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Ex. AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT-066 Context (guidance or announcement) Primary source read

GT USA Wilmington letter to partners, Mar. 19, 2020: from Mar. 20, 2020 every truck driver asked two screening questions at the gate (foreign travel outside the U.S. or Canada in 14 days; fever, illness or congestion); a 'yes' bars entry to the port

Update on Port Gate Security (truck driver screening questions; entry refused)

GT USA Wilmington, LLC (private concessionaire operating the State-owned Port of Wilmington for the Diamond State Port Corporation), Commercial Vice President David J. Harriss · Delaware (Port of Wilmington) (Sector regulator)

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Context, not an order

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The record

Jurisdiction
Delaware (Port of Wilmington) · Delaware
Level
Sector regulator
Authority
Terminal operator's access-control authority under its facility security plan and concession
Issued
2020-03-19 Mar. 19, 2020
Effective
2020-03-20
End
Not documented (read as 2020-06-30)
In force
Mar. 20, 2020 to June 30, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q2
Limitation types
Workplace rulesQuarantine and isolationSupply chain
Addressees
  • all truck drivers entering the Port of Wilmington
  • suppliers and customers
Functions reached
  • DR drivers (gate screening and denial of entry)
  • PT ports
  • SC supply chain (fruit, containers and breakbulk through Wilmington)
Character
context
Collection
State transport, ports and transit authorities AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT

Operative words

Effective tomorrow, 20 March, 2020 - all truck drivers will be asked two questions prior to entry: 1) Have you traveled outside the United States or Canada in the last 14 days? 2) Do you currently have a temperature, feel ill, or have congestion? If the answer is yes, for the safety of our employees, suppliers and customers we will not allow the driver to enter the port.

Enforcement

Denial of entry at the port gate

Notes

Private operator's notice, graded context as facts and circumstances: it is not an order of a governmental authority, though it governs access to a State-owned port and parallels the Port of Virginia and Georgia Ports Authority truck-gate rules (USCG-PORTS Ex. 078, 081).

Retrieval note

Letter text read in full (PDF letter dated March 19, 2020 on GT USA Wilmington letterhead). Verified as to the operator's own document; the issuer is private.

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