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| Subject: | SOUTH CAROLINA DAILY PORT UPDATE | | Date: | Friday, October 10, 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 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:
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BP - CLIPPER LANCER - EST IN 1300/11TH
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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:
Right whale rule wrong, critics say
By Bo Petersen (Contact)
The Post and Courier
Friday, October 10, 2008
Containerships and the boats carrying harbor pilots to steer them will
have to slow down when the nearly extinct right whale could be around,
according to a new, hotly opposed federal rule.
Three right whales spotted by Wildlife Trust surveyors off of the South
Carolina coast last December.
File/Rachel Sayre/Wildlife Trust
Three right whales spotted by Wildlife Trust surveyors off of the South
Carolina coast last December.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued the rule this
week after months of criticism from ports officials as well as local U.S.
Coast Guard officials. The officials say slower speeds aren't safe in the
narrow, windswept shipping channel.
The rule says ships longer than 65 feet must slow to 10 knots (11 1/2
mph) within 23 miles of the Eastern coastline along the whales' migration
route, which includes the South Carolina coast in the winter. That's
about half-speed for containerships.
The cost in lost time is estimated in the millions of dollars per year
for Charleston ports, analysts say.
The right whale is the rare mammoth of the Atlantic, a huge, 40-ton
creature that whalers nearly wiped out in the 19th century. Fewer than
400 are known to exist, a number so perilously low that researchers
consider every living right whale vital to the survival of the species.
Ship strikes are considered one of the leading causes of right whale
deaths.
Nearly 40 right whales were spotted in 21 survey flights over South
Carolina coastal waters last winter, according to Wildlife Trust. At
least nine were considered to have spent the winter here.
Ports and pilot officials think the precautions already in place, such as
alerting ships to nearby whales, are enough.
And there are significant safety concerns with the ruling. Bernard
Groseclose Jr., chief executive officer of the State Ports Authority,
said a vessel slowing to such a low speed won't have the same control,
particularly when dealing with the winds and currents outside the harbor.
There has been no reported right whale death from a ship strike in the
Charleston channel.
A humpback whale stranded in January 2006 on Cape Island near
McClellanville died from an apparent ship strike.
NOAA says that, on average, two whales per year die from ship strikes.
The last reported propeller strike deaths in the Atlantic basin were four
in 2006.
Local harbor pilots deferred comment to the American Pilots Association.
The association is seeking a waiver under an exemption for law
enforcement vessels.
"We intend to pursue this and do anything we can," said Paul Kirchner,
executive director, adding he was shocked by how quickly NOAA issued the
rule after the close of the comment period on it.
NOAA did take industry concerns into account, said Jackie Savitz, of the
environmental advocate Oceana. The change won't be as costly as they
estimate. Ocean vessels routinely adjust their times to get in and out of
port anyway, she said.
"It is important to keep in mind that these whales are endangered, hard
to see in the water and impact with ships is often lethal," she said in e-
mailed comments. "At 15 knots, 75 percent of strikes are lethal. Going to
10 knots reduces that by two thirds to 25 percent, which shows that this
is a compromise."
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CURRENT ISSUES - NONE
FUTURE/ONGOING ISSUES:
10/14 - 0900 SPA LEGAL / AUDIT COMMITTEE MEETING
10/14 - CWIT FIELD TRIP CLEMSON RESTORATION INSTITUTE
10/15 - 0815 - MARITIME ASSOCIATION MEETING
10/21 - 1800 - CHARLESTON COUNTY COUNCIL MEETING
10/30 - PROPELLOR CLUB 75TH ANNIVERSARY PARTY
11/2 - 0815 - MARITIME ASSOCIATION MEETING
2013 - PROPOSED TIME FRAME FOR NEW PORT TERMINAL TO BE COMPLETED
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CURRENT HURRICANE ALERT STATUS - 4
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
800 AM EDT FRI OCT 10 2008
FOR THE NORTH ATLANTIC...CARIBBEAN SEA AND THE GULF OF MEXICO...
SHOWER ACTIVITY WITH A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE NEAR THE WINDWARD
ISLANDS HAS DECREASED. SIGNIFICANT DEVELOPMENT OF THIS SYSTEM IS
NOT EXPECTED DUE TO UNFAVORABLE UPPER-LEVEL WINDS.
A LARGE AREA OF DISTURBED WEATHER IS LOCATED ROUGHLY MIDWAY BETWEEN
THE WEST COAST OF AFRICAN AND THE LESSER ANTILLES. THIS SYSTEM IS
SHOWING SOME SIGNS OF ORGANIZATION...AND FURTHER SLOW DEVELOPMENT
IS POSSIBLE OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS AS IT MOVES SLOWLY
WEST-NORTHWESTWARD.
ELSEWHERE...TROPICAL CYCLONE FORMATION IS NOT EXPECTED DURING THE
NEXT 48 HOURS.
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FORECASTER FRANKLIN/BERG
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
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
M 20 High 12:39 AM 5.2 7:28 AM Set 1:48 PM 68
20 Low 6:45 AM 0.3 6:41 PM
20 High 1:15 PM 6.3
20 Low 7:44 PM 0.9
Tu 21 High 1:47 AM 5.2 7:29 AM Rise 12:00 AM 56
21 Low 7:50 AM 0.5 6:39 PM Set 2:32 PM
21 High 2:22 PM 6.1
21 Low 8:48 PM 1.0
W 22 High 2:56 AM 5.2 7:30 AM Rise 1:09 AM 45
22 Low 8:58 AM 0.6 6:38 PM Set 3:10 PM
22 High 3:27 PM 6.0
22 Low 9:50 PM 0.9
Th 23 High 4:02 AM 5.4 7:31 AM Rise 2:15 AM 34
23 Low 10:05 AM 0.6 6:37 PM Set 3:42 PM
23 High 4:27 PM 5.9
23 Low 10:47 PM 0.7
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LOCAL WEATHER:
This Afternoon: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm. Cloudy, with
a high near 79. Northeast wind around 11 mph. Chance of precipitation is
60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except
higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before midnight, then
a chance of showers. Cloudy, with a low around 67. Northeast wind around
10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a
quarter and half of an inch possible.
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| | Notice posted on Friday, October 10, 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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