<span-family:"Arial",sans-serif">BOSTON Harbor is at MARSEC Level 1
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<span-family:"Arial",sans-serif">COVID 19 is providing its own unique challenges, requiring all to stay extra vigilant on changing port call conditions and regulations.
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<span-family:"Arial",sans-serif">COVID-19 Corona Virus Information
<span-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The latest Marine Safety Bulletins from USCG Sector BOSTON is attached. Pilot boarding instructions for vessels are also attached. Additional information and links are provided below.
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<span-family:"Arial",sans-serif">BOSTON CBP has noted the following:
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<span-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Crew changes are being permitted. Offsigner flights need to be vetted by CBP in advance.
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<span-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Crew will be detained on board until further notice. There will be no restrictions on services provided to the vessels (techs / etc). They are leaving it up to the individual company to follow
their own response plan to determine if they should board a vessel or not.
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<span-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Presidential Proclamations have placed entry restrictions from persons arriving from or through the following countries: Iran, China, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia,
Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, and Switzerland, United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland.
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<span-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Maritime commerce is vital to the U.S. economy and the Coast Guard has the responsibility to safely enable the uninterrupted flow of maritime cargo.
<span-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Non-passenger commercial vessels that have been to the countries noted above or embarked crewmembers from the countries noted above within the last 14 days, with no sick crewmembers, will be
permitted to enter the U.S. and conduct normal operations, provided that crewmembers remain aboard.
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<span-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Frequently Asked Questions:
https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/covid-19-basics/faq<span-family:"Arial",sans-serif">
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<span-family:"Arial",sans-serif">CDC:
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-nCoV/index.html<span-family:"Arial",sans-serif">
<span-family:"Arial",sans-serif">USCG:
https://www.uscg.mil/Coronavirus/<span-family:"Arial",sans-serif">
<span-family:"Arial",sans-serif">CBP:
https://www.dhs.gov/coronavirus<span-family:"Arial",sans-serif">
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">Boston, MA Weather (Current Conditions)
<span-family:"Courier New"">Cloudy 27°F
<span-family:"Courier New"">Feels Like 22°F
<span-family:"Courier New"">Today’s High 38°F
<span-family:"Courier New"">Wind S 7 mph
<span-family:"Courier New"">Barometer 30.27 in
<span-family:"Courier New"">Visibility 10 mi
<span-family:"Courier New"">Humidity 68%
<span-family:"Courier New"">Dew Point 18°
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">Today:
<span-family:"Courier New"">Cloudy and breezy; periods of rain this afternoon; there can be some wet snowflakes mixed in
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">Tonight:
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">Plenty of clouds this evening with a bit of rain, then partly cloudy late
<span-family:"Courier New";color:black">Synopsis for Massachusetts and Rhode Island
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<span-family:"Courier New"">High pressure exits eastward over the waters today as low pressure
<span-family:"Courier New"">approaches. A cold front will cross the waters late tonight into
<span-family:"Courier New"">Tuesday. High pressure moves over the waters on Wednesday followed
<span-family:"Courier New"">by a cold front Wednesday night. High pressure returns Friday.
<span-family:"Courier New"">Marine Forecast
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<span-family:"Courier New"">...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM EST THIS MORNING
<span-family:"Courier New"">THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...
<span-family:"Courier New"">.TODAY...SW winds 15 to 20 kt, becoming S 20 to 25 kt this
<span-family:"Courier New"">afternoon. Gusts up to 30 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. Rain with a chance
<span-family:"Courier New"">of snow this afternoon with vsby 1 NM or less.
<span-family:"Courier New"">.TONIGHT...S winds 20 to 25 kt, becoming W 15 to 20 kt after
<span-family:"Courier New"">midnight. Gusts up to 30 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. Rain. Vsby 1 to
<span-family:"Courier New"">3 NM.
<span-family:"Courier New"">.TUE...W winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 25 kt. Seas 4 to
<span-family:"Courier New"">6 ft.
<span-family:"Courier New"">.TUE NIGHT...W winds 15 to 20 kt with gusts up to 25 kt. Seas
<span-family:"Courier New"">3 to 5 ft.
<span-family:"Courier New"">.WED AND WED NIGHT...W winds 15 to 20 kt with gusts up to 30 kt.
<span-family:"Courier New"">Seas 3 to 5 ft.
<span-family:"Courier New"">.THU THROUGH FRI NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 20 kt with gusts up to
<span-family:"Courier New"">25 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">Boston, MA Tides
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New""> High Low Sun
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">Date AM hgt PM hgt AM hgt PM hgt rise set
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">22 Mon 0700 8.8 1945 7.7 0041 2.0 1330 1.3 0628 1726
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">23 Tue 0755 9.1 2038 8.0 0137 1.9 1424 0.9 0626 1728
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">24 Wed 0847 9.5 2126 8.5 0230 1.5 1513 0.4 0625 1729
25 Thu 0934 10.0 2209 9.0 0319 1.0 1558 -0.1 0623 1730
26 Fri 1019 10.5 2251 9.5 0406 0.4 1641 -0.6 0622 1731
27 Sat 1103 10.9 2334 10.1 0452 -0.2 1724 -1.0 0620
1733
28 Sun 1149 11.0 ---- ---- 0538 -0.7 1807 -1.2 0618
1734
01 Mon 0017 10.5 1236 11.0 0625 -1.0 1851 -1.2 0617
1735
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">02 Tue 0101 10.8 1324 10.8 0713
-1.1 1936 -1.0 0615 1736
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">03 Wed 0147 10.9 1414 10.4 0803
-1.1 2025 -0.7 0614 1738
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">04 Thu 0236 10.8 1508 9.9 0857
-0.8 2117
-0.1 0612 1739
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">05 Fri 0330 10.6 1608 9.3 0956
-0.4 2214 0.4 0610 1740
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">06 Sat 0429 10.2 1713 8.8 1058 0.0 2315 0.8 0609 1741
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">07 Sun 0533 9.9 1822 8.5 ---- ---- 1204 0.2 0607 1742
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">08 Mon 0641 9.8 1933 8.5 0020 1.1 1312 0.3 0605 1744
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">Current Maximum Drafts at Oil Terminals
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">Citgo Braintree 36-00 Fresh Water
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">ExxonMobil Everett 38-00 Salt Water
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">Global Chelsea 32-00 Salt Water
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">Global Revere 32-00 Salt Water
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">Gulf Chelsea 35-00 Salt Water
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">Irving Revere 36-00 Salt Water
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">Sprague Deepwater 34-00 BERTH DEPTH, Salt Water
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">Sunoco East Boston 37-06 Salt Water
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">TRT Quincy 29-00 BERTH DEPTH, Salt Water
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">McArdle Bridge Update
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">The McArdle Bridge is operating on normal on
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">demand bridge openings for marine traffic.
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">The Chelsea Street Bridge is operating on normal
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">on demand bridge openings for marine traffic.
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">Fore River Bridge Update
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">The Fore River Bridge is operating on normal
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">on demand bridge openings for marine traffic.
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">MSA Useful Links
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http://www.nae.usace.army.mil/Missions/Navigation.aspx<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">
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Association, LLC
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NOAA
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">Weather WEB Sites
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National Data Buoy Center
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Oceanweather, Inc.<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:blue">
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