PORT LIMITS/INFORMATION
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Maximum Depths - (Fresh)
Harbor Entrance - 42 ft
Main Channel - 42 ft
Max allowable vessel draft - 43 ft
BERTH LIMITS/INFORMATION:
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Current maximum drafts allowed at berths:
Colonial # 1 Max Draft 39 ft Max LOA 750 ft Max air draft 185 ft
Colonial # 3 Max Draft 36 ft Max LOA 600 ft
Colonial OT-20 Max Draft 39 ft Max LOA 820 ft
Valero East Max Draft 23 ft Max LOA 650 ft Max Beam 110 ft
Valero West Max Draft 36 ft Max LOA 650 ft
Conoco Phillips Max Draft 26 ft Max LOA 650 ft
Vopak Max Draft 36 ft Max LOA 643 ft Max Beam 100 ft
Marine Port Terminal Brunswick Max Draft 30 ft Max LOA 80 ft
Nustar #2 Max Draft 38 ft Max LOA 900 ft Max Beam 110 ft Max DWT 44,000
Epic Midstream - Max Draft 36 ft Max LOA 700ft Max Beam 120 ft
Nustar Asphalt - Max Draft 36'06 ft Max LOA 750 ft Max Beam 120 ft
East Coast terminal - Max Draft 36 ft
Imperial Sugar - Max Draft 30 ft
Metro Ports - Max Draft 36 ft Max LOA 700 ft Max Beam 150 ft
GPA Ocean Terminal Max Draft 42 ft
GPA Garden City Terminal Max Draft 42 ft
Per pilots - restrictions for Tanker movements:
Drafts of 35 ft 5 in or less may transit at anytime
Drafts of 35 ft 6 to 42'00 are tide restricted- window: Start in 1 Hour after low water until 1.5 hours before high
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VESSEL TRAFFIC:
NUSTAR: 2/18 – PITENE
<span-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:#943634">3/17 CHEM NORMA
Col Berth 3
- 2/17 - CARONI PLAIN
2/17 - ATB PACIFIC RELIANCE 650-1
2/18 - HARBOR PIONEER
2/21 – CHEMICAL TRANSPORTER
COL BERTH 1 - (OTHER THAN BARGES)
XENA – IN, ETS AM/15
2/15 - CHEMICAL MASTER
BERTH OT-20 - (OTHER THAN BARGES)
2/28 - AGATHONISSOS
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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 GPA. All persons wanting unescorted access to any vessel must have a valid TWIC.
Vessels 65 ft and longer in length must slow to 10 kts about 20 nm offshore in to the COLREGS demarcation line. Savannah is in the Mid-Atlantic Area. Brunswick is in the South Atlantic area.
Savannah rules will apply from November 1 to April 30 and Brunswick rules are in effect November 15-April 15.
RIGHT WHALE MANDATORY SHIP REPORTING SYSTEM FOR WHALESSOUTH –
The U.S. Mandatory Ship Reporting (MSR) System for Northern Right Whales is in effect from
<span-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">November 15th, 2012 to April 16th, 2013. This mandatory system requires all vessels 300 gross tons and greater to submit a report prior to entering the designated
WHALESSOUTH area per Title 33, Code of Federal Regulations Part 169.115 (33 CFR 169.115). The geographical boundaries of the southeast reporting system include coastal waters within approximately 25 nautical miles along a 90 nautical mile stretch of the Atlantic
seaboard in Florida and Georgia. The area extends from the shoreline east to longitude 80°51'.60W, with the southern and northern boundaries at latitudes 30°00'.00N and 31°27'.00N, respectively.
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Current Articles –
(2/15/13) - S.C. ports nominee noncommittal on Jasper Ocean Terminal
COLUMBIA, S.C. — A nominee to the South Carolina Ports Authority board said he needs more information about the proposed Jasper Ocean Terminal before he will know whether it’s good for South
Carolina.
On Wednesday the Review & Oversight Commission on the South Carolina Ports Authority gave nominee Robert Michael Sisk of Lexington, S.C., unanimous approval.
The vote came after Sen. Tom Davis asked him about the container port planned for Jasper County and how it might complement the Port of Charleston. Davis is a Beaufort County Republican and
former ports board member who chaired the bi-state Jasper port negotiating committee.
“With respect to Jasper, I would like more facts,” said Sisk. “I’d like to know what the facts are and whether or not it looks like it’s the right thing to do or not before giving you a firm
opinion at this point.”
But he said he would pursue the terminal’s development pursuant to the state law that charges the board with its duties. The Jasper Ocean Terminal is an estimated $5 billion bi-state port planned
for South Carolina’s side of the Savannah River.
“It’s a little early for me to give you a firm opinion on how I view that,” said Sisk. “At this point for me to say it’s good or bad, obviously there are issues with the (Savannah) river and
its depth that have a hand in whether or not that’s viable ... (which) need to be addressed.”
