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:
Hess - Max draft - 40'00
Delfin - Max Draft - 42'00
Chem Marine - Max Draft - 38'00 MLW
Kinder Morgan - berth 1 - 46'00 - all vessel arrivals require tide
Kinder Morgan - berth 2 - 40'00
Kinder Morgan - berth 3 - 30'00"
Kinder Morgan - berth 4 - Max draft 40'00, tide needed for anything deeper than 38'00
BP - Max draft 30'00" Low water
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
CST - Max draft 45'00 MLW - Max BM No restrictions
Veterans Terminal 35' MLW tidal restricted
Nucor - Max draft 25'00 (movements daylight & tidal restricted), Max LOA 550', Max Beam 52'
Pier J Max Draft 30 FT
Airdraft under the Don Holt Bridge 155 ft per pilots
Per pilots - restrictions for Tanker movements:
Drafts of 38'00 or less may transit at anytime
Drafts of 38'01 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
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VESSEL TRAFFIC:
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KMI 4 - CARONI PLAIN - 7/14<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">
- MAERSK KATE - 7/19<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">
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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. All persons wanting unescorted access to any vessel must have a valid TWIC.
CURRENT ARTICLES – NONE
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">CURRENT ISSUES:
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">07/09/13 - 1700 – Pilot Commission Meeting
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">07/09/13 - 1800 - FAREWELL TO CAPTAIN WHITE - MARIOTT
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">07/25/13 – 0800 – Nav Ops meeting
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">07/25/13 - 1700 – MASC Happy Hour
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">2018 - ETA FOR NEW CHARLESTON PORT TERMINAL TO BE COMPLETED
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SECURITY LEVEL: MARSEC 1
CURRENT HURRICANE ALERT LEVEL: 4 – NO STORMS EXPECTED / TS CHANTAL
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">BULLETIN
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">TROPICAL STORM CHANTAL ADVISORY NUMBER 7
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL032013
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">1100 AM AST TUE JUL 09 2013
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">...CHANTAL MOVING BETWEEN MARTINIQUE AND ST. LUCIA...
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">SUMMARY OF 1100 AM AST...1500 UTC...INFORMATION
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">LOCATION...14.4N 61.5W
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">ABOUT 55 MI...85 KM NW OF ST. LUCIA
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">ABOUT 410 MI...660 KM SE OF SAN JUAN PUERTO RICO
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...60 MPH...95 KM/H
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">PRESENT MOVEMENT...WNW OR 295 DEGREES AT 29 MPH...46 KM/H
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1006 MB...29.71 INCHES
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">WATCHES AND WARNINGS
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">CHANGES WITH THIS ADVISORY...
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">THE GOVERNMENT OF BARBADOS HAS DISCONTINUED THE TROPICAL STORM
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">WARNING AND WATCH FOR BARBADOS AND ST. VINCENT.
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">THE GOVERNMENT OF THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC HAS ISSUED A HURRICANE
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">WATCH FROM BARAHONA TO SAMANA AND ISSUED A TROPICAL STORM WARNING
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">FOR THE ENTIRE COAST OF THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC.
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">A TROPICAL STORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE NORTH COAST OF
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">SUMMARY OF WATCHES AND WARNINGS IN EFFECT...
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">A HURRICANE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR...
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">* BARAHONA TO SAMANA DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR...
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">* DOMINICA
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">* ST. LUCIA
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">* MARTINIQUE
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">* GUADELOUPE
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">* PUERTO RICO
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">* ENTIRE COAST OF THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">* NORTH COAST OF HAITI FROM LE MOLE ST. NICHOLAS EASTWARD
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR...
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">* U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">* VIEQUES AND CULEBRA
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">* HAITI FROM LE MOLE ST. NICHOLAS SOUTHWARD TO THE BORDER WITH THE
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">* TURKS AND CAICOS
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">* SOUTHEASTERN BAHAMAS
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">INTERESTS IN THE REMAINDER OF THE NORTHERN LEEWARD ISLANDS SHOULD
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA IN THE UNITED
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">STATES...INCLUDING POSSIBLE INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">FORECAST OFFICE. FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA OUTSIDE
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">THE UNITED STATES...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR NATIONAL
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">AT 1100 AM AST...1500 UTC...DATA FROM A RECONNAISSANCE PLANE...
