MSIB 03-18 Seasonal Ice Procedures Update (Change 2)

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UPDATED PORTIONS:

***Vessels which do not meet the requirements for specific areas as listed below may request a waiver from the Captain of the Port, Delaware Bay. Those vessels should submit a request via email to secdelbaycc@uscg.mil detailing their need for a waiver and their intentions for transit. Waiver requests will be granted on a case by case basis.***

• Deep draft vessels may only transit upriver of the Delair Railroad Bridge during daylight hours.
• Only vessels with a shaft horsepower rating greater than 1,500 may operate upriver of the Benjamin Franklin Bridge.
• Only steel hull vessels may operate in the Delaware River upriver of the Commodore Barry Bridge.
• Only steel hull vessels may operate within the Intracoastal Waterway of Delaware and New Jersey coasts within the Sector Delaware Bay Captain of the Port Zone. Inlets remain unrestricted.
• Only steel hull vessels may operate in the Schuykill River.