Честно говоря не знаю может ли пронесенная банка пива как то влиять на ограничения выхода на берег, для всех. Почему То Это напоминает какую то очередную морскую байку. Но я не об этом.
Exxon Mobil американская компания и возможно ее инициатива имела место быть в данном вопросе.
Так как введены ограничения по сходу на берег в NY, о чем нас любезно проинформировали. Возможно инициатива пошла и дальше. Тут как говорится Sorry. MLC очень хорошая штука, но охрана границ важнее...
October 28, 2019 US Customs & Border Protection Crew Shore Leave Policy - Changes in New York On October 2, 2019, the US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) office in New York announced a new policy restricting shore leave in the New York/Newark port area to only crew who have completed five contracts. According to CBP NY, this new policy is in response to the increased number of crew who have deserted during shore leave there. At this time we do not know how long this policy will remain in force, or the effect it might have on shore leave in other US ports. ECM recently checked with CBP Philadelphia, who advised us that a decision made by CBP NY denying a crew member shore leave would not necessarily mean that CBP Philadelphia would follow suit, should the vessel call at Philadelphia after NY. On the other hand, one of ECM’s clients recently had a crew member detained on board a container vessel and denied medical repatriation by CBP NY. The vessel then called at Savannah, GA where the crew member was prevented from off-signing by CBP Savannah, even though he had a medical issue for which a US doctor had recommended repatriation. In that case, CBP Savannah advised the vessel’s agent that the denial was issued because CBP NY had detained the same crew member in New York previously. Ultimately, each CBP office has full discretion to grant or deny shore leave and/or repatriation to a crew member in their jurisdiction, regardless of a US visa. The new policy, announced in Informational Pipeline No, 19-032-NWK (appended), allows for exemptions to be filed by vessel operators on behalf of specific crewmembers. Such exemptions must be filed via local agents at least 48 hours prior to arrival and will be examined on a case-by-case basis. If approved, they will only be for that specific port call. A new request must be filed for each port call, even if an exemption request for a previous port call at New York had been approved. ECM spoke with CBP representatives to confirm this policy and to clarify the meaning of the term “contract” as it relates to vessel voyages. CBP has made it clear that they mean full contracts of service, not vessel voyages or calls made by a crew member to a particular port. As an example, a crew member with a valid US visa may sign a one year contract to serve aboard a vessel. He/she could join the vessel in Europe and make a voyage to the US ports of Boston/New York/Philadelphia/Savannah, then return back to Europe to begin the rotation again. During the course of his/her one year contract, he/she could make numerous US port calls on multiple voyages, but all that is considered one contract. Accordingly, this crew member would have to complete five such contracts before being allowed shore leave by CBP in New York.
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