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">BARBADOS AND MARTINIQUE RADAR INDICATE THAT THE CENTER OF
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">TROPICAL STORM CHANTAL WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 14.4 NORTH...
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">LONGITUDE 61.5 WEST. CHANTAL IS MOVING RAPIDLY TOWARD THE
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 29 MPH...AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. ON THE FORECAST TRACK...THE
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">CENTER OF CHANTAL WILL MOVE AWAY FROM THE LESSER ANTILLES LATER
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">TODAY AND CONTINUE OVER THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN SEA THIS AFTERNOON
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">AND TONIGHT. CHANTAL IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR OR OVER THE
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">DOMINICAN REPUBLIC ON WEDNESDAY.
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE HAVE INCREASED TO NEAR 60 MPH...95 KM/H.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">WITH HIGHER GUSTS. THESE WINDS ARE CONFINED TO A SMALL AREA TO THE
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">NORTHEAST OF THE CENTER. SOME ADDITIONAL INCREASE IN STRENGTH IS
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">POSSIBLE BEFORE CHANTAL MOVES OVER HISPANIOLA.
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">TROPICAL-STORM-FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 90 MILES...150 KM
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">TO THE NORTHEAST OF THE CENTER. TRINITY CARABELLE IN THE
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">NORTHEAST TIP OF MARTINIQUE RECENTLY REPORTED WINDS OF NEAR 60
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">MPH...95 KM/H.
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1006 MB...29.71 INCHES.
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">WIND...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVER
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">PORTIONS OF THE WINDWARD ISLANDS DURING THE NEXT SEVERAL
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">HOURS...AND REACH PUERTO RICO TONIGHT OR EARLY WEDNESDAY. TROPICAL
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO REACH THE SOUTHEASTERN PORTION OF
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. TROPICAL STORM
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE IN HAITI BY LATE WEDNESDAY.
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">STORM SURGE...A STORM SURGE WILL RAISE WATER LEVELS BY AS MUCH AS
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">1 TO 3 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS IN THE LEEWARD ISLANDS...
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">WINDWARD ISLANDS...AND PUERTO RICO. A STORM SURGE WILL ALSO RAISE
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">WATER LEVELS BY AS MUCH AS 2 TO 4 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">ALONG THE SOUTHERN COAST OF THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC AND 1 TO 3 FEET
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS ALONG THE ENTIRE NORTHERN COAST OF
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">HISPANIOLA. THE SURGE WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY DANGEROUS WAVES.
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">RAINFALL...CHANTAL IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE RAIN ACCUMULATIONS OF
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">2 TO 4 INCHES OVER THE LEEWARD AND WINDWARD ISLANDS. 3 TO 6 INCHES
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">ARE EXPECTED OVER PUERTO RICO...THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS...AND
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">PORTIONS OF THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC AND HAITI...WITH MAXIMUM AMOUNTS
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Tides for Charleston (Customhouse Wharf) starting with July 21, 2011.
