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| Subject: | SOUTH CAROLINA DAILY PORT UPDATE | | Date: | Wednesday, August 13, 2008 | | Priority: | Normal | | Notice: |
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URGENT INFORMATION: None
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PORT LIMITS/INFORMATION
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Maximum Depths - (Fresh)
Harbor Entrance - 47.0 ft
Main Channel - 45.0 ft
BERTH LIMITS/INFORMATION:
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Current maximum drafts allowed at berths:
Amerada Hess - Max draft of 38'00 if LOA is less than 650'; Max draft of
36'00 if LOA is 650'00 or greater Kinder Morgan - berth 1 - 40'00 Kinder
Morgan - berth 2 - 40'00 Kinder Morgan - berth 3 - TBA berth 4 - Max
draft 39'00, tide needed for anything deeper than 36'00 BP - TBA Wando
Terminal - Max draft 46'00 - Max BM 187'00 North Charleston Terminal -
Max 42'00 - Max BM 187'00 CST - Max draft 47'00 - Max BM 187'00
Per pilots - restrictions for Tanker movements:
Drafts of 36'00 or less may transit at anytime Drafts of 36'01 to 40'00 -
window: Start in 1 Hour before low water until
2 hours before high water
Drafts of 40'01 to 41'00 - window: start in 2 hours after low water until
2 hours before high water
Drafts of 41'01 to 42'00 - window: start in 3 hours after low water until
3 hours before high water
VESSEL TRAFFIC:
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BP - TUG RESOLVE & 650-3 IN 2300/5TH EST OUT 1300/15TH
NUCOR - MAINEBORG - IN 1045/10TH EST OUT 1700/13TH
BP - TUG INTEGRITY & 650-4 IN 2100/17TH
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FEDERAL, STATE & LOCAL FILING REQUIREMENTS:
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96 Hours - advance notice of arrival required by USCG
48 Hours - advance receipt of crew list by Immigration for any vessel
arriving from a foreign port, or arriving coast wise with detained crew.
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
24 Hours - advance fax of crew list and approved visitors required by
Terminal.
72 Hours - post port call, the Port Authority requires bill of lading
figures for all bulk cargo.
Port Security - All persons doing business within Port Authority property
must have security pass from SCPA.
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NEWS ARTICLES:
Coast Guard's investigation into oil spill resumes today
Short hearing reveals names, but little else
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
By Jen DeGregorio
The Coast Guard will today reconvene its investigation of the July 23
collision of a tank ship and barge after cutting off the first in a
series of public hearings about the accident, which resulted in a massive
oil spill on the Mississippi River.
The proceeding stopped short Tuesday morning after the Coast Guard
granted requests to postpone testimony by attorneys for DRD Towing, the
Harvey company that staffed the Mel Oliver towboat that was pushing the
fuel barge, and American Commercial Lines, the owner of the barge and
towboat.
The attorneys said they needed another day to review exhibits that will
be presented during a trial-like affair the Coast Guard stages to probe
marine accidents. After the hearings, the Coast Guard investigating
officer will issue a final report, which would determine the cause of the
accident and could recommend fines or other consequences for those at
fault.
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The Coast Guard often turns such reports over to the U.S. attorney's
office, which can then use the findings to prosecute any criminal charges
that might arise.
Today's meeting in the Hale Boggs Federal Building in downtown New
Orleans is the first in what could be two or more days of testimony from
witnesses and presentations of evidence in the case. The Coast Guard has
not scheduled an end date for the proceedings.
Little came of Tuesday's truncated hearing other than opening statements
and a reading of involved parties and exhibits to be entered as evidence.
The Coast Guard did reveal the identity of the apprentice mate who put
the Mel Oliver on a collision course with the ship Tintomara: John
Bavaret. The Coast Guard also named master-licensed pilot Terry Carver,
who should have been in charge of the vessel but was nowhere to be found
when the accident occurred. Chance Gould, the Louisiana river pilot in
charge of the Tintomara, was also named.
A recording of the accident released by the Coast Guard last week
revealed that the crew aboard the Mel Oliver did not respond to repeated
calls of warning from the Tintomara pilot and vessel traffic controllers
that the tug was pushing the barge into harm's way.
"Mel Oliver, Mel Oliver, back down, captain. You're crossing the bow of a
ship," a vessel traffic controller cried at 1:30 a.m.
Three weeks after the collision, about 1,700 responders continue to mop
up the oil spill of about 283,000 gallons. That is far less than the
419,000 gallons of oil initially reported to have spilled after the
Tintomara sliced through the barge.
