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The Canadians are currently contemplating new ship procurements that include icebreakers and off shore patrol vessels (OPVs) not unlike the choices facing the USCG. Here is one unofficial view. Related posts: Arctic Patrol Vessel WMEC 270 to OPC Guns for the Offshore Patrol Cutters “Design” and Offshore Patrol Cutter Today
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Here is a link to some interesting photos from our Chinese friends along with some comments regarding a convoy operation off Somalia. The surprise, for me, was to see the mass of suspected pirates, not one or two, but a swarm of small boats.
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Here is a news report that Indonesia is going to establish a Coast Guard. This is more evidence that the importance of an independent Coast Guard is being recognized. Interesting that Japan as well as the US are sited as being willing to help set up the new service. Japan’s Coast Guard of course, traces [...]
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What a week for the demands of my day job to have taken me away from writing. The U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary celebrated its 71st Birthday this past Wednesday, June 23, 2010. I spent that evening reviewing charting techniques and problems with our new boat crew trainees, followed up afterwards with a celebratory drink across the street. [...]
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Here is an interesting article discussing how the Iranians are using shell corporations and changes of name and ownership to disguise their control of ships being used to circumvent sanctions. This would seem to have important implications for any attempt to maintain Maritime Domain Awareness, and identify potentially hostile ships attempting to enter US ports. [...]
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“Trust But Verify.” It was a phrase from the Cold War, but it is still good advice. The Deepwater Horizon disaster has shown that the federal government may have put too much trust in the oil companies and certainly had little or no ability to verify. The regulators are in a position of having to [...]
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