
targeted by email phishing and malware intrusion attacks.
Cyber adversaries are attempting to gain sensitive information including the content of an official
Notice of Arrival (NOA) using email addresses that pose as an official Port State Control (PSC)
authority such as “port @ pscgov.org.”
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NMLEA
As we complete the annual Police Week throughout the country and honor our fallen officers, it is time to look at what impact we can make do drive down that number each year through actions we can take within our agencies, departments and personally. In partnership with “Below 100”, the NMLEA is looking to its membership to host an Intensive – Driving Down Line-of-Duty Deaths - Expanded Course. At no cost, this one day event for up to 30 participants will include the following subject areas:
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Detroit Free Press
Boaters, beware. Officials warn that record-high water levels can cause hazards for those trying to enjoy the water on Michigan's beautiful lakes, rivers and streams. High waters can cause flooding, deep water and strong currents, which create difficult conditions for anyone swimming or boating, according to the Michigan Department of Natural Resources. It can also eliminate or alter access routes to and between bodies of water.
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Kelowna Capital News
The RCMP Marine Unit is continuing a voluntary vessel safety pre-check using RCMP volunteers at Paddlewheel Park boat launch in Vernon, British Columbia. “This initiative will help speed up our checks on the water,” states Const. Baldoff who is one of the two RCMP members patrolling the lakes around Vernon. Vernon has the help of trained RCMP volunteers to assist the Marine Unit in allowing boaters to complete a pre-launch inspection of all the items required under the Canada Shipping Act along with its regulations governing pleasure craft.
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The Maritime Executive
The U.S. is a “seapower” in all senses of the word. Its history, prosperity, and security are inseparable from the oceans. Even U.S. states without coastlines depend on global supply chains and markets that move primarily through the oceans. The U.S. neglects its Navy at its peril. But military power must be accompanied by other types of power, both hard and soft. In his analysis of five maritime great powers, Professor Andrew Lambert explains how might and identity derive not exclusively from naval power, but also from the aptitude for using the seas cooperatively.
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Jackson Hole News & Guide
As of July 1, 2019, the blood-alcohol concentration limit for operating motorized boats in Wyoming is 0.08%, the same as operating a motor vehicle. According a press release from the Wyoming Game and Fish Department, alcohol use is a leading contributing factor in recreational boater deaths and boating crashes.
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fox2now.com
The Coast Guard is investigating why three tugboats attached to a mooring barge along the Illinois River in Hardin, Illinois, went underwater recently. River levels have been high, but a Coast Guard spokesperson said it’s too soon to determine why they went under water. The boats and barge were unoccupied. The tugboats held nearly 5,000 gallons of diesel fuel, according to the Coast Guard. The agency remained on the scene as the effort to keep fuel from spilling downstream was underway.
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KVUE - TV
A 56-year-old man accused of crashing his boat into a Texas Game Warden patrol boat on Lake Travis recently has had prior DWI convictions. Officers arrested Rodney Barefield and charged him with boating while intoxicated, a third-degree felony, after the crash, which sent two Game Wardens and their intern to the hospital. The crash happened shortly before 10:30 p.m. near Mile Marker 16, not too far from the Lakeway Marina, a Texas Parks and Wildlife spokesperson said.
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AL.com
Four people have been killed over the Fourth of July weekend from either boating crashes or drownings, and another is still missing. The tragic holiday weekend in Alabama includes the following deaths: Kelsey Nicole Starling, 26, of Troy, has been missing since a two-boat crash occurred at Smith Lake north of Birmingham, Alabama. Starling was the passenger of a boat driven by 23-year-old William Jackson Fite of Decatur, Alabama. He was booked into the Winston County Jail on a charge of boating under the influence.
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News 12 Connecticut
Fairfield Police Department's Marine Unit offered up boating safety tips ahead of the July Fourth holiday weekend. Police say boaters should have horns or a whistle, fire extinguisher, flares and a throwable device on board. Officials say there should be enough lifejackets on board for all passengers.
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