The Coast Guard reported on Monday that 165,000 gallons of oil-water
mixture was removed from the waterway and riverbeds, although officials
could not say how much additional oil had been sopped up Tuesday.
Life on the river has otherwise returned to normal. The waterway is fully
opened to two-way traffic, although there is a safety zone between mile
markers 60 and 97, meaning that vessels must travel at a slower speed.
The Canal Street-Algiers Ferry also began operating Tuesday afternoon
after being closed since the spill, said Coast Guard spokesman Larry
Chambers.
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Storms usher in tornado threat
By Bo Petersen (Contact)
The Post and Courier
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
The rain and thundershowers from Tuesday night will keep falling today,
with a chance of tornadoes. By the weekend, a tropical storm or hurricane
could be in the Bahamas, where it would hit a fork in the road.
"It can cut across Florida and into the Gulf of Mexico, or it can start
to re-curve and affect the Southeast coast," said Tom Kines,
meteorologist for AccuWeather.com, a private forecasting company. The
Post and Courier is an AccuWeather.com customer. His gut feeling? "The
stronger this storm gets, the more of a chance it's going to take a turn
(toward the Southeast)."
For earlier stories and more information about the Cape Verde storm waves
or hurricane season, go to Charleston.net/hurricane. For more on the
tropics, go to AccuWeather.com and click on the tropics link.
So much for summer porch weather.
After a hurricane hunter aircraft flight Tuesday into the tropical wave
in the Atlantic Ocean off the Lesser Antilles, the National Hurricane
Center gave the storm a good chance of developing into to a tropical
depression by Thursday and plans to send a second flight to take a look
today.
Meanwhile, the Charleston area is expected to be drenched with an inch or
two of rain by the time the clouds have cleared out Thursday, said
forecasters for the National Weather Service and AccuWeather.com. Winds
will be strong enough that a gale warning is in effect for coastal waters.
"We definitely have a risk of isolated tornadoes," said meteorologist
Rich Thacker, with the National Weather Service, Charleston. The biggest
threat will be from mid-morning through the afternoon.
"There's a chance (of tornadoes)," Kines said. "It looks like more of a
case where heavy rain is a threat."
The entire state will see at least some rainfall, although less rain in
the drought-plagued Upstate. Gov. Mark Sanford and state Agriculture
Commissioner Hugh Weathers are scheduled to take a look today at
conditions in Pickens, in the Upstate foothills. They might ask for
federal disaster relief to help cattle and horse owners.
Sanford hasn't decided on a disaster declaration, he said Tuesday,
pointing out that the tropical storm season could bring more rain than
the state could handle.
FUTURE/ONGOING ISSUES:
08/14 - 1400 - CHAMBER OF COMMERCE PORT BRIEFING & TOUR
09/17 - 0800 - MARITIME ASSOC OF SC BOARD MEETING
10/08 - 1800 - CWIT OYSTER ROAST
10/30 - TBA - PROPELLOR CLUB 75TH ANNIVERSARY PARTY
2013 - PROPOSED TIME FRAME FOR NEW PORT TERMINAL TO BE COMPLETED
CURRENT ISSUES - NONE
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CURRENT HURRICANE ALERT STATUS - 4 -
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
800 AM EDT WED AUG 13 2008
FOR THE NORTH ATLANTIC...CARIBBEAN SEA AND THE GULF OF MEXICO...
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS REMAIN DISORGANIZED IN ASSOCIATION WITH A
BROAD AREA OF LOW PRESSURE AND A TROPICAL WAVE LOCATED ABOUT 300
MILES EAST OF THE LESSER ANTILLES...AND THE AIR FORCE RESERVE UNIT
HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT MISSION SCHEDULED FOR TODAY HAS BEEN
CANCELED. ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS ARE ONLY MARGINALLY FAVORABLE
FOR DEVELOPMENT AND THE POTENTIAL FOR TROPICAL CYCLONE FORMATION
DURING THE NEXT DAY OR TWO HAS DECREASED. THIS SYSTEM WILL
CONTINUED TO BE MONITORED AS IT MOVES WEST-NORTHWESTWARD AT 10 TO
15 MPH.
SHOWER ACTIVITY ASSOCIATED WITH A BROAD LOW PRESSURE AREA LOCATED
ABOUT 700 MILES WEST OF THE CAPE VERDE ISLANDS HAS BECOME A LITTLE
MORE CONCENTRATED THIS MORNING. SOME ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF THIS
SYSTEM IS POSSIBLE DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS AS IT MOVES
WESTWARD AT 10 TO 15 MPH.
