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SUBJECT: Notification of Arrival- Re-Issuance of Southern Currents 09022
PURPOSE: The purpose of this notice is to update and streamline the notification procedures within the New Orleans Tri-Port as authorized under 19 CFR §4.2(a). This notice will cover the notification requirements by CBP for both immigration and customs purposes.
Neither the submission of a CBP Form 3171 (Lade Order), nor the electronic filing of passenger, crewmen and cargo manifest data, satisfy 19 CFR §4.2 Reports of Arrival of Vessels.
PROCEDURES:
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- Telephonic notification will be made to the intended first port of arrival at a minimum of 24 hours prior to arrival. The first port of arrival for Tri-Port purposes is defined as the first location at which the vessel comes to anchor, dock, or rest.
- Prior to the arrival of any vessel, coastwise or foreign, into another port (Gramercy or Baton Rouge) within the New Orleans Tri-Port, telephonic notification will be made to that port as deemed by the port limits.
- Port Limits are defined as follows:
- New Orleans – MM127 (Including Dow Chemical), South
- Gramercy – MM128 (Occidental) to MM164 (Zennoh)
- Baton Rouge – MM165 (Burnside Anchorage), North
- Furthermore, telephonic notification of any vessel movement or arrival within the Tri-Port will be made to the appropriate port of arrival. (I.e. Vessel movements with no lade order requirement.)
- Requests for crew changes, to include both off and on signing crewmen, will be made at the port of arrival and approval given before any such change is made.
- Port Limits are defined as follows:
- All notifications should be made during operating hours at the appropriate port of arrival.
- New Orleans – (504)623-6600 or 6601 S-S 06:00 – 22:00
- Gramercy – (225) 869-3765 Ext.101 M-F 08:00-16:00
- Baton Rouge – (225) 389-0261 Ext. 114 M-F 08:00-17:00
EFFECTIVE DATE: 11/5/2009
Failure to comply with these procedures may result in penalty action in accordance with 19 USC §1436.