South Carolina officials have said Georgia’s plans to deepen the Savannah River to allow larger, post-Panamax vessels to access the Port of Savannah isn’t deep enough to help ships that will
eventually call at the Jasper port.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has approved the deepening of the river from 42 feet to 47 feet. But South Carolina officials have argue the modern standard is at least 50 feet deep.
South Carolina officials have also objected to the Georgia Ports Authority’s deepening plans, warning that it will put Georgia at a competitive advantage over South Carolina and that it harms
the river environment.
Sisk’s nomination will go before the Senate Transportation Committee next, where Sen. Larry Grooms said, “there will be pointed questions about what he would do as a member.”
Republican Gov. Nikki Haley nominated Sisk to replace Karen Floyd on the 11-member board. Floyd, whose term expired last February, is the former chairman of the S.C. Republican Party.
Grooms, who chairs both the commission and the Senate Transportation Committee, said after the meeting that he was content with Sisk’s comments about the future Jasper Ocean Terminal. He said
the six-member Joint Project Office board is focused on developing the shared port, but the S.C. Ports Authority is still responsible.
“If that strategy (JPO) is not panning out, they still have a duty to build a Jasper Ocean Terminal,” said Grooms. “They have a charge to make it happen.”
In 2011, some Beaufort County officials were concerned that the state ports board had lost its only Jasper port advocates when the governor replaced two local board members. Beaufort attorney
Colden Battey Jr. was replaced by Pat McKinney of Kiawah Island, and S.C. State University football coach Willie Jeffries took the place of Doug Robertson of Bluffton.
During Wednesday’s commission meeting, Sen. Hugh Leatherman, R-31st District, asked Sisk if he thought the state’s ports should be privatized.
“As I stand right now, I would not necessarily favor that, but I have not been in those meetings,” said Sisk. “ As a private citizen I wouldn’t give any consideration to it. I would leave it
as is.”
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CURRENT ISSUES/EVENTS: 02/20/13 – 1100 – SMA meeting – CBP Facility
FUTURE EVENTS: 03/06/13 – 1730 - Maritime After Hours - Ruth’s Chris
03/14/13 - 1130 – Prop Club Lunch
03/19-20/13 - Georgia Logistics Summit - Atlanta, GA.
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SECURITY LEVEL: MARSEC 1
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LOCAL TIDES:
Day High Tide Height Sunrise Moon Time % Moon
/Low Time Feet Sunset Visible
FEBRUARY 2013
F 15 Low 5:40 AM 0.2 7:05 AM Rise 10:04 AM 22
15 High 11:35 AM 6.2 6:10 PM Set 11:45 PM
15 Low 5:57 PM 0.0
15 High 11:54 PM 6.6
Sa 16 Low 6:25 AM 0.7 7:04 AM Rise 10:42 AM 31
16 High 12:24 PM 5.9 6:11 PM
16 Low 6:42 PM 0.4
Su 17 High 12:44 AM 6.3 7:03 AM Set 12:39 AM 40
17 Low 7:16 AM 1.1 6:12 PM Rise 11:23 AM
17 High 1:14 PM 5.6
17 Low 7:32 PM 0.7
M 18 High 1:36 AM 6.2 7:02 AM Set 1:31 AM 50
18 Low 8:14 AM 1.3 6:12 PM Rise 12:07 PM
18 High 2:06 PM 5.5
18 Low 8:30 PM 0.9
Tu 19 High 2:29 AM 6.1 7:01 AM Set 2:21 AM 59
19 Low 9:16 AM 1.4 6:13 PM Rise 12:55 PM
19 High 3:01 PM 5.4
19 Low 9:30 PM 0.8
W 20 High 3:25 AM 6.1 7:00 AM Set 3:09 AM 68
20 Low 10:14 AM 1.2 6:14 PM Rise 1:45 PM
20 High 3:57 PM 5.6
20 Low 10:27 PM 0.7
Th 21 High 4:21 AM 6.3 6:59 AM Set 3:53 AM 76
21 Low 11:06 AM 0.9 6:15 PM Rise 2:38 PM
21 High 4:51 PM 5.8
21 Low 11:19 PM 0.4
F 22 High 5:13 AM 6.5 6:58 AM Set 4:35 AM 84
