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Tampa, FL
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WHAT DO THESE NEW TUGS HAVE IN COMMON?
Foss Maritime
Seattle, WA
MARSHALL FOSS
Washington Marine Group
Vancouver, BC
Crowley Marine Services
Seattle, WA
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Phone 800-426-3917
Fax (425) 488-2424 204 Ida Road
Broussard, LA 70518
Local Phone (337) 248-1426
Toll Free 866-347-9445
Fax (337) 837-3610
Western Towboat
Seattle, WA
Providence Steamboat Co.
Providence, RI
Hawaiian Tug & Barge
Honolulu, HI
Crowley Maritime
Oakland, CA
Alcan Gove
Northern Territory, Australia
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SEASPAN VENTURE
SEASPAN TEMPEST
OCEAN TITAN
RAINBOW
MIKIOI COASTAL RELIANCEINDEPENDENT
By RADM Robert Duncan, USCG,
Captain Ron Branch, USCG, Chris Doane and
Joe DiRenzo III
Since 9-11 all facets of the media have combined to focus national policy mak- ers, in and out of government, along with the general public on the asymmetric ter- rorist threat facing the United States and its global trading partners. Lengthy news- paper articles or Op-ed pieces, documen- taries on television such as The Learning
Channel and the Discovery Channel, along with talk radio banter have spot- lighted multiple areas of concern. These have included airplanes, tanker trucks, critical infrastructure and the country's bustling seaports such as New York and
Los Angles. The maritime nexus in partic- ular has received a lot of attention as over 90 percent of the nation's commerce trav- els by water. "Experts" have looked at ferry security, security around nuclear power plants and ways that the general public can get involved in the national effort. Commentaries on how vessels could be used as weapons, or the latest on container security have migrated from the maritime trade publications to the nation- al media. The vast majority of this cover- age on maritime security has been devot- ed to the coastal ports and terrorist attacks that originate from outside the U.S., but very little has been written about the nation's efforts to secure the Western
Rivers, the lifeline of America's heartland.
This article provides a synopsis of the multi-agency effort that secures our inland rivers.
As the Lead Federal Agency (LFA) for
Maritime Homeland Security, the Coast
Guard has coordinated a multi-faceted effort using Federal, state and local agen- cies as well as private industry to secure the U.S. maritime domain. The service has adopted an overarching security goal
America's Western River:
A Unique Security Challenge
Each year more than 100,000 barges navigate the
Houston ship channel. Here, a crane barge maneuvers near other barges on the Houston ship channel. (USCG photo by PA2 James Dillard)
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