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Subject: | SOUTH CAROLINA DAILY PORT UPDATE | Date: | Monday, November 03, 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 - ELKA DELOS - IN 0332/3RD EST OUT 1200/4TH KINDER MORGAN - BARKALD - IN 1425/1ST EST OUT 1900/3RD KINDER MORGAN - IOANNIS I - EST IN 1900/3RD
============================================= 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:
SC Ports’ Impact: $45 Billion
Charleston, SC – Seaport operations in Charleston and Georgetown facilitate 260,800 jobs across South Carolina and nearly $45 billion in economic activity annually, according to a new study released today by the S.C. State Ports Authority (SCSPA).
“The core of the Ports Authority’s mission is to be an economic development engine for the state of South Carolina,” said Bernard Groseclose, president and CEO of the SCSPA. “Port expansion is vital to continuing to grow the state’s economy in the coming years.”
Wilbur Smith Associates of Columbia, SC compiled the study, which measures actual economic output by port operations in Charleston and Georgetown and port users in all 46 counties during calendar year 2007.
“These findings show that the state’s seaports have far-reaching impacts that extend well beyond the coast,” said Wilbur Smith’s Eric McClellan, senior economist and project manager for the study. “Clearly, the SCSPA is an integral component to the state’s economy.”
The study’s key findings reveal that through direct port operations or the activities of port users, trade through the state’s seaports facilitates:
* More than $44.8 billion in total economic output each year across the state * 260,800 jobs, representing 10.9% of all jobs in South Carolina * $11.8 billion in labor income, which is 13.6% of the state’s total income * $1.5 billion in state and local taxes * $18.5 billion in value-added impact, representing 12.1% of the total gross state product
Using port-industry data, surveys, and the IMPLAN econometric model, Wilbur Smith tabulated impacts for six regions in the state: Tri-County, Lowcountry, Pee Dee, Aiken, Midlands and Piedmont. SCSPA officials will be traveling across the state later this year to share the detailed impact results by region.
Currently, the SCSPA is moving forward on near- and long-term expansion projects in Charleston and along the Savannah River in Jasper County.
Next month, a new 25-acre yard will open at the Wando Welch Terminal, representing a 10% capacity increase for the terminal. The SCSPA is continuing with site preparation associated with a new, 280-acre terminal on the former Navy Base. The terminal is expected to open in 2014 and, at build out, will increase Charleston’s total container capacity by 50%.
The SCSPA continues to work with the Georgia Ports Authority on the development of a bi-state facility along the Savannah River in Jasper County. Most recently, the two agencies purchased the 1,500-acre site and hired a project management firm
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Maritime activity pumps $44.8 billion into South Carolina's economy
By Molly Parker mparker@scbiznews.com
Trade through the ports on South Carolina’s coast generates 260,800 jobs, $11.8 billion in annual income and $1.5 billion in government taxes and has a $44.8 billion impact on the state economy, S.C. State Ports Authority CEO Bernard Groseclose said Thursday
“The sheer magnitude of these numbers is simply astounding and somewhat humbling for those of us in the business,” Groseclose said at Thursday’s 75th anniversary gala celebrating The Propeller Club of Charleston.
The zooty event at the Charleston Place Hotel was a black-tie affair featuring healthy plates of meat and potatoes. Groseclose’s keynote speech announced the results of an economic impact study conducted by Wilbur Smith Associates Inc.
“As the port goes, so goes our economy here,” Groseclose said to a crowd of about 425.
Among the study’s key findings, maritime activity in the state contributes the following:
* More than $44.8 billion in total economic output each year across the state. * 260,800 jobs, representing 10.9% of all jobs in South Carolina. * $11.8 billion in labor income, which is 13.6% of the state’s total income. * $1.5 billion in state and local taxes. * $18.5 billion in value-added impact, representing 12.1% of the total gross state product.
The SPA signed a contract with Wilbur Smith in April to study the port’s regional and statewide imprint. The cost of the work is not to exceed $74,190.
