President Barack Obama’s proposed $3.8 trillion budget would cut funding to the Coast Guard and weaken the nation’s port security, according to a U.S. Coast Guard representative.

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• Tall Ship bound for Newport Hits rocks from the vineyard

     (projo)  A tall ship en route to Newport with an all-female crew fetched up on rocks Wednesday about 400 yards off Nonamesset Island in the Elizabeth Islands chain, just off Martha’s Vineyard, the U.S. Coast Guard has announced.  The Coast Guard said the 16 on board the 118-foot Unicorn are

• Coast Guard to carry out two days, search and rescue drills

     (Coast Guard News) Coast Guard Sector Southeastern New England will conduct a two-day, search and rescue exercise Feb. 23-24. Source

• Coast Guard rescues two from Albemarle Sound

     (Coast Guard News) Coast Guard crews rescued two people from a disabled sailboat in the Albemarle Sound during severe weather Tuesday night. Source

• Coast Guard continues the investigation of Charleston Harbor Boat Collision

     (coastguardnews)  The Coast Guard is continuing its investigation into the vessel collision between a Coast Guard 25-foot response boat and the Thriller, a commercial power catamaran, which collided in Charleston Harbor Saturday at approximately 8:30 p.m.  Source

• Coast Guard responds to increasing safety zone violations

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• Americas Tall Ship Visits Baltimores Inner Harbor

     (Coast Guard News) The Coast Guard Cutter Eagle is currently in Baltimore’s Inner Harbor and will be open for public tours. Source

• How to use Digital Selective Calling (DSC) Radios

     (coastguardnews) The Coast Guard Auxiliary explains Digital Selective Calling, or DSC, Radios, as well as the safety benefits of combining the new technology with the Coast Guard Rescue 21 system.  Source

• House passes Coast Guard Acquisition Reform Bill

    builds on Coast Guard acquisition reform efforts instituted in response to Deepwater acquisition Read at House passes Coast Guard Acquisition Reform bill

• Coast Guard has filled morning three-spoke

     (coastguardnews)  Coast Guard units in New Orleans rescued three people in two separate incidents Monday. At approximately 4:30 p.m. Sunday, the wife of a fisherman reported her spouse and his friend missing in the vicinity of Hopedale, La. Inclement weather kept Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans from conducting a search until 7:11 a.m. 

• Coast Guard to exercise review under the Potomac alarmed security

     (CNN) The U.S. Coast Guard promised a “thorough review” after a training incident Friday along the Potomac River briefly triggered concerns about the security of President Obama on the eighth anniversary of the September 11 attacks.  Source

• Coast Guard urges mariners to GPS before the end of the Long Range Aids to Navigation Kaufsignal

     (coastguardnews) The Coast Guard is urging mariners currently using United States Long Range Aids to Navigation (Loran-C), to ensure they have a GPS navigation system aboard their vessels and become familiar with it prior to Monday, Feb. 8, 2010, when the Coast Guard will cease transmission of the Loran-C signal. 

• Russian coast guard vessel participating in the exercise

     (seattlepi) The Coast Guard says a Russian Border Guard vessel taking part in an exercise in Washington waters is the first visit by such a vessel to the Lower 48.  Source

• OPA 90: Final rule to increase the liability limits for vessels and deepwater ports

    The US Coast Guard has adopted, as a final rule and without change, the interim rule published on 1 July 2009 increasing the limits of liability under the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (OPA 90) for vessels and deepwater ports subject to the Deepwater Port Act of 1974 to reflect

• Coast Guard Hosts World Maritime Day Event

     (coastguardnews) The U.S. Coast Guard is scheduled to host the 2009 International Maritime Organization World Maritime Day parallel event, Friday at 62 Chelsea Piers, New York, to focus attention on the importance of shipping safety, maritime security and the marine environment.  Source

• U.S. First Take Over objections Yemen LNG Cargo

    The United States will receive its first shipment of liquefied natural gas from Yemen this month over the objections of Massachusetts officials who have said the vessels may be targets for terrorists.