“Okay, I am in charge.”

2021 ◽  
pp. 191-198
Author(s):  
Jessica DuLong
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
New Jersey ◽  
Coast Guard ◽  
Port Authority ◽  
Port Of New York ◽  
Large Vessels

This chapter recounts how, on September 13 at 8 a.m., the Coast Guard reopened the Port of New York and New Jersey, with significant restrictions in place. Commercial and vessel movements required Coast Guard approval. Vessels were subject to Coast Guard boarding and inspection. Meanwhile, large vessels were subject to further restrictions, including mandated advanced notice of arrival; provision of certified crew lists, including nationality; and other constraints. Anchorages remained closed, and commercial port traffic in general was significantly constricted under these new rules. Similar issues confronted land-based traffic as the Port Authority reopened area bridges and tunnels, as well as the bus terminal on that Thursday. Two days of bridge, tunnel, and road closures into Manhattan led to widespread disruption of commercial deliveries of all sorts. The chapter then considers the stories of the mariners who continued finding ways to offer their services after the waterborne evacuation.

“Shut it down! Shut it down!”

2021 ◽  
pp. 22-40
Author(s):  
Jessica DuLong
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
New Jersey ◽  
Problem Solving ◽  
Coast Guard ◽  
Creative Problem Solving ◽  
Shared Purpose ◽  
Port Of New York ◽  
The Face ◽  
Creative Problem ◽  
The U.S

This chapter recounts how, in the face of the massive incident of 9/11, the shared purpose and common ties that connect mariners of all types ruled the day as the different agencies cooperated with civilian boat crews. As it turned out, the lack of a plan wound up setting the stage for creative problem solving and improvisation. Throughout that historic morning, the New York harbor community joined forces to carry out an unprecedented and remarkably successful evacuation effort. As the second attack hit, the U.S. Coast Guard shut down the Port of New York and New Jersey to commercial traffic. Other maritime forces, such as the marine fire company, were also kicked into action.

The Waterfront Commission of the Port of New York: A History and Appraisal

ILR Review ◽  
1989 ◽  
Vol 42 (4) ◽  
pp. 508-523 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter B. Levy
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
New Jersey ◽  
Working Conditions ◽  
Organized Crime ◽  
Government Intervention ◽  
Vice President ◽  
Port Of New York

This study recounts the history and evaluates the record of the Waterfront Commission of the Port of New York, established in 1953 to rid the port of organized crime. The agency's ambitious purpose has not been realized, the author finds; for example, in the 1970s an FBI investigation resulted in indictments and convictions of many figures in the New York-New Jersey longshore industry, including the vice-president of the International Longshoremen's Association. The Commission has, however, successfully combatted many blatant forms of corruption that were once commonplace, and in the process significantly improved the longshoremen's working conditions. The Commission's experiences may, the author concludes, be useful in showing what can and cannot be done by government intervention to stem organized crime in an industry.

An Unusual Little Ship: The Pilot Boat New York

1973 ◽  
Vol 10 (03) ◽  
pp. 221-235
Author(s):  
Lester Rosenblatt ◽  
Feridun K. Serim ◽  
Stuart H. Grossman
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
New Jersey ◽  
Port Of New York ◽  
Sandy Hook

The first pilot boat in approximately 75 years to be built specifically for New York area pilot service was delivered to the New York and New Jersey Sandy Hook Pilots' Associations in May of 1972. The new boat is on station 24 hours in all kinds of weather, ready to deliver pilots to inbound ships and take them off on the outbound leg. This paper describes some of the major features of the pilot boat, christened New York, and presents the design approaches used in the development of a ship to meet the special requirements of pilot boat service for the Port of New York.

September 11, 2016

2021 ◽  
pp. 208-217
Author(s):  
Jessica DuLong
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
September 11 ◽  
Coast Guard ◽  
Port Security ◽  
Security Systems ◽  
Security Issues ◽  
Port Of New York ◽  
Security Operations ◽  
Evacuation Plan ◽  
First Time

This chapter assesses the overwhelming task of building up Coast Guard security operations after the 9/11 attacks. A decade and a half later, the new captain of the port, Captain Michael Day said that the current culture of vigilance combined with an even stronger “unity of purpose and effort” than that which he extolled in 2001 have created a far safer port. Today's security systems are much more integrated across agencies than they were before. These important, although somewhat intangible, differences between then and now have also been reinforced by the very tangible reality of infrastructure. The Port of New York and New Jersey has received what Day called the “enabling mechanism of fairly robust port security grants.” Not only does the Coast Guard have better tools and equipment, it also has better systems in place for addressing security issues with a multiagency approach. And now, for the first time, there is an actual maritime evacuation plan.

Dredged material decontamination demonstration for the port of New York/New Jersey

2001 ◽  
Vol 85 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 127-143 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keith W. Jones ◽  
Huan Feng ◽  
Eric A. Stern ◽  
James Lodge ◽  
Nicholas L. Clesceri
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
New Jersey ◽  
Dredged Material ◽  
Port Of New York
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