USCG rolls out new Towing Vessel National Center of Expertise website Doug Pine Total Views: 87 February 21, 2011 The USCG has just rolled out a new website for their Towing Vessel National Center of Expertise (TVNCOE), located in Paducah, KY. Every tugboater in the United States should bookmark this site, and take advantage of the available resources contained within. The TVNCOE’s Vision and Mission statements are: Vision The Towing Vessel National Center of Expertise is the Coast Guard’s forward thinking component on the towing vessel industry to keep all program stakeholders well-prepared to handle current and future needs. Mission Maintain trained experts in the towing vessel industry to serve as in-house consultants to the Coast Guard and as participants in technical forums and decision-making collaborations, provide technical advice to both the industry and the Coast Guard, and increase and maintain the Coast Guard’s collective competency and capacity to professionally engage with the towing vessel industry. Values Our work is guided by the Coast Guard’s enduring core values of Honor, Respect, and Devotion to Duty. We are further guided by these three areas of emphasis: •    People – Safety is our priority. •    Excellence – We are professionals that strive for excellence in everything we do. We seek solutions that are both elegant and safe. Some of our best work is done when we wipe the slate clean and apply our knowledge in ways that depart from tradition. •    Teamwork – There is often no one best answer. Our decisions and efforts need to be collaborative. The most important line in the Vision and Mission statement is: “to professionally engage with the towing vessel industry.” As mariners, we can taken advantage of this commitment by fully utilizing the resources that are presently available on the website. Imagine your day beginning like this: Your office has just informed you that the USCG examiner is on