The following was reported by the various Pilot Presidents this morning:
 
  • BAR –
    • Operations have shutdown.  Equipment (boats) has been evacuated.
    • Oakville floodgate on HWY 23 to be closed at 2:00 pm closing vehicle traffic to Venice.
    • Will move equipment and people back down after the storm as soon as they can.
  • CRPPA –
    • Moving about 3 ships at this time in-harbor shifts.
    • Having to re-anchor a ship at Boothville now.
    • Very limited movement of ships, all within CRRPA zone, at this time.
  • NOBRA –
    • In order to minimize the number of ships at anchorages which in-turn reduces the danger to the levees, the following applies:
      • NOBRA will swap a ship from an anchorage to a dock, with a ship from that dock to that anchorage (one-for-one) in NOBRA area of responsibility AOR only.
      • NOBRA will not move vessels up from the lower river to anchorages in their AOR.
      • NOBRA will not shift a vessel from a dock to an anchorage if there’s no vessel in that anchorage that’s moving to that dock.
  • Federal –
    • Moving 4 vessels from anchorage to dock.
    • Sailing 1 vessel for cross-out at 1500-1700 this evening.
    • Will shutdown ops after that vessel crosses-out.