USA

US Coast Guard imposes conditions of entry

The US Coast Guard is imposing conditions of entry on vessels arriving from countries which have not instituted effective anti-terrorism measures - the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mauritania, and Nauru.

Vessels which have called in one or more of these countries during their last five port calls will be affected unless they have (1) implemented Security Level 2 in the ship plan; (2) placed guards at each access point while in port; (3) executed or tried to execute a Declaration of Security; (4) logged all security actions; (5) reported actions taken in the US advance notice of arrival; and (6) ensured that each access point to the vessel is manned by armed, private security guards acceptable to the USCG while the vessel is in a US port. (Holland + Knight)