WASHINGTON, May 7 -- Coast Guard has issued a notice called: Certificate of Alternative Compliance for the AHT SAKMAN.

The notice was published in the Federal Register on May 7 by Erin E. Williams, Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Chief, Prevention Division, Coast Guard Oceania District.

Summary: The Coast Guard announces that the U.S. Coast Guard Oceania District Prevention Division has issued a certificate of alternative compliance from the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea, 1972 (72 COLREGS), for the ANCHOR HANDLING TUG (AHT) SAKMAN (ON 1362284). We are issuing this notice because its publication is required by statute. Due to the construction and placement of the forward superstructure and aft working deck, the AHT ...