Posts Tagged ‘Captain of the Port’
Coast Guard allows Whittier, Alaska facility to resume fuel transfer operations
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - The Coast Guard authorized Shoreside Petroleum Inc. personnel to resume conducting mobile fuel transfers in Whittier Thursday morning after deficiencies with their operations were corrected.
Coast Guard suspends search for mayday source near Seldovia
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - The Coast Guard actively suspended its search this afternoon, for the source of the “mayday” call near Seldovia received at 10 p.m. Tuesday. No correlating reports of an overdue, flare sightings or search and rescue satellite alerts have been received at this time.
Coast Guard announces final ports, compliance dates for TWIC Program
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Coast Guard and the Transportation Security Administration announced Wednesday that April 14, 2009, is the Transportation Worker Identification Credential compliance date for owners and operators of facilities located within the U.S. Coast Guard Captain of the Port Zones of Houston-Galveston, Texas, Los Angeles-Long Beach, Calif., San Juan, Puerto Rico and Guam.
Transportation Worker Identification Credential Program compliance off to good start
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Coast Guard announced Wednesday that the first week of enforcement of compliance with the Transportation Worker Identification Credential Program in Coast Guard Captain of the Port Zones Northern New England, Boston, and Southeastern New England has resulted in only 23 denials of entry to port facilities out of the nearly 20,000 port workers, longshoremen and truckers required to comply with the program by the region’s enforcement deadline of Oct. 15, 2008.
Transportation Worker Identification Credential enrollment deadline draws near
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - The Coast Guard urges maritime workers who have not yet applied for a Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) to apply as soon as possible before unescorted access to facilities in the Florida ports of Jacksonville, Fernandina, Fla., and Port Canaveral, Fla., is prohibited.
Deadline approaching for enforcement of new security measures at Great Lakes port facilities
CLEVELAND - The Coast Guard is set to enforce new security measures at port facilities located on the Great Lakes Oct. 31, 2008, as mandated by the Maritime Transportation Security Act (MTSA) and the Security and Accountability for Every Port Act.
Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands Marine Safety Information
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Sector San Juan Marine Safety and Security Duty Officers are notifying all facilities and vessels in the San Juan Captain of the Port zone Friday that the port of Christiansted in Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, including the Devcon International (WAPA) Channel and the Gallons Bay Terminal are open for operations.
Limetree Bay Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands Ports Reopened
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -Sector San Juan Marine Safety and Security Duty Officers are notifying all facilities and vessels in the San Juan Captain of the Port zone Friday that all ports in Limetree Bay Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands; including Hovensa, the Container Port, Krausse Lagoon Channel, and the Cross Channel are open for normal operations.