AMSEA Blog

U.S. Coast Guard command center crews in the Northeast states have a new way to locate vessels in distress.

Mandate 17 from the State of Alaska requires that a vessel fly a to fly a “'Lima' flag or similar yellow and black pennant" if a vessel...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration maintains a network of satellites called SARSAT, that helps forecasters track weather...

An ongoing service outage has been affecting U.S. Coast Guard VHF radio stations along much of the coast of the Gulf of Alaska. The...

In an emergency, activating your vessel's EPIRB is the most certain method of summoning help. But, have you ever wondered what happens if...

We just received an FCC Enforcement Advisory from our local Commercial Fishing Vessel Safety Examiner. The Federal Communications...

The U.S. Coast Guard is alerting mariners to the potential for LED lights to interfere with the reception of marine VHF radios and AIS...

The ability to signal for help is a critical skill during an emergency at sea. On any vessel equipped with a marine radio, that signal...

Audio: F/V Coastal Reign MAYDAY Call Click the link above to hear a good example of a well-executed MAYDAY call. According to KOIN 6...

The latest edition of Marine Safety Updates, AMSEA's newsletter is now available, hot off the (digital) press. In this edition, we're...

The U.S. Coast Guard now has VHF Digital Selective Calling (DSC) capability with limited coverage in Southcentral and Southeast Alaska....

AMSEA's spring newsletter, Marine Safety Update, is available online! If you are interested in getting our newsletter right to your...

While the NOA requirement changes only affect vessels over 300 Gross Tons, the new AIS requirements that previously only applied to...