Location
Key Information
Feedback and Data Requests
Purpose
To protect vessels, harbors, ports, and waterfront facilities from potential threats such as sabotage or subversive acts.
Species of Concern: Multiple
Regulations Summary
Restrictions
The following restrictions apply in Coast Guard Security Zones:
1. No person or vessel may enter or remain in a security zone without the permission of the Captain of the Port;
2. Each person and vessel in a security zone shall obey any direction or order of the Captain of the Port;
3. The Captain of the Port may take possession and control of any vessel in the security zone;
4. The Captain of the Port may remove any person, vessel, article, or thing from a security zone;
5. No person may board, or take or place any article or thing on board, any vessel in a security zone without the permission of the Captain of the Port; and
6. No person may take or place any article or thing upon any waterfront facility in a security zone without the permission of the Captain of the Port.
Allowed
Persons who would like to transit through a security zone in this section must contact the Coast Guard Captain of the Port Cleveland. If permission is granted, all persons and vessels must comply with the instructions of the Captain or his or her designated representative.