ELSEWHERE.. TROPICAL CYCLONE FORMATION IS NOT EXPECTED DURING THE
NEXT 48 HOURS.
SECURITY LEVEL MARSEC 1 - YELLOW - ELEVATED
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TIDE INFORMATION (BASED FROM CUSTOMS WHARF):
Tides for Charleston (Customhouse Wharf) starting with August 11, 2008.
Day High Tide Height Sunrise Moon Time % Moon
/Low Time Feet Sunset Visible
W 13 Low 12:05 AM 1.1 6:42 AM Set 3:20 AM 85
13 High 5:45 AM 4.6 8:06 PM Rise 6:16 PM
13 Low 11:55 AM 0.7
13 High 6:36 PM 5.7
Th 14 Low 12:51 AM 0.9 6:43 AM Set 4:19 AM 91
14 High 6:35 AM 4.7 8:05 PM Rise 6:55 PM
14 Low 12:43 PM 0.5
14 High 7:20 PM 5.9
F 15 Low 1:33 AM 0.7 6:44 AM Set 5:20 AM 96
15 High 7:22 AM 4.9 8:04 PM Rise 7:30 PM
15 Low 1:29 PM 0.4
15 High 8:02 PM 6.0
Sa 16 Low 2:14 AM 0.5 6:44 AM Set 6:21 AM 99
16 High 8:06 AM 5.1 8:03 PM Rise 8:01 PM
16 Low 2:12 PM 0.3
16 High 8:40 PM 6.0
Su 17 Low 2:53 AM 0.3 6:45 AM Set 7:23 AM 99
17 High 8:47 AM 5.3 8:02 PM Rise 8:30 PM
17 Low 2:56 PM 0.2
17 High 9:17 PM 6.0
M 18 Low 3:31 AM 0.1 6:46 AM Set 8:25 AM 98
18 High 9:28 AM 5.5 8:01 PM Rise 8:58 PM
18 Low 3:40 PM 0.3
18 High 9:54 PM 5.9
Tu 19 Low 4:10 AM 0.0 6:46 AM Set 9:27 AM 95
19 High 10:09 AM 5.7 8:00 PM Rise 9:27 PM
19 Low 4:25 PM 0.3
19 High 10:32 PM 5.8
W 20 Low 4:50 AM 0.0 6:47 AM Set 10:31 AM 89
20 High 10:53 AM 5.8 7:59 PM Rise 9:58 PM
20 Low 5:14 PM 0.4
20 High 11:13 PM 5.6
Th 21 Low 5:33 AM 0.0 6:48 AM Set 11:37 AM 82
21 High 11:40 AM 5.9 7:58 PM Rise 10:32 PM
21 Low 6:06 PM 0.6
F 22 High 12:00 AM 5.3 6:48 AM Set 12:45 PM 73
22 Low 6:20 AM 0.0 7:56 PM Rise 11:12 PM
22 High 12:33 PM 6.0
22 Low 7:03 PM 0.8
Sa 23 High 12:53 AM 5.1 6:49 AM Set 1:55 PM 62
23 Low 7:13 AM 0.1 7:55 PM Rise 11:59 PM
23 High 1:33 PM 6.0
23 Low 8:07 PM 1.0
Su 24 High 1:54 AM 5.0 6:50 AM Set 3:04 PM 51
24 Low 8:13 AM 0.2 7:54 PM
24 High 2:40 PM 6.0
24 Low 9:15 PM 1.0
M 25 High 3:02 AM 4.9 6:50 AM Rise 12:55 AM 39
25 Low 9:18 AM 0.2 7:53 PM Set 4:08 PM
25 High 3:49 PM 6.1
25 Low 10:23 PM 0.9
Tu 26 High 4:11 AM 4.9 6:51 AM Rise 1:59 AM 28
26 Low 10:24 AM 0.1 7:52 PM Set 5:05 PM
26 High 4:57 PM 6.2
26 Low 11:26 PM 0.7
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MARINE WEATHER:
Today: Showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 2pm. Some storms
could be severe, with damaging winds and heavy rain. High near 79.
Breezy, with a southwest wind 11 to 20 mph becoming east. Chance of
precipitation is 100%. New rainfall amounts between three quarters and
one inch possible.
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Disclaimer
For quality assurance purposes please note well that while the above information is regularly vetted for accuracy it is not intended to replace the local knowledge or expertise pertaining to port conditions of our marine operations personnel. Port précis should always be verified by contacting the corresponding marine department of a particular location for the most up-to-date information.
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