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<span-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Maximum Depths - (Fresh)
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<span-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Main Channel - 45.0 ft
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<span-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">BERTH LIMITS/INFORMATION:
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<span-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Current maximum drafts allowed at berths:
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<span-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Hess - Max draft - 40'00
<span-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Delfin - Max Draft - 42'00
<span-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Chem Marine - Max Draft - 38'00 MLW
<span-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Kinder Morgan - berth 1 - 40'00 - all vessel arrivals require tide
<span-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Kinder Morgan - berth 2 - 40'00
<span-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Kinder Morgan - berth 3 - 30'00"
<span-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Kinder Morgan - berth 4 - Max draft 40'00, tide needed for anything deeper than 38'00
<span-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">BP - Max draft 30'00" Low water
<span-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Wando Terminal - Max draft 43'00 MLW - tide needed for anything deeper Than 43'01" Max BM No restriction North Charleston Terminal - Max draft 45'00 MLW - Max BM No restriction
<span-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">CST - Max draft 45'00 MLW - Max BM No restrictions
<span-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Veterans Terminal 35' MLW tidal restricted
<span-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Nucor - Max draft 25'00 (movements daylight & tidal restricted), Max LOA 550', Max Beam 52'
<span-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Pier J Max Draft 30 FT
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<span-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Per pilots - restrictions for Tanker movements:
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<span-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Drafts of 38'00 or less may transit at anytime
<span-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Drafts of 38'01 to 40'00 -window: Start in 1 Hour before low water until 2 hours before high water
<span-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Drafts of 40'01 to 41'00 - window: start in 2 hours after low water until 2 hours before high water
<span-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Drafts of 41'01 to 42'00 - window: start in 3 hours after low water until 3 hours before high water
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<span-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">VESSEL TRAFFIC:
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<span-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">KMI 4 –
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<span-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"> VOLDOMATIS - ETA 7/6
- CHEMICAL MARINER – ETA 07/12
- NORTHERN WOLVERINE – ETA 07/13
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TUG INTEGRITY & 650-4 – IN ETD 1300/3
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<span-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">FEDERAL, STATE & LOCAL FILING REQUIREMENTS:
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<span-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">96 Hours - advance notice of arrival required by USCG
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<span-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">48 Hours - advance receipt of crew list by Immigration for any vessel arriving from a foreign port, or arriving coast wise with detained crew.
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<span-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">24 Hours (minimum) - Foreign cargo must have manifest submitted to Customs & Border Patrol AMS. Bond must be filed for Foreign flag vessels or U.S. flag arriving with foreign
cargo aboard. 24 Hours - advance notice to Pilots
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<span-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">24 Hours - advance fax of crew list and approved visitors required by Terminal.
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<span-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">72 Hours - post port call, the Port Authority requires bill of lading figures for all bulk cargo.
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<span-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Port Security - All persons doing business within Port Authority property must have security pass from SCPA. All persons wanting unescorted access to any vessel must have a
valid TWIC.
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<span-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">CURRENT ARTICLES
<span-size:24.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Opponents file new cruise industry lawsuit in federal court
<span-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">BY ROBERT BEHRE
<span-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#333333">File/Grace
Beahm postandcourier.com<span-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Charleston’s cruise ship opponents have filed a federal lawsuit in Washington to seek more federal review of the cruise industry’s impact on Charleston’s National
Historic Landmark District.
<span-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Charleston’s cruise ship opponents have filed a federal lawsuit in Washington to seek more federal review of
the cruise industry’s impact on Charleston’s National Historic Landmark District.
<span-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Evan Thompson, director of the Preservation Society of Charleston, said the National Historic Preservation Act
requires federal agencies to consult with state and local preservation groups before issuing permits.
<span-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The lawsuit alleges the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers improperly classified the State Port Authority’s $35 million,
100,000-square-foot cruise terminal as a maintenance project to prevent such public review.
<span-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">“The Corps failed to undertake the necessary consultations, and we are asking the court to void the federal
permit,” Thompson said.
<span-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">This new action is the second legal fight that some Charleston neighborhoods and preservation groups have picked
with the cruise industry. A civil suit pending in state court alleges that Carnival Cruise Line has violated the city’s zoning, hotel and sign ordinances.
<span-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Read more in tomorrow’s Post and Courier.
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<span-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">CURRENT ISSUES:
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<span-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">FUTURE/ONGOING ISSUES:
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09/11/12 – 1145 – C.W.I.T. luncheon at Convention Center – Port Advocacy
<span-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">09/17-19 - 39TH ANNUAL S.C. INTERNATIONAL TRADE CONFERENCE
<span-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">2018 - ETA FOR NEW CHARLESTON PORT TERMINAL TO BE COMPLETED
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<span-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">SECURITY LEVEL: MARSEC 1
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CURRENT HURRICANE STATUS - SEASONAL <span-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">
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<span-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Tides for Charleston (Customhouse Wharf) starting with July 21, 2011.
