USCG Sector NOLA MSIB

U.S. Coast Guard sent this bulletin at 05/23/2019 01:29 AM EDT

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UNITED STATES COAST GUARD SECTOR NEW ORLEANS

MARINE SAFETY INFORMATION BULLETIN

Volume XIX Issue: 035                                                           Time:                                                                 Date:

 

HIGH WATER SAFETY ADVISORY:

MORGAN CITY-PORT ALLEN ALTERNATE ROUTE

 

All mariners are advised that as a result of the Bayou Sorrel River gauge reading 6.9 feet and falling, the Bayou Sorrel and Port Allen Locks are open to navigation.

 

The COTP New Orleans has also implemented an advisory with the following restrictions in accordance with the Waterways Action Plan Baton Rouge Annex:

 

Bayou Sorrel Lock area:

 

·         One way traffic is required for all vessels from MM 37.6 to MM 45.

·         All mariners are advised to transit the area at minimum safe speed with no discernible wake.

·         Lower Grand River Waterway (landside route by Bayou Sorrel) is closed to all commercial traffic.

 

These restrictions will be in effect as long as the Bayou Sorrel Lock landside gauge reading is above 6.5 feet. This MSIB supersedes MSIB Vol. XIX Issue 032, Morgan City-Port Allen Alternate Route.

 

For further information, contact:

 

Coast Guard Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge: (225) 298-5400

Coast Guard Sector Command Center New Orleans (24 hours):   (504) 365-2543

 

 

 

 

 

 

CAPTAIN K. M. LUTTRELL

Captain of the Port New Orleans

 

 

 

For a current list of MSIBs in the COTP New Orleans Zone visit: https://homeport.uscg.mil/port-directory/new-orleans under “Safety Notifications”