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Ex. AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT-095 Context (guidance or announcement) Primary source read

Duluth Seaway Port Authority news release, Mar. 26, 2020: 2020 Great Lakes commercial shipping season opened at the Soo Locks under federal COVID-19 protocols: embarkation of pilots and crew may be limited at the discretion of the Coast Guard, Corps of Engineers and CDC; all pilots and crew monitored for symptoms with 96-hour advance notice of suspected cases before inspectors board; ships on Lake Superior must immediately report suspected cases to the Coast Guard or the CDC Minneapolis Quarantine Station; sailors and dock workers on the federal essential-worker list

Shipping season begins with COVID-19 precautions in place

Duluth Seaway Port Authority (with the Lake Carriers' Association, quoted) · Minnesota and Wisconsin (Port of Duluth-Superior; Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway system) (Sector regulator)

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Jurisdiction
Minnesota and Wisconsin (Port of Duluth-Superior; Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway system) · Minnesota
Level
Sector regulator
Authority
Port authority statement of the federal agencies' protocols governing the 2020 shipping season
Issued
2020-03-26 Mar. 26, 2020
Effective
2020-03-25 (Soo Locks opening) and Apr. 1, 2020 (Seaway opening to ocean traffic) (read as 2020-03-25)
End
Season-long federal protocols (2020 season; continued 2021 under USCG MSIBs) (read as 2020-06-30)
In force
Mar. 25, 2020 to June 30, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q2
Limitation types
Workplace rulesQuarantine and isolationSupply chain
Addressees
  • vessel operators, pilots and crews on the Great Lakes
  • dock and port operators and service providers
Functions reached
  • SC supply chain (iron ore, grain, coal, cement, stone and salt movements of 200 million metric tons a year)
  • PT ports (crew and pilot embarkation limited; reporting)
  • WF workforce (crew monitoring)
Character
context
Collection
State transport, ports and transit authorities AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT

Operative words

These agencies, in cooperation with the shipping industry and U.S. Customs and Border Protection, are taking strict steps to keep crews and communities safe as the flow of maritime traffic begins amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. Among them: Approval to embark or disembark pilots and crew could be limited at the discretion of the U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Centers for Disease Control. All pilots and crew must be monitored for COVID-19 symptoms and 96-hour advance notice of any suspected cases must be provided to the lead agencies and control centers prior to inspectors boarding the vessel. Ships underway on Lake Superior are required to immediately contact the U.S. Coast Guard or the CDC's Minneapolis Quarantine Station regarding any suspected COVID-19 cases or symptoms.

Enforcement

Federal agency discretion over embarkation; 42 C.F.R. § 71.21 and 42 U.S.C. § 271 reporting penalties; Coast Guard COTP authority

Notes

Port authority recital of the federal force-of-law protocols under which the 2020 Great Lakes season opened. Service announcement graded context; the federal instruments are in USCG-PORTS and FED-A.

Retrieval note

Rendered Wayback capture (Aug. 15, 2020) of duluthport.com/media-news-detail.php?id=124 (full URL in banner); release dated Thursday, March 26, 2020.

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