<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">Shore leave is permitted on a case by case basis by CBP.
<span-family:"Arial",sans-serif">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"">Cloudy, 72°F
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">Feels Like 73°F
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">Today’s High 89°F
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">Wind 10 mph
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">Humidity 81%
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">Visibility 10.0 mi
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">Pressure 29.81 in
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<span-family:"Courier New";color:black">Synopsis for Massachusetts and Rhode Island
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Very warm with intervals of clouds and sunshine; an afternoon thunderstorm cannot be ruled out.
.<span-family:"Courier New"">TODAY...SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Gusts up to 25 kt this afternoon.
<span-family:"Courier New"">Seas 2 to 3 ft. Patchy fog this morning.
<span-family:"Courier New"">.TONIGHT...SW winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 20 kt, becoming
<span-family:"Courier New"">W 5 to 10 kt after midnight. Seas around 2 ft.
<span-family:"Courier New"">.WED...N winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming NE in the afternoon. Seas
<span-family:"Courier New"">around 2 ft.
<span-family:"Courier New"">.WED NIGHT...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 1 foot or less.
<span-family:"Courier New"">.THU AND THU NIGHT...SW winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 20 kt.
<span-family:"Courier New"">Seas 2 to 3 ft.
<span-family:"Courier New"">.FRI...SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas around 2 ft. A chance of
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<span-family:"Courier New"">.FRI NIGHT...SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas around 2 ft. A chance of
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<span-family:"Courier New"">.SAT AND SAT NIGHT...SW winds 5 to 10 kt, increasing to 10 to
<span-family:"Courier New"">15 kt with gusts up to 20 kt. Seas around 2 ft.
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<span-family:"Courier New"">Seas are reported as significant wave height, which is the
<span-family:"Courier New"">average of the highest third of the waves. Individual wave
<span-family:"Courier New"">heights may be more than twice the significant wave height.
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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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01 Mon 0210 10.0 1442 9.3 0829 0.4 2042 1.1 0535 2005
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">02 Tue 0250 9.9 1519 9.5 0907 0.4 2125 1.0 0536 2004
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">03 Wed 0333 9.7 1600 9.7 0948 0.6 2213 0.9 0537 2003
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">04 Thu 0419 9.5 1644 9.9 1033 0.7 2304 0.8 0538 2001
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">05 Fri 0510 9.2 1734 10.1 1121 0.9 2359 0.7 0539 2000
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">06 Sat 0606 9.0 1827 10.3 1214 1.0 0540 1959
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">07 Sun 0705 8.9 1925 10.5 0058 0.5 1311 1.1 0541 1958
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">08 Mon 0808 8.9 2026 10.8 0159 0.3 1411 1.0 0542 1956
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">09 Tue 0912 9.1 2127 11.1 0301 0.0 1513 0.7 0543 1955
10 Wed 1013 9.5 2227 11.4 0401 -0.5 1613 0.4 0544 1954
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">11 Thu 1110 9.8 2324 11.6 0458
-0.8 1710 0.0 0545 1952
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">12 Fri ---- ---- 1205 10.2 055
-1.1 1805
-0.2 0547 1951
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">13 Wed 1125 9.8 11:36 11.9 0514
-1.0 1724
0.1 0517 2022
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">14 Thu 12:21 10.0 0608
-1.3 1819
-0.1 0518 2021
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">15 Fri 0032 11.9 1:17 10.2 0702
-1.4 1914
-0.2 0519 2021
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">16 Sat 0129 11.8 2:12 10.3 0755
-1.2 2010
-0.1 0520 2020
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">17 Sun 0225 11.4 3:06 10.3 0846 -0.9 2105 0.1 0521 2019
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">18 Mon 0321 10.9 3:59 10.2 0938 -0.5 2202 0.4 0522 2018
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">19 Tue 0417 10.3 4:53 10.1 1031 0.1 2301 0.7 0522 2018
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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 BERTH DEPTH, Salt Water
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">TRT Quincy 29-00 Salt Water
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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"">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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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">Army Corp of Engineers
http://www.nae.usace.army.mil/<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#1F497D">
http://www.nae.usace.army.mil/Missions/Navigation.aspx<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">Boston Harbor Pilot
Association, LLC
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NOAA
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National Hurricane Center<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">
National Data Buoy Center
Dial-A-Buoy<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:blue">
Oceanweather, Inc.<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:blue">
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