“By understanding where we’ve been, where we are, where we are going and how to get there, the Port of Charleston will continue, I think we will all agree, to be the state’s primary engine for economic growth,” Groseclose said.
SPA executives plan to travel the state later this year trumpeting the results of the study, and Groseclose encouraged others in the maritime industry to do the same. The study underscores the port’s ongoing efforts to levy public support as it seeks to expand its capacity with construction of a terminal on the former Navy base in North Charleston and continues discussions with the Georgia Ports Authority about partnering to build a terminal in Jasper County.
The Propeller Club of Charleston, created in 1933, is the largest membership organization on the Charleston waterfront, representing all of the state’s maritime shipping interests. It has about 310 members and is the world’s second-largest Propeller Club, according to the organization’s Web site.
U.S. Rep. Gresham Barrett, an Upstate Republican and another event speaker, said he would support the port as long as he remained in office. He closed his speech wishing the industry continued years of success.
“If Strom Thurmond were here, he’d say, ‘I’ll see you again in 75 more,’” Barrett said.
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Developer, CSX ask state to redraw port access road
By Molly Parker mparker@scbiznews.com
A Charleston developer and a representative from CSX Transportation have asked legislators to consider redrawing the port access road that will serve the shipping terminal under construction on the former Navy base.
The $182 million state road project is aimed at moving truck traffic from the new terminal onto Interstate 26. But its current path would impede plans by CSX railroad and owners of the Macalloy Industrial Park to build an intermodal center, including a rail yard and distribution facilities, on that property.
“What we are looking to do is take a huge amount of trucks off that road,” said Robert Clement, one of the partners in Shipyard Creek Associates LLC, which purchased the former Macalloy Corp. industrial site last year.
The developers’ plan is controversial because it would block Norfolk Southern’s access to the terminals via the southern end of North Charleston, the direction from which any rail access must serve the terminal according to a formal agreement between the S.C. State Ports Authority and the city of North Charleston.
“It just seems to me we have a public relations problem if we let one railroad have a monopoly at the Veterans Terminal and the new terminal on the Navy Yard,” Senate President Pro Tem Glenn McConnell said at a recent legislative port committee meeting in North Charleston.
Norfolk Southern did not return a phone call seeking comment.
Lawmakers also expressed concern that reconfiguring the port access road could further delay the port expansion project that has been in the works since 1992. That year, the SPA bought 800 acres on the tip of Daniel Island for its proposed Global Gateway project. Lawmakers squashed that plan a decade later and moved the terminal project to the Navy base.
The more delays that crop up, the “further Charleston will fall behind the eight ball,” said Rep. Wallace Scarborough, who leads the House’s Roads and Bridges Committee. The state has already approved the funding for the road project. Moving the road farther east could also mean reopening the Corps of Engineers’ Environmental Impact Study, which could add months to the process.
“I just don’t think it is feasible,” Scarborough said, noting he planned to call a committee meeting soon.
John Dillard, CSX’s director of state government affairs, said the railroad has no interest in dragging down the SPA’s plans.
The company aims to “facilitate this terminal and not impede this terminal in any way,” Dillard said.
He said that one railroad has a competitive advantage over another at most ports on the East Coast because of the placement of tracks. CSX could give Norfolk Southern its clients’ containers at railroad interchanges, he said.
