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On June 12, 2014, the US Coast Guard (USCG) published in the Federal Register a notice [Docket No. USCG–2014–0067] announcing that it will impose conditions of entry on vessels arriving from the Federal Republic of Nigeria, with the exception of vessels arriving from certain ports, effective June 26, 2014.
Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. §552(a), 46 U.S.C. §70110, and Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 0170.1(II)(97)(f) the USCG is authorized to impose conditions of entry on vessels arriving in US waters from ports that the USCG has not found to maintain effective antiterrorism measures. The USCG does not find that ports in the Federal Republic of Nigeria maintain effective anti-terrorism measures with certain exceptions and that Nigeria’s legal regime, designated authority oversight, access control and cargo control are all deficient. The USCG determination does not apply to the ports listed in Table 1 in the notice and the listed ports are excepted from the conditions of entry that are being imposed. In March 26, 2013, Nigeria was notified of this determination and given recommendations for improving antiterrorism measures and 90 days to respond. To date, the USCG cannot confirm that Nigeria has corrected the identified deficiencies. Accordingly, beginning June 26, 2014, the conditions of entry shown in Table 2 of the notice will apply to any vessel that visited a non-excepted Nigerian port in its last five port calls. The following countries currently do not maintain effective anti-terrorism measures and are therefore subject to conditions of entry: Cambodia, Cameroon, Comoros, Cote d’Ivoire, Cuba, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Iran, Liberia, Madagascar, Nigeria, Sao Tome and Principe, Syria, Timor-Leste, Venezuela, and Yemen. |
