US coast guard commander to lecture at maritime conference

A seasoned operational commanding officer in the US Coast Guard has joined the panel of expert speakers at the Qatar Maritime Security -- Coastal and Border Surveillance Conference (QMARSEC).The third annual QMARSEC conference will take place in Doha on October 28 under the theme, “The Future of Automatic Identification System Technologies and Deployments”.  “Captain Tony Ceraolo, as the Commodore of US Coast Guard Patrol Forces Southwest Asia out of Bahrain, has command experience in some of the most high-density maritime operational environments in the world,” said Staff Brigadier (Pilot) General Mohamed al-Mannai, director of the National Shield Project of Qatar. “I am pleased that he will be lending his experience and expertise from the US Coast Guard to QMARSEC 2015.”Captain Ceraolo has held senior staff-level assignments in the US Coast Guard and commanded several Coast Guard patrol vessels deployed in North American waters. His command assignments include taking the helm of the Coast Guard Cutter USSCGC Point Camden, an 82ft patrol vessel home ported on the West Coast of the US, as well as the Coast Guard Cutter USSCGC Neah Bay, a 140ft vessel operating in the busy Great Lakes region of North America.  The annual QMARSEC event provides a forum that encourages information sharing and co-operation among military, government, industry and academic maritime security experts from around the world.