NOBRA Letter 033020 NOBRA Letter (2) 033020 The NOBRA Pilots has requested the maritime industry’s cooperation with the implementation of the following practices: Please complete all paperwork, company business, etc. prior to ordering a pilot to reduce idle pilot bridge time,…
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NOBRA is requesting that agents and facilities reduce the detention time to a bare minimum. This will cut the time a pilot is onboard and in contact with crew members. This reduction in onboard time will lessen the chance of…
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NOBRA Pilots have advised that when ordering their services, the following will be asked if the agent when the order is placed: Does any crew member have symptoms of Coronavirus including a fever of 100.4 degrees or greater, cough, trouble…
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Feb 24, 2020 NOBRA Letter Due to the LMR reaching 16 feet on the Carrollton Gauge, NOBRA has implemented additional high water restrictions including: Mile 170.0 to 232.2, all vessels shall be daylight only. This emergency procedure shall remain in…
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NOBRA BOE Letter 2-7-20 Effective immediately, the Board of Examiners for New Orleans – Baton Rouge Steamship Pilots for the Mississippi River rescinds all remaining 2019 high water safety restrictions (i.e. all remaining restrictions from MM 193 AHP – MM…
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The LMR reached 12 feet on the Carrollton Gauge January 12, 2020. The NOBRA Pilots have implemented daylight only mooring restrictions. Click here for NOBRA restrictions. Click here for a listing of facilities that use boats to handle lines. Note that…
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For official documentation click here Citing ‘rapidly evolving maritime threats to the State of Louisiana,’ the NOBRA Board of Examiners have issued the following provision: Any vessel operating within the NOBRA route (i.e. MM 88 AHP through 234 AHP) identified as…
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NOBRA 2020 Tariff The NOBRA Tariff for 2020 is attached, and the 1st Quarter pension surcharge for the NOBRA Pilots is 0.0348 per DWT.
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The night time restrictions have been modified . Effective immediately the restricted area is mile 192 up to mile 235.Hopefully this will help with the revetment work at Mile 172. Feel free to call if you have questions.
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The phone system at NOBRA is down. The number to reach dispatch is: 504-615-5880.
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Effective immediately, all high water restrictions from mile 88 to mile 180 have been rescinded. Restrictions from 180 up to Baton Rouge are still in effect. ——————–I confirmed that the ‘daylight only’ transit restriction and ‘daylight only’ mooring restrictions from…
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I attended a meeting with NOBRA Board of Examiner’s President Captain Michael Heitmeier today to discuss the current daylight only transit restrictions. Those restrictions remain in place. However, Captain Heitmeier said he would be consulting senior pilots during this week…
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The NOBRA 3rd QTR, 2019 Pension Surcharge is 28.00 Mills. Reported earlier (See below) CRPPA reports their Pension Surcharge beginning July 01, 2019 is 27.01 Mills. BAR reported earlier their Pension Surcharge beginning July 01, 2019 is 11.50 Mills. Reported…
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2019.04.26 BOE Letter to BOD re High Water Restriction.pdf Everyone is wondering the same thing… “When will the daylight transit restrictions be lifted?” Simply put, “I don’t know.” The enacting correspondence (see attached) doesn’t tie the restriction to any specific…
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From Captain Hathorn, President of the NOBRA Pilots: ———————- From: Stephen H Hathorn Subject: Restrictions Date: July 24, 2019 at 8:43:15 AM CDT To: Branch Ronald As the gauge at Carrollton is below 16 feet and below 40 feet in Baton Rouge, the…
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Captain Steven Hathorn, President of the NOBRA Pilots has forwarded the attached NOBRA notice dated April 26, 2019. This notice is dated after the February 29, 2019 NOBRA notice.Summary of the notice:—————————————— Quote: “Therefore, in order to further enhance the…
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To be clear…. The NOBRA restrictions have NOT been rescinded at this time. The BR Gage is still above 40’.
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Because many of you have asked when the NOBRA High Water Restrictions will be rescinded; here is the language from their notice: ————————— Due to the river reaching sixteen (16) feet at the Carrollton Gage, the following restrictions will be…
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The phone system and the internet system are both down at the office. The number to reach dispatch is: 504-615-5880. It is currently being worked on and we hope to have it back up and running as soon as possible.…
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Notification from: Louisiana Maritime Association Effective immediately the NOBRA Pilots have instituted a daylight only transit restriction for their entire route northbound and southbound.
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