Posted:
June 13, 2012
The U.S. Coast Guard will continue to honor existing agreements regarding service time and horsepower equivalencies on T-AGOS and SWATH vessels, and sea time aboard T-AGOS and SWATH vessels will continue to count toward unlimited licenses for engineers, the agency has advised.
American Maritime Officers National Vice President for Government Relations Mike Murphy worked closely with U.S. Coast Guard headquarters, the National Maritime Center and Military Sealift Command to have this issue addressed and resolved after the National Maritime Center denied an application from an AMO engineering officer to sit for an upgrade of an unlimited license.
In a letter to Military Sealift Command, the Coast Guard cited a previous determination, in which "the Coast Guard agreed that service on either the T-AGOS or SWATH vessels could be considered as qualifying for an unlimited license in accordance with the scenarios specified in the October 1998 equivalency determination." The determination cited by the Coast Guard accounted for the combined horsepower of the engines onboard a T-AGOS or SWATH vessel.
T-AGOS, SWATH sea time counts toward unlimited licenses for engineers
The U.S. Coast Guard will continue to honor existing agreements regarding service time and horsepower equivalencies on T-AGOS and SWATH vessels, and sea time aboard T-AGOS and SWATH vessels will continue to count toward unlimited licenses for engineers, the agency has advised.
American Maritime Officers National Vice President for Government Relations Mike Murphy worked closely with U.S. Coast Guard headquarters, the National Maritime Center and Military Sealift Command to have this issue addressed and resolved after the National Maritime Center denied an application from an AMO engineering officer to sit for an upgrade of an unlimited license.
In a letter to Military Sealift Command, the Coast Guard cited a previous determination, in which "the Coast Guard agreed that service on either the T-AGOS or SWATH vessels could be considered as qualifying for an unlimited license in accordance with the scenarios specified in the October 1998 equivalency determination." The determination cited by the Coast Guard accounted for the combined horsepower of the engines onboard a T-AGOS or SWATH vessel.