Action Item: Owners, operators, and other interested
parties related to the operation of marine terminals should review
and comment on a Coast Guard Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
("NPRM") addressing new requirements to implement a
system that provides seafarers and other individuals with access
between moored vessels and the facility gate in a timely manner and
at no-cost.
New Development
The U.S. Coast Guard published an NPRM on December 29, 2014,
proposing to require owners and operators of facilities subject to
the Maritime Transportation Security Act of 2002 ("MTSA")
to provide seafarers and other individuals access between vessels
moored at the facilities and the facilities' gate. The NPRM is
available at http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2014-12-29/pdf/2014-30013.pdf.
A public meeting is scheduled for January 23, 2015, and seat
reservations are required by January 16, 2015. Comments are due by
February 27, 2015.