22 Low 11:54 AM 0.6 6:16 PM Rise 3:32 PM
22 High 5:42 PM 6.1
Sa 23 Low 12:08 AM 0.1 6:57 AM Set 5:14 AM 90
23 High 6:01 AM 6.8 6:16 PM Rise 4:29 PM
23 Low 12:38 PM 0.2
23 High 6:27 PM 6.4
Su 24 Low 12:54 AM -0.2 6:56 AM Set 5:51 AM 95
24 High 6:45 AM 7.0 6:17 PM Rise 5:27 PM
24 Low 1:20 PM -0.1
24 High 7:08 PM 6.7
M 25 Low 1:39 AM -0.5 6:55 AM Set 6:27 AM 98
25 High 7:25 AM 7.2 6:18 PM Rise 6:26 PM
25 Low 2:00 PM -0.4
25 High 7:47 PM 6.9
Tu 26 Low 2:22 AM -0.7 6:54 AM Set 7:02 AM 99
26 High 8:03 AM 7.3 6:19 PM Rise 7:26 PM
26 Low 2:40 PM -0.6
26 High 8:24 PM 7.2
W 27 Low 3:05 AM -0.8 6:53 AM Set 7:37 AM 98
27 High 8:41 AM 7.3 6:20 PM Rise 8:28 PM
27 Low 3:20 PM -0.7
27 High 9:02 PM 7.3
Th 28 Low 3:48 AM -0.8 6:51 AM Set 8:14 AM 95
28 High 9:21 AM 7.2 6:20 PM Rise 9:30 PM
28 Low 4:01 PM -0.8
28 High 9:44 PM 7.3
MARCH 2013
F 1 Low 4:33 AM -0.6 6:50 AM Set 8:54 AM 89
1 High 10:05 AM 7.0 6:21 PM Rise 10:34 PM
1 Low 4:44 PM -0.7
1 High 10:32 PM 7.3
Sa 2 Low 5:21 AM -0.4 6:49 AM Set 9:37 AM 82
2 High 10:55 AM 6.8 6:22 PM Rise 11:37 PM
2 Low 5:31 PM -0.5
2 High 11:27 PM 7.2
Su 3 Low 6:15 AM -0.1 6:48 AM Set 10:25 AM 72
3 High 11:51 AM 6.5 6:23 PM
3 Low 6:24 PM -0.2
M 4 High 12:28 AM 7.1 6:47 AM Rise 12:41 AM 62
4 Low 7:15 AM 0.2 6:23 PM Set 11:19 AM
4 High 12:51 PM 6.4
4 Low 7:25 PM 0.0
Tu 5 High 1:33 AM 7.0 6:46 AM Rise 1:41 AM 50
5 Low 8:22 AM 0.3 6:24 PM Set 12:17 PM
5 High 1:55 PM 6.3
5 Low 8:35 PM 0.1
W 6 High 2:40 AM 7.0 6:44 AM Rise 2:38 AM 39
6 Low 9:31 AM 0.2 6:25 PM Set 1:20 PM
6 High 3:00 PM 6.4
6 Low 9:46 PM 0.0
Th 7 High 3:47 AM 7.1 6:43 AM Rise 3:29 AM 28
7 Low 10:35 AM -0.1 6:26 PM Set 2:24 PM
7 High 4:05 PM 6.6
7 Low 10:52 PM -0.3
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MARINE WEATHER FORECAST
Waters from Savannah GA to Altamaha Sound GA extending from 20 to 60 nm (AMZ374) Mobile Weather Information
Last Update: 704 AM EST FRI FEB 15 2013
Hazardous marine condition(s):
Gale Watch
Synopsis...HIGH PRESSURE ACROSS THE AREA TODAY AND EARLY TONIGHT WILL GIVE WAY TO A WEAK COLD FRONT LATE TONIGHT. A STRONG ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS
THE AREA LATE SATURDAY AS AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPS OFF THE EAST COAST. GALE FORCE WINDS ARE POSSIBLE IN WAKE OF THE ARCTIC FRONT INTO EARLY SUNDAY. HIGH PRESSURE WILL THEN PREVAIL THROUGH MONDAY. THE NEXT COLD FRONT WILL IMPACT THE AREA ON TUESDAY...FOLLOWED
BY HIGH PRESSURE INTO THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK.
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Today: N winds 10 to 15 kt...diminishing to 5 to 10 kt this afternoon. Seas 2 to 3 ft...then 2 ft this afternoon.
Tonight: W winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft.
Sat: NW winds 10 to 15 kt...increasing to 20 to 25 kt with gusts to 30 kt in the afternoon. Seas 3 ft...building to 4 to 6 ft in the afternoon.
Sat Night: NW winds 25 to 30 kt with gusts to 40 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft.
Sun: NW winds 20 to 25 kt with gusts to 35 kt...diminishing to 15 to 20 kt with gusts to 25 kt in the afternoon. Seas 4 to 6 ft... Subsiding to 3 to 4 ft in
the afternoon.
Sun Night: NW winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts to 20 kt...diminishing to 5 to 10 kt after midnight. Seas 2 to 3 ft.
Mon: NE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 1 foot.
Mon Night: SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft.
Tue: S winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. A chance of showers.
Tue Night: W winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. A chance of showers.