THE Customs and Excise Division, in collaboration with the Port Authority of TT, the Port of Port of Spain (PPOS) and the Point Lisas Industrial Port Development Corporation Ltd (PLIPDECO), has implemented co-ordinated measures to effectively manage vessel traffic operations at the Port of Port of Spain from October 22-30.

Those measures have been put in place owing to the presence of the USS Gravely, docked at the port from October 26-30.

In a statement on October 26, the Finance Ministry said the three entities had been working collaboratively to facilitate the temporary optional redirection and processing of vessels and cargo at the Port of Point Lisas, ensuring that shipping lines, agents and shippers who chose to use that option would allow for customers to receive their cargo as anticipated.