No vessels could go in or out of the Port of Wilmington on Friday as Tropical Storm Hermine rolled along the East Coast bringing wind and rain.

That’s because the U.S. Coast Guard set the condition for the N.C. State Ports at “Zulu” as of noon Friday, said ports spokesman Cliff Pyron.

Port Condition Zulu means “no vessels are allowed in or out, and the ones that are at the port now will have to stay at the port until further notice,” Pyron explained.

But North Carolina’s ports were not expected to be shut down as of Friday afternoon, unlike Georgia’s. The ports of Brunswick and Savannah were closed “out of an abundance of caution,” according to an Atlanta Business Chronicle story.

Pyron said the ports in Wilmington and Morehead City were expected to remain at Port Condition Zulu until the storm passed.

“Our terminals have been prepped, we’ve reorganized the container stacks, braced our warehouse doors and pinned the cranes, and customers are still coming in,” Pyron said. “Anyone outside of our gate is not going to notice anything different.”

At the same time, port officials were closely monitoring the storm’s progress and staying in touch with customers in the event of any changes to the condition, he said.

New Hanover, Brunswick and Pender counties remained under a tropical storm warning as of Friday afternoon, according to the National Weather Service.

As of early Friday afternoon, a tropical storm warning was in effect until further notice, with a flash flood watch in place until 8 a.m. Saturday.