Coast Guard Posts Guidance Regarding Oversight of Safety Management Systems On U.S. Flag Vessels

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Written By The Current Loyola Maritime Law Journal

The USCG Office of Commercial Vessel Compliance posted a notice regarding its oversight of Safety Management Systems on U.S. flag vessels. As stated in the notice posted in the federal register on March 23, 2018, the notice {represents the Coast Guard’s current thinking on this topic and may assist industry, mariners, the public, and the Coast Guard, as well as other federal and state regulators, in applying statutory and regulatory requirements.”  The notice may be found following this link:http://www.dco.uscg.mil/Portals/9/DCO%20Documents/5p/CG-5PC/CG-CVC/CVC_MMS/CVC-WI-003(1).pdf

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The Current is the blog of the Loyola New Orleans Maritime Law Journal, where we post updates to keep our readers up to date about new decisions in maritime law. We also post news about the Journal and its' members.

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