PHILADELPHIA - Coast Guard Cutter Cleat, homeported here, is shown alongside the tug boat Texan in the Delaware River, Dec. 8, 2011 while Coast Guard crewmembers conduct a boarding. During an at-sea boarding, boarding officers conduct an inspection and determine if there are violations in safety equipment, materiel condition or environmental regulation defiance. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Senior Chief Petty Officer David Allen.

Coast Guard implements bridging program to ease into new regulations

  Post written by Lt. Trevor Blount, MST1 Joshua Gonzales and PA3 Cynthia Oldham The image of a tug boat guiding, pushing, towing or tugging a barge is not necessarily what jumps to mind when someone visualizes the shipping and trade [...]