David St. Pierre, Port Manatee’s director of public safety and security, leads the port’s facility security officer training. Port Manatee photo Port Manatee’s facility security officer training ...

Florida’s Port Manatee announced its facility security officer training program — the only such approved course offered by a U.S. seaport — has earned new certification from the U.S. Coast Guard. The ...

A container ship is searched for narcotics as it arrived in Houston in March 2015. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Andrew Kendrick) Port control units trained under a U.S.-backed ...

The Transportation Security Administration and the U.S. Coast Guard will facilitate a port security exercise today in Wilmington, N.C. to evaluate preparedness, prevention and the ability to respond ...

Port Manatee has begun security training for other ports and is toying with the possibility of creating a future security training academy. "Port Manatee has one of the most qualified security teams ...

U.S. ports are preparing for catastrophic terrorism in a major new program of security drills that began last week in the San Francisco Bay area and continues next week in Baltimore. The federal Port ...

The Coast Guard has a significant role at the Exercise Rim of the Pacific 2024 for maritime safety and security. Armed transportable port security boats were on display Monday during a tour of the ...