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Ex. AGY-USCG-PORTS-032 Context (guidance or announcement) Primary source read

MSIB 04-21

COVID-19 Crew Change Issues

Commandant, U.S. Coast Guard, Office of Commercial Vessel Compliance (CG-CVC) · United States Coast Guard; nationwide and U.S. mariners abroad (Federal)

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Context, not an order

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The record

Jurisdiction
United States Coast Guard; nationwide and U.S. mariners abroad
Level
Federal
Authority
14 U.S.C. 102; 33 C.F.R. 105.237
Issued
2021-03-17 Mar. 17, 2021
Effective
2021-03-17
End
not cancelled during the period (read as 2021-09-30)
In force
Mar. 17, 2021 to Sept. 30, 2021
Quarters
2021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
Limitation types
Travel and quarantineQuarantine and isolationOther
Addressees
  • U.S. mariners abroad
  • foreign mariners in U.S. ports
  • vessel operators and agents
Functions reached
  • HR crew changes and repatriation (CBP approval required)
  • WF crew availability
  • OP vessel agents and crewing companies
  • TV mariner travel
Character
context
Collection
Coast Guard and ports AGY-USCG-PORTS

Operative words

The COVID-19 pandemic has significant impacts on the U.S. Marine Transportation System, the Global shipping [industry and on mariners themselves, creating] significant hurdles to crew changes and repatriation of seafarers.... Multiple federal agencies share responsibility for evaluating requests for crew change and shore access for foreign mariners.... U.S. mariners who are attempting to conduct a crew change abroad should first consult the host nation's COVID-19 guidelines for travel to determine what intermediary steps are required in order to depart from or arrive to the country.... It should be noted that all foreign mariner requests for repatriation will require U.S. Customs and Border Protection approval.

Enforcement

CBP landing-permit authority (8 U.S.C. 1282); COTP and CDC controls

Notes

Documents that crew changes in U.S. ports remained controlled by federal agencies in 2021 Q1-Q3.

Retrieval note

Text read in full; bracketed words bridge line breaks. 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).

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