ANNUAL COAST GUARD SECTOR DELAWARE BAY ICE CONFERENCE

The 2016 Coast Guard Sector Delaware Bay Ice Conference will be held at Sector Delaware Bay, Philadelphia, PA, on Thursday, November 17, 2016, from 9am to 11am. The meeting will address ice operations and forecasts for the Delaware Bay, Delaware River and its tributaries, Chesapeake and Delaware Canal, and the New Jersey and Delaware coasts during the upcoming 2016-2017 winter season. The meeting will include presentations from Coast Guard Sector Delaware Bay, the Fifth Coast Guard District, and the National Weather Service.

If you plan to attend the 2016 Ice Conference, please contact MST1 Thomas Simkins, Sector Delaware Bay Waterways Management Division, at telephone (215) 271-4889 or e-mail Tom.J.Simkins@uscg.mil prior to November 11, 2016. Please submit any questions concerning ice operations that you wish to have addressed at the conference with your notification of attendance.

Coast Guard Sector Delaware Bay is located at 1 Washington Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19147. Adequate parking is available behind the Sheet Metal Workers Union building located adjacent to the Sector building on Columbus Blvd.

B. A. COOPER
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard
Captain of the Port, Delaware Bay