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Subject: | SOUTH CAROLINA DAILY UPDATE | Date: | Monday, October 06, 2008 | Priority: | Normal | Notice: | URGENT INFORMATION: NONE
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PORT LIMITS/INFORMATION ------------------------ Maximum Depths - (Fresh) Harbor Entrance - 47.0 ft Main Channel - 45.0 ft
BERTH LIMITS/INFORMATION: ------------------------- Current maximum drafts allowed at berths:
Amerada Hess - Max draft of 40'00 Kinder Morgan - berth 1 - 40'00 Kinder Morgan - berth 2 - 40'00 Kinder Morgan - berth 3 - TBA Kinder Morgan - 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 Nucor - Max draft 25'00 (movements daylight & tidal restricted), Max LOA 450', Max Beam 52'
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: ---------------
HESS - TUG PEN 6 & BARGE 120 ETA 1345/6TH BP - TUG INTEGRITY AND 650-4 ETS 1259/7TH KINDER MORGAN - SEAMARLIN ETS 0400/7TH KINDER MORGAN - PELAGOS ETA 1000/8TH ============================================= FEDERAL, STATE & LOCAL FILING REQUIREMENTS: --------------------------------------------- 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:
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CURRENT ISSUES - NONE 10/07 - 1900 - CHARLESTON COUNTY COUNCIL MEETING 10/08 - 1800 - CWIT OYSTER ROAST
FUTURE/ONGOING ISSUES: 10/14 - CWIT FIELD TRIP CLEMSON RESTORATION INSTITUTE 10/21 - 1800 - CHARLESTON COUNTY COUNCIL MEETING 10/30 - PROPELLOR CLUB 75TH ANNIVERSARY PARTY 2013 - PROPOSED TIME FRAME FOR NEW PORT TERMINAL TO BE COMPLETED
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CURRENT HURRICANE ALERT STATUS - 4
MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 225 AM EDT MON OCT 06 2008
MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION FOR GULF OF MEXICO... CARIBBEAN SEA AND SOUTHWEST NORTH ATLC S OF 31N W OF 55W.
SW N ATLC AND GULF OF MEXICO... ATLC FRONTAL TROUGH THROUGH 31N74W TO JUST E OF PALM BEACH CONTS TO DRIFT W AND WEAKEN. GULF OF MEXICO SFC TROUGH EXTENDS FROM 23N90W TO A 1008 MB LOW PRES JUST EMERGING OFF THE MEXICAN COAST AND EXPECTED TO SLIDE ACROSS THE FAR S PORTIONS OF THE BAY OF CAMPECHE LATER TODAY. GRADIENT BETWEEN FRONTAL TROUGH/LOWER PRESS OVER THE BAY OF CAMPECHE/SRN GULF OF MEXICO AND SE CONUS RIDGE SUPPORTS NE WINDS OF 20 TO LOCALLY 25 KT OVER THE GULF N OF 27N E OF 90W...A TAD STRONGER THAN FCST. BACKDOOR COLD FRONT STILL SLATED TO SWEEP SWD OVER ATLC WATERS LATE TUE AND EXTEND FROM 26N65W TO TO NE FLORIDA BY LATE WED. WINDS INCREASE BRIEFLY TO 20-25 KT AND SEAS TO 10 FT IN HIGH PRES BUILDING IN WAKE OF FRONT. IN THE MEANTIME MODELS ARE IN MUCH BETTER AGREEMENT ON TIMING AND STRENGTH OF NEXT COLD FRONT SLATED TO MOVE OFF THE TEXAS COAST TUE NIGHT AND EXTEND FROM FL/AL SWD THROUGH 25N90W TO BAY OF CAMPECHE BY LATE WED. EXPECT A BRIEF PERIOD OF N-NE WINDS OF 15-20 KT BEHIND FRONT OVER W GULF WED. BY THU RIDGE OVER THE ERN CONUS BLOCKS EWD ADVANCE OF GULF OF MEXICO FRONT WITH THE MUCH WEAKER FRONT EXTENDING FROM FL PANHANDLE TO WRN BAY OF CAMPECHE BY LATE THU. FRONT DRIFTS NWD AND DISSIPATES BY LATE FRI WITH LIGHT NE TO E WINDS IN ITS WAKE.
