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USCG, CBP data still not shared in New England
“In the past two to three years, it has become much easier to move around the northeast,”

 By Kelly Cramer

June 30, 2008

 Captains and crew cruising in New England this summer should note that ANOA data filed with the U. S. Coast Guard is not shared electronically with U.S. Customs and Border Protection so both calls should be made upon movement, according to a panel discussion in Newport last week.

About 75 captains and industry professionals attended the U.S. Superyacht Association’s captains briefing at the Newport Shipyard in Rhode Island to hear from USCG and CBP, as well as Newport’s harbor master, a ship’s agent and a megayacht captain.

Changing government rules and regulations dominated the conversation, which was moderated by Triton Editor Lucy Chabot Reed.

Both the USCG and CBP require captains to notify each agency separately of impending arrivals, and the rules for each agency are different.

The USCG requires a 96-hour advanced notice of arrival from vessels larger than 300 tons arriving from a foreign port. Once in the United States, captains on those vessels must file a 24-hour advance notice when moving between Captain of the Port zones. In New England, there are five such zones:

Maine and New Hampshire lie in Sector Northern New England.

Sector Boston encompassed Salsbury, Mass., to Plymouth.

Southeastern Massachusetts and all of Rhode Island are in Sector Southeastern New England.

Connecticut and New York City are in Sector Long Island Sound.

The rest of New York and New Jersey are in Sector New York

“Making a change is always difficult,” said Erin Lambie, a port security specialist with the U.S. Coast Guard. “You’ve got 12 hours to file your Notice of Arrival. If you need to change your information, we won’t turn you away.”

Changes are required when arrival information changes by six hours or more.

Vessels smaller than 300 tons are not required to file advance notices of arrival with the USCG. But CBP requires arrival and movement notification of all foreign-flagged vessels, regardless of size.

Unfortunately, the electronic information filed with the USCG is not yet available for sharing with CBP, so John Makolin, the director for Customs’ Northeast Sector, said it is imperative that mariners report arrivals and movements directly with regional CBP branch offices.

Contact on USCG and CBP offices in New England is available in this month’s issue of The Captain’s Mate, circulated with the July issue of The Triton. (pdf document)

Fallout from Sept. 11 is still shaping the evolving regulations.

“Maritime Domain Awareness,” Lambie said. “After 9/11, we took a look and realized we didn’t have it.”

Capt. Ken Bracewell of M/Y Curt C offered some good news for New England cruisers. In his 12 years running charters in the region, things have gotten better.

“In the past two to three years, it has become much easier to move around the northeast,” Bracewell said.

He also noted that a storm a few years ago shifted the seabed and currents around Chappaquiddick Island off Martha’s Vineyard and advised captains to use caution there as the moorings have changed.

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