{"id":"AGY-USCG-PORTS-012","kind":"context","level":"federal","jurisdiction":"United States Coast Guard; nationwide","state":"","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"USCG-PORTS","eco":"","issuer":"Commandant, U.S. Coast Guard, Inspections and Compliance Directorate","authority":"CISA memorandum of Mar. 19, 2020; 33 C.F.R. part 101 (TWIC)","instrument":"MSIB 11-20","title":"Maintaining Maritime Commerce and Identification of Essential Maritime Critical Infrastructure Workers","dateIssued":"2020-03-27","effective":"2020-03-27","end":"not cancelled during the period; operative wherever State and local quarantine or shelter-in-place orders were in force","startDate":"2020-03-27","endDate":"2021-06-30","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2"],"types":["STAY","OTHER"],"addressees":["State and local officials","MTS employers and workers","port authorities","facility operators"],"clause":"MTS workers are considered essential in regions impacted by COVID-19 quarantine and shelter-in-place orders. Though not meant to be an exhaustive list, the following personnel are essential for sustaining the continuous flow of maritime commerce: Merchant mariners; Federal and state pilots; Stevedores, longshoremen, and... Many MTS workers will have a federal Transportation Worker Identification Card (TWIC) that may be used to [verify]... In any cases where there is a question, state officials [may contact the COTP to confirm that a] worker is essential to MTS operations.","enforcement":"Advisory; operates within State and local shelter-in-place orders (their penalties apply)","functions":["WF workforce movement under stay-home orders (proof of essential status)","PT terminals, stevedores, truckers, pilots, agents","HR TWIC as evidence of essential status"],"notes":"The Coast Guard\u0027s contemporaneous recognition that quarantine and shelter-in-place orders were operating on maritime commerce and that every non-listed function was excluded from the ports.","sourceUrl":"https://www.dco.uscg.mil/Portals/9/DCO%20Documents/5p/MSIB/2020/MSIB-11-20-Identification-of-Essential-Maritime-Critical-Infrastructure-Workers.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":303467,"grade":"primary","character":"context","description":"","collection":"AGY-USCG-PORTS","url":"/library/AGY-USCG-PORTS-012","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AGY-USCG-PORTS-012","citation":"Commandant, U.S. Coast Guard, Inspections and Compliance Directorate, MSIB 11-20 (Mar. 27, 2020) (Ex. AGY-USCG-PORTS-012)","stateName":"","related":["AGY-USCG-PORTS-016","AGY-USCG-PORTS-007","AGY-USCG-PORTS-006","AGY-USCG-PORTS-004","AGY-USCG-PORTS-005","AGY-USCG-PORTS-003","AGY-USCG-PORTS-019","AGY-USCG-PORTS-020","AGY-USCG-PORTS-021","AGY-USCG-PORTS-002","AGY-USCG-PORTS-022"]}