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Ex. AGY-USCG-PORTS-081 Order Primary source read

GPA COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Update page: Client Advisories of Mar. 13, 16, 18, 23, 24, 30, Apr. 8 and Apr. 21, 2020 (GPA Temperature Check Announcement)

COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Update - Client Advisory: GPA Temperature Check Announcement

Georgia Ports Authority · Georgia Ports Authority (State authority; Ports of Savannah and Brunswick) (State)

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The record

Jurisdiction
Georgia Ports Authority (State authority; Ports of Savannah and Brunswick) · Georgia
Level
State
Authority
O.C.G.A. 52-2-9; GPA Terminal Tariff
Issued
2020-04-21 Apr. 21, 2020
Effective
week of Apr. 21, 2020 (temperature checks); Mar. 23, 2020 (Credentialing Center one visitor at a time) (read as 2020-04-21)
End
not stated (read as 2020-09-30)
In force
Apr. 21, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q3
Limitation types
Workplace rulesQuarantine and isolationOther
Addressees
  • all port users entering GPA terminals (non-containerized traffic)
  • truckers and vendors
  • Credentialing Center visitors
  • GPA employees
Functions reached
  • DR truckers and vendors at access control points
  • HR credentialing (Port ID) one visitor at a time
  • PT breakbulk, auto and bulk terminal access
  • TR GPA travel restricted
Collection
Coast Guard and ports AGY-USCG-PORTS

Operative words

April 21, 2020... So, in an effort to continue to ensure the safest possible working environment during our normal operations we will begin taking temperatures at all access control points for non-containerized traffic. We anticipate beginning the temperature taking later this week. This will be done with a 'No touch' thermometer. Any person with a temperature of 100.4 or higher will be turned around and not allowed on terminal.... March 23, 2020 As of March 23, 2020, the GPA Credentialing Center is open but operating under modified conditions.... Effective immediately, Credentialing will only service one visitor at a time.... March 13, 2020... GPA Board and staff travel has been temporarily restricted, except when required, and all travel to infected areas, curtailed.

Enforcement

Denial of terminal access ('turned around and not allowed on terminal') under the GPA Terminal Tariff and MTSA facility security plan

Notes

Access-control conditions at the fourth-largest U.S. container gateway; the page also records that Savannah's 'Normal, 24-hour vessel operations... continue' under those conditions.

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