OPERATIONS

BULLETIN
No.12/ 2002

Issued: 19th October 2002

Hot Port News

United States (USA)
All ports
Detaining crew members on board
The U.S. Coast Guard and the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) have developed a
Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for identifying crew members of vessels coming to U.S. ports that
need to be detained on board during the port call, and for taking steps to ensure that those crew members
remain on board and depart with the vessel.
Under this policy, which is scheduled to come into effect in Delaware Bay, Chesapeake Bay, and Savannah
on October 28, 2002, the USCG will share crew member data from the Advance Notice of Arrival with the
INS.
The INS will then determine whether any or all crew members should be detained on board. If so, the
USCG will order the vessel to remain at least three nautical miles offshore until the vessel submits a crew
member security plan that is acceptable to the INS.
The crew member security plan documents the procedures that the master will use to ensure any detained
crew member(s) remain on board and generally must include use of contracted security guards.
Once INS approves the plan, the USCG will allow the vessel to proceed to berth. Prior to departure, the
vessel must notify the INS in sufficient time to allow INS inspectors to verify that all detained crew members
are on board.
While the matrix used by INS to determine whether to issue a 'detain on board' order is classified, factors
apparently include whether this vessel has had ship jumpers previously or whether stowaways have been
reported during this voyage.
This program is expected to come into effect nationwide in the near future.

India
Port Mundra
Agreement to handle IOC crude oil imports
Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) has signed a 28-year agreement with Mundra Port for utilizing its port
infrastructure facilities for import of crude oil needed for its upcoming Panipat refinery.
Under the agreement, Mundra Port will build a Single Point Mooring system (SPM) within its port limits,
capable of berthing very large Crude oil carriers (VLCCs) each carrying 300,000 tonnes of crude oil.
While the Crude oil terminal (COT) will be constructed, operated and maintained by IOC, the crude oil will
be transferred via 17.0 km of marine and on-shore pipeline to the COT.
The SPM will be constructed, operated and maintained by Mundra port for the tenure of the agreement.
In the initial phase, the SPM will handle up to 7.5 MT of crude, designed to handle 21 MT of crude to meet
the future requirement of IOC refineries in Northern and Western India.
It is the first time in the Indian maritime history that the port will set up a Single Point Mooring system as
well as operate and maintain it, which until now has been done only by Oil majors.

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