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Confident Captain Offering Additional Courses In June In Response To High Demand!
Newport, R.I. - Confident Captain/Ocean Pros has responded to demand and added additinal courses in June to accomodate the licensing needs of local mariners. All courses are held at the Confident Captain Training Facility in Newport, Rhode Island.
Course Offerings:
Master 100 Ton Captain's Course
June 3-14, 2013 (M-F 8AM-5PM)
OUPV-Six Pack Captain's Course
June 3-11, 2013 (M-F 8AM-5PM)
Able Seaman Certification
June 3-7, 2013 (M-F 8AM-5PM)
Launch Operator Course
Post to TwitterConfident Captain Holding First-Aid/CPR Class June 5th
Newport, R.I. - Confident Captain/Ocean Pros is holding their next FA/CPR class on Wednesday, June 5th at their Newport training facility. Whether this is your first certification, or a renewal, Confident Captain's instructors will teach you the basic skills and techniques necessary to handle an onboard or shorebased emergency where yourself or crewmembers may be injured and in need of basic first-aid and/or CPR. Pre-registration is required, as space is limited. Call 401-849-1257 today to register! For more information, visit www.confidentcaptain.com.USS Arlington Commissioned in Front of Thousands
NORFOLK — Pictures may be worth a thousand words, but the image of the USS Arlington at port, its crew standing at attention facing a crowd of thousands, needs only one: Resolve.
Enthusiasts restore piece of Coast Guard history
CHATHAM — One of the few remaining motorized Coast Guard surfboats has come back home to the Cape. Under the fluorescent lights of the garage at Coast Guard Station Chatham, volunteers have been painting the 26-foot wooden boat and restoring its Buda diesel motor. South Dennis resident Dick Boonisar donated it to the Cape Cod National Seashore.
EPA Finalizes Vessel General Permit / Action will help protect U.S. water quality and reduce risk of invasive species
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today issued a final vessel general permit regulating discharges from commercial vessels, including ballast water, to protect the nation’s waters from ship-borne pollutants and reduce invasive species in U.S.Counterfeit Portable Fire Extinguishers
The Coast Guard has recently become aware of counterfeits of U.S. Coast Guard approved portabe fire extinguishers manufactured by Amerex Corporation and Buckeye Fire Equipment. READ MORENisshin Maru, Japan's Whaling Vessel, Accused By Sea Shepherd Of Intentionally Ramming Ships
THE HAGUE, Netherlands -- Sea Shepherd wants Dutch authorities to prosecute Japanese whalers for piracy for allegedly attacking the radical conservationist group's ships in Antarctic waters, a lawyer said Thursday.
Bad weather delays salvage of US ship
With the crane on “M/V Jascon 25” in position in Tubbataha Reef, the US Navy (USN) and salvage teams have begun transferring mine countermeasure equipment from the “USS Guardian (MCM 5),” a statement from the US Seventh Fleet said on Sunday. The transferring of the equipment proceeded even though salvage operations on the grounded minesweeper, had to be halted anew due to rough seas, said the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG). READ MORECrane Vessel to Help Get Ship Off of Philippine Reef
MANILA – A crane ship that can conduct salvage operations without requiring anchoring will soon join the challenging effort to extract a stranded U.S. Navy minesweeper from a protected reef in the Sulu Sea off of the southwestern part of the Philippines.
MSD Kodiak Responds to Sunken Research Vessel in Alaska
(Maritime Executive) U.S. Coast Guard Marine Safety Detachment Kodiak personnel were working with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in response to the sinking of the FWS research vessel Arluk in St.