UPDATE 08FEB2021 AT 0600 LOCAL:
The Marine Desk & CBP Operations Desk located on the Customhouse First Floor, 423 Canal Street, Suite 186, will reopen for normal business hours today, Monday, February 8, 2021.
The affected Customhouse areas have been sanitized out of an abundance of caution due to COVID-19. We have no information that the CBP employee has been in close contact with anyone from industry. CBP New Orleans is open for business.
Questions regarding this notice should be directed to Customs and Border Protection Marine Desk/Trade Supervisor Frank Foster at (504) 670-2057 or frank.d.foster@cbp.dhs.gov.
ORIGINAL POST 07FEB2021 AT 0645 LOCAL:
Effective immediately, the Marine Desk and CBP Operations Desk located on the Customhouse first floor, 423 Canal Street, Suite 186, will temporarily relocatebecause a CBP employee has tested positive for COVID-19 and the area will be sanitized.
The Customhouse is being sanitized out of an abundance of caution due to COVID-19. We have no information that the CBP employee has been in close contact with anyone from industry. CBP New Orleans is open for business.
Temporary Marine Desk information is as follows:
Marine Division & CBP Operations Desk – Louis Armstrong International Airport
- Location: CBP Office – first floor of the airport terminal near baggage claim carousel #6
- Telephone: (504) 303-7663
- Fax: (504) 303-7675
All Marine Division functions will be performed at the airport during normal marine division hours: 7:30 AM – 4:00 PM. E-Mail Entrances and Clearances are in effect.
Please utilize the neworleansopsdesk@cbp.dhs.gov email to make notifications of vessel arrivals/updates to the Operations Desk. Phone notifications should not be made to 670-2270 but instead to 303-7663
Notification will be sent once the area is sanitized.
Questions regarding this notice should be directed to Customs and Border Protection Trade/Marine Desk Supervisor Frank Foster at (504) 670-2057 or frank.d.foster@cbp.dhs.gov
