Harbor Master Office

Harbor Master Office

The Harbor Master Office (HMO) is the communication hub of the Port of Brownsville. The office is in charge of marine dispatching and port police dispatching. Under marine dispatching, the HMO schedules vessel arrivals and departures, assigns berths and communicates with the Brazos Santiago Pilots Association, harbor tug captains, vessel agents, line handlers, terminals and stevedores. The HMO includes cargo facility inspectors who oversee cargo inventory and report damages around the port. The office is also in charge of operating the port’s three mobile harbor cranes.

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