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Organization of Eastern Caribbean States works with
CARICOM and the Association of
Caribbean States for sub regional diplomatic, political and economic measures.
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The Bridgetown Declaration of Principles in 1996,
bound the US to cooperate with, support, and assist 18 nations including OECS Members
in the Caribbean basin as they pursue a variety of activities to improve infrastructure, law
enforcement, safety, and regional development.
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The Caribbean Coast Guard is accepting proposals for the creation and capacity building
of the agency. The effort has been identified and has the following tasks:
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Task List for the ProposalTask 1. Perform a complete hydrographic and topographical survey of the Caribbean Sea. Task 2. Identify and properly mark, for weather and visibility conditions, hazards to navigation, on the surface, under the surface, and bordering land surface of the Caribbean Sea. Task 3. Establish waterway navigation regulations, operating manuals, and chart booklets for commercial vessels containing rules and regulations and waterway toll schedule. Task 4. Inspect all commercial vessels for safety of their equipment and cargo storage. Task 5. Instruct crews and captains in the proper implementation and use of navigation, basic boating, sailing and seamanship skills, principles of sailing and navigation, basic First Aid, Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR), and basic communications skills. Task 5a. Design and develop educational programs to be presented and accomplished by experienced and inexperienced trainees. Task 5b. Establish the "Caribbean Sea Institute". Task 6. Establish a Centralized Vessel Control System. Task 6a. Establish a shore monitoring station Task 6b. Establish a real-time Caribbean Sea traffic situation plot. Task 7. Establish electronic surveillance. Task 8. Establish an emergency response capability, providing rapid and effective response to any distress call. Task 9. Develop a navigation system to handle increase vessel traffic. Task 10. Establish regulations for pollution prevention and port safety for waterfront facilities. The required regulations should conform to the standards of the United States Coast Guard. Task 11. Establish daily checks on vessel traffic on the waterway, special transport arrangements, security zone classifications, and other special authorizations for vessel waterway movement. Task 12. Establish navigation safety for vessels, navigation equipment, shipping and waterway safety, and traffic separation schemes. Task 13. Establish regulations and rules for navigational waterway safety. The required regulations should conform to the standards and style of the United States Coast Guard. Task 14. Establish a "Traffic Control and Management System". Task 15. Establish a communications system. Task 16. Establish a system of Operations Analysis. |