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Ex. AGY-USCG-PORTS-041 Context (guidance or announcement) Primary source read

U.S. Maritime Alert 2020-002A

2020-002A-Global-Novel Coronavirus Outbreak

Maritime Administration, Office of Maritime Security · Maritime Administration (MARAD), U.S. Department of Transportation; global (U.S.-flag and U.S.-interest shipping) (Federal)

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Context, not an order

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The record

Jurisdiction
Maritime Administration (MARAD), U.S. Department of Transportation; global (U.S.-flag and U.S.-interest shipping)
Level
Federal
Authority
46 U.S.C. 50101 et seq.
Issued
2020-01-24 Jan. 24, 2020
Effective
2020-01-24
End
2020-01-31 (automatic expiry) (read as 2020-01-31)
In force
Jan. 24, 2020 to Jan. 31, 2020
Limitation types
Emergency declarationTravel and quarantine
Addressees
  • U.S. maritime industry
  • mariners
Functions reached
  • TV mariner and crew travel
  • OP maritime security planning
Character
context
Collection
Coast Guard and ports AGY-USCG-PORTS

Operative words

A health threat potentially affecting mariners and maritime commerce has been identified which was first detected in Wuhan, China.... The CDC has issued a Level 3 Travel Health Warning to avoid nonessential travel to Wuhan, China... This alert will automatically expire on January 31, 2020.

Enforcement

None (advisory)

Notes

Pre-period predicate; first federal maritime advisory of the pandemic.

Retrieval note

Page text read in full. it carries no independent legal effect. The enforceable instruments are the COTP orders, 33 C.F.R. 160.216, 33 C.F.R. 105.125 and the CDC orders the bulletin describes (already cited in the record's enforcement field). Cite the bulletin as evidence of the operating regime, not as an order).