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06 Sep 2017 / Miami/Miami River/Port Everglades/Palm Beach/Ft. Pierce, United States

Port Condition Whiskey (72 hour alert) set for Hurricane Irma

Hurricane Irma has developed into an extremely dangerous Category 5 hurricane.

Due to the possibility of gale force winds entering South Florida within 72 hours, the Captain of the Port (COTP) is ordering Port Condition Whiskey to be set at 0800 today (6 September) at the Port of Miami, Miami River, Port Everglades, Port of Palm Beach, Port of Ft. Pierce and all other terminals and facilities within the Sector Miami’s area of responsibility.

No operations are prohibited at this time.

Current actions include:

  • Waterfront facilities should remove potential flying debris, hazardous materials and oil pollution hazards from dockside areas.
  • Container stacking plans should be implemented to reduce general cargo container stacking to no more than two high for containers containing hazardous materials, no more than four high for all other containers, or propose alternate securing arrangements to the COTP.
  • Manned, self-propelled, oceangoing vessels moored or at anchor should be prepared to get underway immediately, have a navigation watch set, and maintain a listening watch on Channel 16 VHF-FM. The COTP should be notified of all unmanned or “dead” vessel;s within the COTP Miami Zone.
  • Masters, owners, operators or agents of oceangoing commercial vessels greater than 500 gross tons that must remain in port during this system because of operational system problems must request and receive permission from the COTP before the setting of Port Condition X-Ray.
  • Hazardous materials should be removed from areas prone to flooding.
  • All practicable and reasonable measures should be taken to ensure stability on all vessels.

All ports in the Miami COTP Zone should watch this system closely and be prepared for the onset of Port Condition X-Ray, anticipated Thursday, September 7, as the track becomes more defined.

For information about operations in the USA contact GAC USA at [email protected]

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