The Office of Homeland Security is asking some boat owners to get new hull identification numbers as part of their annual registration process. New boats are already outfitted with the compliant hull ...

The U.S. Coast Guard has mandated (33 C.F.R. § 181.25) that all registered vessels in the state of Tennessee provide a properly -ormatted Hull Identification Number (HIN) to TWRA. The HIN is a ...

SEATTLE -- There's a new federal standard that all boat owners in Washington have to meet and this means 19,000 owners in the state will need to make a change to meet that standard. From the ...

The U.S. Coast Guard and the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary participate in a Search and Rescue and vessel towing drill in Bellingham Bay, June 12, 2013. The Coast Guard is beginning to enforce the new ...