CG Homeport Issues

I do not get around to the Coast Guard’s Homeport website very often, it is old and not very internet friendly. But imagine my surprise when I saw the following notice at https://www.uscg.mil/Homeport/ today:

The Coast Guard Homeport Internet Portal platform will be decommissioned on 12 April 2025. You will need to use alternate approaches for tasks typically performed through the Homeport platform.

We recognize that Homeport has long been a trusted tool for mariners and the broader maritime community. The Coast Guard is establishing temporary workarounds to ensure essential services remain accessible until we can identify the best permanent approach for each function.

The following pages will provide you with guidance on how to conduct activities previously done through Homeport.

The Coast Guard is responsible for maintaining both the physical and cyber security of our country’s maritime commerce system. The Homeport system is facing increasing costs and system obsolescence. As a result, it is no longer a viable tool for managing the many functions required to ensure the smooth and safe flow of vessel traffic.

The page goes on to provide email links for many of the basic services that were provided by Homeport. I suspect that this is part and parcel of the Trump Administration’s limiting of information sharing by the federal government, but there is still some truth in that notice. I hope that something good comes out of this as the Coast Guard stands up a more user-friendly version of their portal.