Coast Guard Revises Anchoring Rules in LA and Long Beach
Published Date: 9/9/2025
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Summary
The Coast Guard is updating the rules for where ships can anchor in Los Angeles and Long Beach Harbors. These changes help bigger ships and more traffic park safely while keeping boats away from a sensitive underwater pipeline. If you operate a vessel in these ports, get ready for new anchoring spots and communication rules that keep everyone safe and moving smoothly.
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 0 costs, 2 mixed.
Anchorages F and G Redesigned
The Coast Guard changed the anchorage areas called Anchorage F and Anchorage G in the Los Angeles and Long Beach Harbors. If you operate a vessel in these ports, the places where you can anchor will be different to allow for more vessel traffic and larger ships and to keep vessels away from a nearby subsea pipeline.
New Anchorage Usage and Communication Rules
The rule updates anchorage usage and adds communication requirements for vessels in the Los Angeles and Long Beach Harbors. If you operate a vessel there, you will need to follow new rules about how and where you anchor and how you communicate with port or Coast Guard authorities to keep traffic safe and move ships away from a subsea pipeline.
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