Navigation Notices: Gulf and Intracoastal Waterways
Sexual Misconduct Reporting Requirements
The USCG has released MSIB 01-23 across the nation with regards to reporting requirements for sexual misconduct on U.S. vessels. Please ensure widest dissemination. Here is a link to homeport for the MSIB as well. _Content – USCG MSIB 01-23: Reporting Sexual Misconduct… Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns. Thank…
Read MoreLeland Bowland Lock Update
Notice Number: 202532-1/MVN 23-43 / MVN 23-54 Date: 05/09/2023 07:00 thru 05/19/2023 17:30 Reference Navigation Bulletin No. 23-43, dated 19 April 2023, stating that Leland Bowman Lock will be closed to navigation from 7:00 a.m. on 9 May 2023 through 5:30 p.m. on 11 May 2023, and again from 7:00 a.m. on 16 May 2023…
Read MoreFlood Gates Closure: Brazos River Flood Gates
Notice Number: 202577/202577_NTN-17_GI_BRF_2023-05 Date: 05/08/2023 00:00 thru 05/12/2023 00:00 SITUATION: NAVIGATIONAL RESTRICTIONS J&S Contractors, Inc. will be working on the North and South Sector Gates on the east side at the Brazos River Floodgates. J&S contractors will be repairing the walkway and loading area on the gates that are used to get the mowing contractors…
Read MoreAll River Basins: USCG LNM’s for week 18-23
Please find the links to the USCG LNM’s for week 18-23 below: First District Fifth District Seventh District Eighth District: Western Rivers Eighth District: Gulf Coast Ninth District Eleventh District Thirteenth District Seventeenth District (more…)
Read MoreSafety Alert: Atchafalaya River -Stouts Pass
1. Navigation channel between MM 114-117 on the Atchafalaya River at Stouts Pass is open to all traffic without restrictions. 2. All Mariners must check in with Vessel Traffic Service Berwick Bay at MM 113 on the Atchafalaya River. 3. The US Army Corps of Engineers conducts regular hydrological surveys of Stouts Pass. Mariners are…
Read MoreSafety Zone: Crystal Coast Triathlon May 13th
1.Mariners are advised that U.S. Coast Guard will enforce a safety zone for the Crystal Coast Triathlon on May 13, 2023 from 8 AM to 10 AM on the waters of Gallants Channel in Beaufort, NC. This event will include approximately 400 swimmers. All waters between the Route 70 Bridge in Beaufort, NC north-west to…
Read MoreDive Operations near SWP Safety Fairway
LA- GULF OF MEXICO- Dive Operations at SWP Safety Fairway Mariners are advised that beginning on May 5 and continuing through May 8, 2023, Chet Morrison Contractors will be conducting diving operations in support of pipeline remediation, on the East edge of the Southwest Pass Safety fairway, at approx. position N 28-43.69’, W 089-29.43’. Operations…
Read MoreDredging Operations: Houma Navigation Canal Mile 18.0 to Mile 36.6
Notice Number: 201592-1/MVN 22-144 / MVN 23-52 Date: 11/15/2022 00:00 thru 06/21/2023 23:59 Reference Navigation Bulletin No. 22-144, dated 14 November 2022, stating that the U.S. Government Contract Cutterhead Dredge SANDRA G. will be working in the Houma Navigation Canal from mile 18.0 to mile 36.6, non-continuous, through approximately 4 May 2023. MARINERS ARE ADVISED…
Read MoreEquipment Testing: Old River Lock
Notice Number: 202574/MVN 23-51 Date: 05/08/2023 07:00 thru 05/19/2023 19:30 Commencing on 8 May 2023 and continuing through 19 May 2023, mariners will be subject to delays to navigation at Old River Lock. The delays will occur Mondays through Fridays during daylight hours, between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. The delays are…
Read MoreGalveston Harbor and Galveston Bay Entrance Channel Closure Complete
At 0854 (local) 03MAY23, Galveston Harbor and the Galveston Bay Entrance Channel are reopened to all traffic. Very respectfully, Vessel Traffic Service USCG Sector Houston-Galveston (281) 464-4837 24/7 Watch Supervisor HoustonTraffic@uscg.mil (more…)
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