Day High Tide Height Sunrise Moon Time % Moon
/Low Time Feet Sunset Visible
July 2013
Tu 9 Low 3:26 AM 0.4 6:19 AM Rise 7:35 AM 0
9 High 9:28 AM 4.7 8:31 PM Set 9:16 PM
9 Low 3:21 PM 0.2
9 High 9:38 PM 5.7
W 10 Low 4:02 AM 0.3 6:20 AM Rise 8:29 AM 2
10 High 10:07 AM 4.7 8:30 PM Set 9:51 PM
10 Low 4:01 PM 0.3
10 High 10:12 PM 5.6
Th 11 Low 4:37 AM 0.3 6:20 AM Rise 9:24 AM 5
11 High 10:44 AM 4.8 8:30 PM Set 10:24 PM
11 Low 4:41 PM 0.4
11 High 10:46 PM 5.5
F 12 Low 5:12 AM 0.3 6:21 AM Rise 10:20 AM 11
12 High 11:21 AM 4.8 8:30 PM Set 10:57 PM
12 Low 5:23 PM 0.5
12 High 11:22 PM 5.4
Sa 13 Low 5:50 AM 0.2 6:21 AM Rise 11:16 AM 18
13 High 12:01 PM 4.9 8:29 PM Set 11:30 PM
13 Low 6:10 PM 0.6
Su 14 High 12:03 AM 5.3 6:22 AM Rise 12:14 PM 26
14 Low 6:32 AM 0.2 8:29 PM
14 High 12:47 PM 5.1
14 Low 7:02 PM 0.6
M 15 High 12:49 AM 5.2 6:23 AM Set 12:05 AM 36
15 Low 7:18 AM 0.1 8:29 PM Rise 1:14 PM
15 High 1:39 PM 5.3
15 Low 8:00 PM 0.7
Tu 16 High 1:42 AM 5.1 6:23 AM Set 12:42 AM 46
16 Low 8:11 AM 0.0 8:28 PM Rise 2:15 PM
16 High 2:38 PM 5.5
16 Low 9:03 PM 0.6
W 17 High 2:41 AM 5.0 6:24 AM Set 1:24 AM 57
17 Low 9:09 AM -0.1 8:28 PM Rise 3:19 PM
17 High 3:40 PM 5.8
17 Low 10:08 PM 0.5
Th 18 High 3:44 AM 5.0 6:25 AM Set 2:10 AM 68
18 Low 10:11 AM -0.3 8:27 PM Rise 4:24 PM
18 High 4:44 PM 6.1
18 Low 11:12 PM 0.3
F 19 High 4:49 AM 5.1 6:25 AM Set 3:04 AM 78
19 Low 11:14 AM -0.5 8:27 PM Rise 5:28 PM
19 High 5:47 PM 6.4
Sa 20 Low 12:13 AM 0.0 6:26 AM Set 4:04 AM 87
20 High 5:53 AM 5.2 8:26 PM Rise 6:29 PM
20 Low 12:15 PM -0.7
20 High 6:48 PM 6.6
Su 21 Low 1:10 AM -0.3 6:26 AM Set 5:09 AM 94
21 High 6:56 AM 5.4 8:26 PM Rise 7:25 PM
21 Low 1:15 PM -0.8
21 High 7:46 PM 6.8
M 22 Low 2:05 AM -0.6 6:27 AM Set 6:18 AM 98
22 High 7:56 AM 5.6 8:25 PM Rise 8:15 PM
22 Low 2:12 PM -0.9
22 High 8:41 PM 6.9
Tu 23 Low 2:57 AM -0.8 6:28 AM Set 7:28 AM 99
23 High 8:55 AM 5.8 8:24 PM Rise 9:00 PM
23 Low 3:07 PM -0.9
23 High 9:34 PM 6.8
W 24 Low 3:48 AM -0.8 6:28 AM Set 8:36 AM 98
24 High 9:51 AM 5.9 8:24 PM Rise 9:41 PM
24 Low 4:01 PM -0.7
24 High 10:25 PM 6.6
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Synopsis<span-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">...ATLANTIC HIGH PRESSURE WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE WATERS THROUGH THURSDAY. A
WEAKENING COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE REGION FROM THE NORTHWEST LATE IN THE WEEK...THEN STALL OVER OR CLOSE TO THE AREA NEXT WEEKEND...WHILE TROPICAL CYCLONE CHANTAL OR ITS REMNANTS APPROACH THE SOUTHEAST COAST. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST ADVISORY ON CHANTAL
ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER.
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<span-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Rest Of Today:
<span-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">S winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft.
Tonight: S winds 10 kt. Seas 2 ft.
Wed: S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft. A slight chance of showers and tstms in the afternoon.
Wed Night: SW winds 15 kt with gusts to 20 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft. A slight chance of showers and tstms.
Thu: SW winds 15 to 20 kt with gusts to 25 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. A chance of showers and tstms.
Thu Night: SW winds 15 to 20 kt with gusts to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. A chance of showers and tstms.
Fri: SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. A chance of showers and tstms.
Fri Night: SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. A chance of showers and tstms.
Sat: SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. A chance of showers and tstms.
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