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Coast Guard Struggling To Help With Rescues, Arctic Resupply Due To Old Fleet | CTV News

April 8, 2019April 8, 2019 mdbincbi

OTTAWA — Reduced search-and-rescue coverage, ferry-service disruptions, cancelled resupply runs to Arctic and coastal communities and nearly $2 million in lost navigational buoys. Those are among the real safety, social and commercial impacts that communities across the country are starting to feel as the Canadian Coast Guard’s fleet gets older, according to new documents obtained by The Canadian Press. Read full story here: Coast Guard Struggling To Help With Rescues, Arctic Resupply Due To Old Fleet | CTV News

Coast Guard Sends Cutter to Washington | The Maritime Executive

March 12, 2017March 12, 2017 mdbincbi

On Monday, shortly after news broke of a potential $1.3 billion dollar budget cut for the United States Coast Guard, the service announced the deployment of its newest vessel to Washington for a series of official tours. In a media advisory, the Coast Guard said that the Sentinel-class cutter Lawrence Lawson and her crew would be at the D.C. Fireboat Pier on Wednesday for a press tour, a short stopover before her official commissioning at Cape May, New Jersey. The Coast Guard says that the Sentinel-class Fast Response Cutter offers…