Managing Maritime Safety - Reeta Pal [2021, EPUB]

Managing Maritime Safety

Year: 2021
Language: english
Author: Reeta Pal
Format: EPUB
Quality: eBook
Pages count: 33
Description: Introduction
Coast guards may also be responsible to maintain buoys and lighthouses as navigational aids. They can also administer emergency aid to merchant seamen or victims of natural disasters like floods and hurricanes. Some countries have coast guard duties that include icebreaking in inland waters and collecting and disseminating meteorological data regarding floods, hurricanes, or storms. The International Ice Patrol is a U.S. Coast Guard unit that monitors icebergs along North Atlantic shipping lanes.
Nearly every country on the coast has a coast guard. The U.S. Coast Guard and the Coastguard Service in Britain are just a few of the most well-known. They all fall under the control of their respective governments. In many European countries, volunteer lifeboat associations perform coast guard duties.
United States Coast Guard (USCG) is a military service of the U.S. Armed Forces that is responsible for the enforcement and maintenance of maritime laws. It is composed of about 35,000 officers and enlisted personnel as well as civilians. It falls under the Department of Homeland Security
Navy
A nation's navy is a group of warships and crafts that are used to fight on, under, and above the sea. The modern navy is composed of aircraft carriers, destroyers and cruisers as well as frigates, submarines and minelayers, gunswainboats and other support, supply and repair vessels.
Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton established the USCG in 1790 as the Revenue Marine Service. Later, it was called the Revenue Cutter Service. In 1915, it was combined with U.S. Lifesaving Service (1878), to create the Coast Guard. It was in the (peacetime), jurisdiction of the Treasury Department from 1878 to 1967 when it was transferred into the Department of Transportation. The Coast Guard came under the new Department of Homeland Security in 2003.
The Coast Guard enforces all federal laws governing high seas and waters in the United States. It promulgates, enforces and administers laws to promote safety for life and property on the entire U.S. Coast, including Alaska and Hawaii. It designs and operates navigation aids in order to ensure the safety of vessels and ports in U.S. territorial waterways.
The Coast Guard's peacetime duties include inspections of vessels and equipment, as well as the operation and direction of lighthouses and buoys. The Coast Guard has a large network of search-and rescue stations and lifeboats that can be used by surface vessels and aircraft. The International Ice Patrol is also managed by the Coast Guard, which monitors icebergs along the North Atlantic shipping lanes. The USCG assists planes and ships in distress and collects data for National Weather Service. The Coast Guard is responsible for escorting ships and transports, as well as securing ports. The Coast Guard assists with the interdiction and seizure of illegal drugs that are transported to the United States via coastal waters.