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The Coast Guard no longer requires mariners who do not work on vessels requiring a Vessel Security Plan (VSP) to hold a TWIC card when applying for MMC.
Normally an intoxicated boat operator is charged with BUI but an Alaska supply boat captain was recently charged with DUI after his vessel ran aground.
Among the findings in the NTSB report released on the Eagle Otome collision in Port Arthur, Tx. was a pilot’s fatigue due to his untreated sleep apnea.
Just because you may have been denied a TWIC card or failed to free your license from suspension does not necessarily mean you’re permanently on the beach.
A Coast Guard investigation revealed that the sleep-deprived apprentice mate was at the helm of the towboat Mel Oliver without the presence of a captain in the wheelhouse when the boat and the tanker barge it was pushing collided into a tanker ship.
The admission by DRD Towing Company LLC of Harvey, Louisiana for using apprentice mates without the presence of a licensed master on their towboats makes you wonder just how widespread this practice is among tug operators.
