Centers of Expertise Established in New Orleans and Morgan City

Guardians,

This is a final update from our trip to New Orleans on Friday. We announced the opening of two our National Centers of Expertise (NCOE) at the Work Boat Show on Friday. RADM Mary Landry introduced the Supervisor for the Center of Expertise for Investigations of Marine Casualties at Sector New Orleans, CAPT (sel) Kathleen Moore. She also introduced LCDR Brian Khey, Supervisor of the Outer Continental Shelf Center of Expertise. LCDR Khey and his staff will be located at Marine Safety Unit Morgan City. Our NCOEs are a key component of our Marine Safety Enhancement Plan. I opened the event by providing remarks and taking questions. Interest remains strong in the pending towing vessel rulemaking project and merchant mariner licensing and documentation. I also announced our new service to provide email status regarding mariner licenses and documents that are being processed.

Our thanks for RADM Landry and the Eighth District Guardians for their support for our visit.

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