CARIBBEAN AND TROPICAL N ATLC... TROPICAL WAVE S OF 19N ALONG 69W MOVING W 10 KT AND ANOTHER WAVE LOCATED S OF 18N ALONG 58W ALSO MOVING W AT 10 KT. AS INDICATED IN THE PREVIOUS DISCUSSION TROPICAL WAVES NOT EXPECTED TO HAVE MUCH OF AN IMPACT OTHER THAN CONVECTION AND A SLIGHT WIND SHIFT. MODELS ALL AGREE ON SUB-NORMAL 10-15 KT TRADES IN TROPICAL ATLC AND CARIBBEAN. ON FRI SWELL TRAIN FROM BUILDING ATLC RIDGE ARRIVES OVER THE FAR N PORTIONS OF THE TROPICAL N ATLC AND MAKES IT AS FAR S AS 17N. SEAS MAY REACH 8 FT.
WARNINGS...
ATLANTIC... NONE.
CARIBBEAN... NONE.
GULF OF MEXICO... NONE.
SEAPORT SECURITY ALERT CURRENTLY AT YELLOW/ELEVEATED - MARSEC 1
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Tides for Charleston (Customhouse Wharf) starting with October 6, 2008. Day High Tide Height Sunrise Moon Time % Moon /Low Time Feet Sunset Visible
M 6 High 12:50 AM 4.7 7:18 AM Rise 2:04 PM 36 6 Low 6:51 AM 1.4 6:57 PM Set 11:55 PM 6 High 1:39 PM 5.4 6 Low 7:59 PM 1.7
Tu 7 High 1:43 AM 4.6 7:18 AM Rise 2:46 PM 45 7 Low 7:45 AM 1.5 6:56 PM 7 High 2:36 PM 5.4 7 Low 8:54 PM 1.7
W 8 High 2:41 AM 4.7 7:19 AM Set 12:53 AM 55 8 Low 8:46 AM 1.5 6:55 PM Rise 3:24 PM 8 High 3:33 PM 5.4 8 Low 9:49 PM 1.6
Th 9 High 3:40 AM 4.8 7:20 AM Set 1:53 AM 64 9 Low 9:48 AM 1.4 6:54 PM Rise 3:57 PM 9 High 4:26 PM 5.6 9 Low 10:41 PM 1.3
F 10 High 4:37 AM 5.1 7:21 AM Set 2:53 AM 73 10 Low 10:48 AM 1.1 6:52 PM Rise 4:28 PM 10 High 5:16 PM 5.7 10 Low 11:29 PM 1.0
Sa 11 High 5:29 AM 5.5 7:21 AM Set 3:54 AM 82 11 Low 11:44 AM 0.9 6:51 PM Rise 4:57 PM 11 High 6:03 PM 5.9
Su 12 Low 12:14 AM 0.6 7:22 AM Set 4:56 AM 89 12 High 6:18 AM 5.9 6:50 PM Rise 5:26 PM 12 Low 12:36 PM 0.6 12 High 6:48 PM 6.0
M 13 Low 12:58 AM 0.3 7:23 AM Set 6:00 AM 95 13 High 7:05 AM 6.3 6:49 PM Rise 5:56 PM 13 Low 1:27 PM 0.3 13 High 7:32 PM 6.1
Tu 14 Low 1:42 AM 0.0 7:24 AM Set 7:06 AM 98 14 High 7:50 AM 6.6 6:48 PM Rise 6:29 PM 14 Low 2:16 PM 0.2 14 High 8:17 PM 6.0
W 15 Low 2:26 AM -0.2 7:24 AM Set 8:16 AM 99 15 High 8:37 AM 6.9 6:46 PM Rise 7:07 PM 15 Low 3:05 PM 0.1 15 High 9:02 PM 5.9
Th 16 Low 3:12 AM -0.3 7:25 AM Set 9:28 AM 98 16 High 9:25 AM 7.0 6:45 PM Rise 7:51 PM 16 Low 3:56 PM 0.2 16 High 9:50 PM 5.8
F 17 Low 4:00 AM -0.2 7:26 AM Set 10:41 AM 94 17 High 10:15 AM 6.9 6:44 PM Rise 8:43 PM 17 Low 4:48 PM 0.3 17 High 10:41 PM 5.6
Sa 18 Low 4:51 AM -0.1 7:27 AM Set 11:51 AM 87 18 High 11:10 AM 6.8 6:43 PM Rise 9:44 PM 18 Low 5:43 PM 0.5 18 High 11:37 PM 5.4
Su 19 Low 5:45 AM 0.1 7:27 AM Set 12:54 PM 78 19 High 12:10 PM 6.5 6:42 PM Rise 10:51 PM 19 Low 6:41 PM 0.8
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| Notice posted on Monday, October 06, 2008 | | 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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