Marine Safety Advisory No 66-11
The Republic of the Marshall Islands issued Marine Safety Advisory No 66-11 stating that US Coast Guard has announced that, effective 10 June 2011, it is imposing conditions of entry on vessels arriving in the United States after having called at any port in the Union of the Comoros or the Republic of Cote dIvoire, during their last five (5) port calls.
Any vessel arriving in the United States that called in any of the countries listed on pages 2-3 (with exceptions noted) during its previous five (5) port calls must take actions 1 through 5 listed below:
1. Implement measures per the ships security plan equivalent to Security Level 2
2. Ensure that each access point to the ship is guarded and that the guards have total visibility of the exterior (both landside and waterside) of the vessel. Guards may be:
– provided by the ships crew, however, additional crewmembers should be placed on the ship if necessary to ensure that limits on maximum hours of work are not exceeded and/or minimum hours of rest are met, or
– provided by outside security forces approved by the ships master and Company Security Officer.
3. Attempt to execute a Declaration of Security;
4. Log all security actions in the ships log; and
5. Report actions taken to the cognizant U.S. Coast Guard Captain of the Port (COTP) prior to arrival in the United States.
The following countries are affected by the U.S. Coast Guards imposition of conditions of entry:
– Comoros (effective 10 June 2011)
– Cote dIvoire (effective 10 June 2011)
– Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe
– Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste
– Madagascar (with the exception of Toamasina (also known as Tamatave) MGTMM-0001)
– Republic of the Congo (with the exception of vessels arriving from the Djeno Oil Terminal CGPNR-0007)
– Venezuela
– Cambodia (with the exception of the Phnom Pehn Autonomous Port IMO number not listed; and Sihanoukville Autonomous Port IMO number not listed)
– Cuba
– Cameroon (with the exception of the Ebome Marine Terminal CM394-0001; Quai GETMA (LAMNALCO Base) Facility CMDLA-0005; the Société Nationale de Raffinage (SONARA) Terminal IMO number not listed and the Kome-Kribi 1-CM234-0001)
– Equatorial Guinea (with the exception of the ports of Ceiba GQ362-0001/0002; K-5 Oil Center IMO number not listed; Luba – GQLUB-0001; Punta Europa Terminal GQ368-0001; and Zafiro Marine Terminal GQ370-0001)
– Guinea-Bissau
– Indonesia (with the exception of the ports of Ardjuna Marine Terminal (British Petroleum Arco Ardjuna) IDTPP-0001; Banjarmasin Port (Pelabuhan Khusus Batubara PT. Bahari Cakrawala Sebuku/PT. Jorong Barutama) IDBDJ-0001/0002; Belawan Container Terminal Unit Terminal Peti Kemas (BICT) IDBLW-0001; Belawan Multi-Purpose Terminal IDBLW-0002; Chevron Santan Marine Terminal IDSAT-0001; Dermaga 1, 2 and Terminal Petikemas, Port of Bitung IDBIT-0003; Dermaga 2/ Dermaga Amoniak/Urea PT. Pupuk Kaltim IDBXT-0002; Dermaga Samudera & Terminal Penumpang Internasional IDSRG-0001; DUKS PT Semen Padang IDPDG-0001; Jakarta International Container Terminal IDTPP-0003; Jamrud Pelindo III Tanjung Perak (JPTP) IDSUB-0011; Muara Jawa, Muara Berau Anchorage and Jetty of PT. Mahakam Sumber Jaya IDSRI-0010; Newmont Nusa Tenggara ID259-0001; North Pulau Laut Coal Terminal Owned By PT. Arutmin Indonesia ID532-0001); PT. Berdikari Sair Utama Flour Mills IDMAK-0001; PT. Chevron Pacific Indonesia IDDUM-0002 (Formerly Caltex Oil Terminal Dumai ID258-0001); PT. Pelabuhan Indonesia I Cabang Dumai IDDUM-0003; PT. Pelindo IV Cabang Makassar IDMAK-0003; PT. (Persero) Pelabuhan Indonesia IV Cabang Balikpapan IDBPN-0003; PT. Pertamina (Persero) Unit Pengolahan V Balikpapan IDBPN-0005; PT. Persero Pelabuhan Indonesia II Cabang Padang- IDPDG-0002; PT. Pertamina Unit Pemasaran III Jakarta IDTPP-0009; PT. Terminal Petikemas Surabaya IDSUB-0015; Pertamina Bontang IDBXT-0011; Pelabuhan Khusus PT. Indominco Mandiri (Bontang Coal Terminal) IDBXT-0008; Pelabuhan Khusus PT. Multi Nabati Asahan Wajok Pontianak IDPNK-0001; Pertamina UP II Dumai IDDUM-0005; Pertamina UP. V Balikpapan, dermaga PT. Petrosea Tbk. Tanjung Batu Balikpapan IDBPN-0004; Port of Tanjung Priok IDTPP-0005; Senipah Terminal Total E & P Indonesie ID276-0001; Terminal Petikemas Koja (KOJA) IDTPP-0010; Terminal Petikemas Regional Harbour PT, Multi Terminal Indonesia IDTPP-0012; Terminal Petikemas Semarang IDSRG-0005)
– Iran
– Liberia (with the exception of the Firestone Facility IMO number not listed; and Port of Monrovia IMO Number LRMLW-0001)
– Syria
Masters of vessels arriving at a U.S. port whose last five (5) port calls included a port in a listed country (with exceptions noted) should expect that the U.S. Coast Guard will board their vessel at sea in order to ensure that the required actions were complied with. Failure to properly implement the above conditions of entry while in a port in one of the listed countries will most likely result in the vessel being denied entry into the United States.
Based on the findings of the Coast Guard boarding or examination, the vessels subject to the conditions of entry shown on page 1 may be required to ensure that each access point to the ship is guarded by armed security guards and that they have total visibility of the exterior (both landside and waterside) of the vessel while in U.S. ports. The number and location of the guards must be acceptable to the cognizant U.S. Coast Guard Captain of the Port.
For those vessels that have demonstrated good security compliance and can document that they took the measures called for in items 1 through 4 above, the armed security guard requirement will normally be waived.
However, vessels that visited Monrovia, Liberia (Firestone Facility and Port of Liberia) during their last five port calls prior to entering the United States will not normally be boarded at sea by the Coast Guard unless other targeting factors apply, nor will these vessels be required to provide armed security guards while in ports of the United States.
Owners and operators of vessels that are due to arrive in a U.S. port after calling at a port in any of the countries listed above are strongly urged to review the conditions of entry prior to their vessel arriving at a port in one of these countries.
Source: Republic of the Marshall Islands