The Coast Guard has announced that, effective July 21, it has removed conditions of entry on vessels arriving in U.S. waters from ports in Djibouti.
In 2019 the Coast Guard determined that effective anti-terrorism measures were not in place in the ports of Djibouti. Accordingly, the Coast Guard required vessels arriving to the U.S. that visited Djibouti during their last five port calls to take specified security-related actions while in Djibouti or in U.S. ports.
However, the Coast Guard is now removing those requirements after having determined based on recent assessments that Djibouti is maintaining effective anti-terrorism measures.
The current list of countries assessed and not maintaining effective anti-terrorism measures (and which are therefore subject to conditions of entry) is as follows: Cambodia, Cameroon, Comoros, Cuba, Equatorial Guinea, Federated States of Micronesia, The Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Iran, Iraq, Libya, Madagascar, Nauru, Nigeria, Sao Tome and Principe, Seychelles, Sudan, Syria, Timor-Leste, Venezuela, Yemen.
A current port security advisory providing more details is available here.
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