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July 2012
<span-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">M 2 Low 1:14 AM -0.3 6:16 AM Set 5:00 AM 94
<span-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"> 2 High 6:59 AM 5.2 8:32 PM Rise 7:35 PM
<span-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"> 2 Low 1:16 PM -0.8
<span-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"> 2 High 7:49 PM 6.7
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<span-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Tu 3 Low 2:09 AM -0.5 6:16 AM Set 6:05 AM 98
<span-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"> 3 High 7:58 AM 5.3 8:32 PM Rise 8:29 PM
<span-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"> 3 Low 2:11 PM -0.8
<span-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"> 3 High 8:44 PM 6.7
<span-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">
<span-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">W 4 Low 3:01 AM -0.6 6:17 AM Set 7:13 AM 99
<span-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"> 4 High 8:55 AM 5.4 8:31 PM Rise 9:16 PM
<span-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"> 4 Low 3:05 PM -0.7
<span-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"> 4 High 9:36 PM 6.6
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<span-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Th 5 Low 3:51 AM -0.6 6:17 AM Set 8:19 AM 98
<span-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"> 5 High 9:50 AM 5.4 8:31 PM Rise 9:57 PM
<span-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"> 5 Low 3:58 PM -0.5
<span-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"> 5 High 10:26 PM 6.4
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<span-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">F 6 Low 4:40 AM -0.5 6:18 AM Set 9:23 AM 94
<span-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"> 6 High 10:43 AM 5.4 8:31 PM Rise 10:34 PM
<span-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"> 6 Low 4:50 PM -0.2
<span-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"> 6 High 11:14 PM 6.1
<span-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">
<span-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Sa 7 Low 5:27 AM -0.4 6:18 AM Set 10:25 AM 87
<span-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"> 7 High 11:34 AM 5.3 8:31 PM Rise 11:08 PM
<span-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"> 7 Low 5:41 PM 0.1
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<span-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Su 8 High 12:00 AM 5.8 6:19 AM Set 11:24 AM 80
<span-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"> 8 Low 6:13 AM -0.2 8:31 PM Rise 11:40 PM
<span-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"> 8 High 12:25 PM 5.3
<span-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"> 8 Low 6:33 PM 0.4
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<span-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">M 9 High 12:46 AM 5.4 6:19 AM Set 12:21 PM 71
<span-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"> 9 Low 6:59 AM 0.0 8:30 PM
<span-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"> 9 High 1:15 PM 5.2
<span-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"> 9 Low 7:26 PM 0.8
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<span-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Tu 10 High 1:32 AM 5.1 6:20 AM Rise 12:11 AM 61
<span-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"> 10 Low 7:44 AM 0.2 8:30 PM Set 1:17 PM
<span-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"> 10 High 2:04 PM 5.2
<span-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"> 10 Low 8:20 PM 1.0
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<span-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">W 11 High 2:19 AM 4.8 6:20 AM Rise 12:43 AM 52
<span-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"> 11 Low 8:30 AM 0.3 8:30 PM Set 2:12 PM
<span-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"> 11 High 2:54 PM 5.2
<span-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"> 11 Low 9:16 PM 1.1
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<span-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Th 12 High 3:09 AM 4.6 6:21 AM Rise 1:17 AM 42
<span-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"> 12 Low 9:18 AM 0.4 8:30 PM Set 3:06 PM
<span-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"> 12 High 3:45 PM 5.3
<span-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"> 12 Low 10:11 PM 1.1
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<span-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">F 13 High 4:00 AM 4.5 6:22 AM Rise 1:54 AM 33
<span-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"> 13 Low 10:07 AM 0.4 8:29 PM Set 4:00 PM
<span-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"> 13 High 4:35 PM 5.4
<span-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"> 13 Low 11:05 PM 1.1
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<span-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Sa 14 High 4:51 AM 4.5 6:22 AM Rise 2:34 AM 24
<span-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"> 14 Low 10:56 AM 0.4 8:29 PM Set 4:52 PM
<span-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"> 14 High 5:25 PM 5.5
<span-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"> 14 Low 11:55 PM 1.0
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<span-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Su 15 High 5:42 AM 4.5 6:23 AM Rise 3:18 AM 17
<span-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"> 15 Low 11:45 AM 0.3 8:28 PM Set 5:43 PM
<span-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"> 15 High 6:13 PM 5.6
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MARINE FORECAST :
Synopsis...ATLANTIC HIGH PRESSURE WILL EXTEND ACROSS THE WATERS THROUGH THE WEEK AS AN INLAND TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE PERSISTS.
This Afternoon...NW winds 5 kt...becoming SW this afternoon. Seas 1 to 2 ft.
Tonight...SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 to 4 ft. A slight chance of showers and tstms.
Tue...SW winds 5 to 10 kt...becoming S 10 to 15 kt in the afternoon. Seas 2 to 3 ft.
Tue Night...SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft. A slight chance of showers and tstms.
Wed...SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft... Building to 3 to 4 ft in the afternoon.
Wed Night...SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. A slight chance of showers and tstms.
Thu...SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. A slight chance of showers and tstms.
Thu Night...SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. A slight chance of showers and tstms.
Fri...SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. A slight chance of showers and tstms.
Fri Night...SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. A chance of showers and tstms.
mariners are reminded that winds and seas can be higher in and near tstms.