On Feb. 1, 2021, the Acting Director Andrey Khaustov of the Russian Federation’s Marine Rescue Service (MRS) and the U.S. Coast Guard’s Deputy Commandant for Operations, Vice Adm. Scott Buschman signed the 2020 update to the Joint Contingency Plan (JCP), which is a bilateral agreement focused on preparing for and responding to transboundary maritime pollution incidents. The updated JCP promotes a coordinated system for planning, preparing and responding to pollutant substance incidents in the waters between the U.S. and Russia. The U.S. and Russian Federation have shared a cooperative bilateral agreement on trans-boundary marine pollution preparedness and response in this area since 1989. The newest JCP revision requires joint planning and trans-boundary exercise efforts to be coordinated by a Joint Planning Group led by Coast Guard District Seventeen and is guided by a non-binding two-year work plan. In addition, the updated JCP creates the new International Coordinating Offic
The Russian Federationâs Marine Rescue Service and the U.S. Coast Guard have signed the 2020 update to the Joint Contingency Plan, which is a bilateral agreement focused on preparing for and responding to transboundary maritime pollution incidents.Â
The agreement was signed on Feb. 1 by Andrey Khaustov, acting director of the MRS, and the U.S. Coast Guardâs Deputy Commandant for Operations, Vice Adm. Scott Buschman.Â
The updated JCP promotes a coordinated system for planning, preparing and responding to pollutant substance incidents in the waters between the U.S. and Russia.
The U.S. and Russian Federation have shared a cooperative bilateral agreement on transboundary marine pollution preparedness and response in this area since 1989. The newest JCP revision requires joint planning and transboundary exercise efforts to be coordinated by a Joint Planning Group led by Coast Guard District 17, which includes Base Kodiak, and is guided by a non-binding two-year work pl
Photo of the Bering Strait. Washington (KINY) – The U.S. Coast Guard and the Russian Federation’s Marine Rescue Service have recently signed the 2020 Joint Contingency Plan of the United States of America & the Russian Federation in Combating Pollution on the Bering & Chukchi Seas.
On Monday, February 1st the Acting Director Andrey Khaustov of the Russian Federation’s Marine Rescue Service and the U.S. Coast Guard’s Deputy Commandant for Operations, Vice Admiral Scott Buschman signed the 2020 update to the Joint Contingency Plan, which is a bilateral agreement focused on preparing for and responding to transboundary maritime pollution incidents.
Multipurpose salvage vessel of Project MPSV12, Beysug, joins Marine Rescue Service
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The Federal Marine and River Transport Agency (Rosmorrechflot) says the commissioning team accepted the Beysug, the third ship in a series of four multipurpose salvage vessels of Project MPSV12, on 26 December 2020.
The small-draft rescue tugboat was built by Nevsky Shipyard. Intended for Marine Rescue Service of Rosmorrechflot, it was ordered by the State Customer Directorate under the federal project Sea Ports of Russia foreseen by the Comprehensive Plan for Modernization and Expansion of Core Infrastructure (CPMI) until 2024.
The commissioning team including representatives of Marine Rescue Service, State Customer Directorate and CNIIMF, as well as crewmembers of the rescue tugboat signed the documents confirming successful completion of the commissioning tests and readiness of the Beysug for operation. Some of the commissioning team members took part in the sea trials and