Today’s meeting is taking place at Coast Guard Group Port Angeles. There are a few commercial providers here along with several fire departments and other SAR agencies.
Today’s meeting is taking place at Coast Guard Group Port Angeles. There are a few commercial providers here along with several fire departments and other SAR agencies.
Richard,
C-PORT, the Marine Assistance industry’s only association representing the entire industry has had quite an impact on the policy behind these meetings. The meetings are now mandated to be held twice a year and to have a representative from the Sector level attending. These kinds of meetings are hugely valuable for the continued cooperation of our industry with the Coast Guard and it’s a great time to put faces to the voices behind the radios.
I hope someone mentioned C-PORT at the meeting. It’s good for the variuos agency folks to see that there’s a united front for all marine assistance.
BTW – we just rolled out a new C-PORT website!
Capt. Ethan Maass
Secretary of C-PORT Board of Directors
Sea Tow South Shore
(Cape Cod Bay area)
Hi Ethan, The guy standing with his back to the camera is Capt. Roger Slade. He actually did that due diligence. We actually rode together. Unfortunately he made me buy breakfast.
Richard, say hi to Roger for me, he and I had the honor of being put on the C-Port board at last years conference. I am glad that Ethan mentioned that to you as well, with the new web site and a few other recent changes and upgrades, I think C-Port will be making even more progress in the future – as Ethan said – - a UNITED marine assistance front can only be GOOD for ALL of us – - Charlie
Richard- hope you drove, I’d hate to think of you being out in Juan de Fuca in the winds we’ve been having.
What were your ‘take home’ thoughts on the meeting? Thanks for reporting, it’s very interesting to read what you do to keep ‘us’ safe and out of harm.
Hi Lynne, Not much new at this meeting. The emphasis was on various organizations and agencies working together. When someone is in trouble it’s about getting the job done, not bragging rights.
Capt Mass-
Could you post the link to the local (MA) C-PORT wesite? I cant seem to find it online or in the USCG HOMEPORT website. Thank you.
WUA-21
Here it is: http://www.cport.us/
Found it on Google
sorry, still trying to figure out how Vessel Asst and Coast Guard coordinate and what each others responsibilities are. I suppose I’ll learn by cont. to read your blog posts!
Lynne, In most cases the CG only runs when life is in jeopardy. If they ran every time someone had an issue on the water there would be no time for their other functions.