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CURRENT ISSUES 10/30 - PROPELLOR CLUB 75TH ANNIVERSARY PARTY 11/6 - 1200 - MEMORIAL SERVICE - MARITIME MEMORIAL DAY
FUTURE/ONGOING ISSUES: 11/11 - 1145 - CWIT LUNCHEON MEETING ON US / CHINA TRADE 11/18 - 1000 - SCSPA BOARD MEETING 11/21 - SAVANNAH PROPELLOR CLUB OYSTER ROAST 12/10 - CHARLESTON PROPELLOR CLUB HOLIDAY PARTY 01/25-27 - GA FOREIGN TRADE CONVENTION 2013 - ETA FOR NEW CHARLESTON PORT TERMINAL TO BE COMPLETED
----------------------------------------------- CURRENT HURRICANE ALERT STATUS - 4 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 3 Low 4:29 AM 1.2 6:40 AM Rise 11:42 AM 20 3 High 11:06 AM 5.5 5:27 PM Set 9:43 PM 3 Low 5:30 PM 1.4 3 High 11:13 PM 4.6
Tu 4 Low 5:14 AM 1.3 6:41 AM Rise 12:20 PM 29 4 High 11:54 AM 5.4 5:26 PM Set 10:41 PM 4 Low 6:17 PM 1.4
W 5 High 12:03 AM 4.6 6:42 AM Rise 12:55 PM 37 5 Low 6:05 AM 1.4 5:25 PM Set 11:40 PM 5 High 12:45 PM 5.3 5 Low 7:08 PM 1.4
Th 6 High 12:59 AM 4.7 6:42 AM Rise 1:26 PM 47 6 Low 7:04 AM 1.4 5:24 PM 6 High 1:40 PM 5.3 6 Low 8:00 PM 1.2
F 7 High 1:58 AM 4.9 6:43 AM Set 12:38 AM 57 7 Low 8:08 AM 1.3 5:24 PM Rise 1:55 PM 7 High 2:34 PM 5.3 7 Low 8:53 PM 1.0
Sa 8 High 2:56 AM 5.2 6:44 AM Set 1:38 AM 67 8 Low 9:12 AM 1.1 5:23 PM Rise 2:23 PM 8 High 3:28 PM 5.4 8 Low 9:44 PM 0.7
Su 9 High 3:51 AM 5.6 6:45 AM Set 2:40 AM 76 9 Low 10:13 AM 0.8 5:22 PM Rise 2:52 PM 9 High 4:20 PM 5.5 9 Low 10:33 PM 0.3
M 10 High 4:44 AM 6.1 6:46 AM Set 3:44 AM 85 10 Low 11:10 AM 0.5 5:21 PM Rise 3:23 PM 10 High 5:11 PM 5.6 10 Low 11:22 PM 0.0
Tu 11 High 5:35 AM 6.5 6:47 AM Set 4:51 AM 92 11 Low 12:05 PM 0.2 5:21 PM Rise 3:58 PM 11 High 6:01 PM 5.7
W 12 Low 12:11 AM -0.3 6:48 AM Set 6:03 AM 97 12 High 6:26 AM 6.8 5:20 PM Rise 4:40 PM 12 Low 12:57 PM 0.0 12 High 6:51 PM 5.7
Th 13 Low 1:00 AM -0.5 6:49 AM Set 7:17 AM 99 13 High 7:17 AM 7.0 5:19 PM Rise 5:29 PM 13 Low 1:49 PM -0.1 13 High 7:42 PM 5.7
F 14 Low 1:51 AM -0.6 6:50 AM Set 8:31 AM 99 14 High 8:10 AM 7.1 5:19 PM Rise 6:28 PM 14 Low 2:42 PM -0.1 14 High 8:34 PM 5.6
Sa 15 Low 2:42 AM -0.6 6:50 AM Set 9:39 AM 96 15 High 9:04 AM 7.0 5:18 PM Rise 7:35 PM 15 Low 3:35 PM 0.0 15 High 9:29 PM 5.5
Su 16 Low 3:36 AM -0.4 6:51 AM Set 10:39 AM 90 16 High 10:01 AM 6.8 5:18 PM Rise 8:47 PM 16 Low 4:29 PM 0.2 16 High 10:28 PM 5.3
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MARINE WEATHER FORECAST:
AMZ350-032200- WATERS FROM SOUTH SANTEE RIVER TO EDISTO BEACH SC OUT 20 NM- 338 AM EST MON NOV 3 2008 SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON GALE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT
TODAY NE WINDS 20 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 KT...INCREASING TO 25 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT... BUILDING TO 5 TO 8 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. WIDESPREAD SHOWERS. SCATTERED TSTMS.
TONIGHT NE WINDS 25 TO 30 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT...BUILDING TO 7 TO 10 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SHOWERS WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF TSTMS.
TUE NE WINDS 25 TO 35 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT...BUILDING TO 8 TO 11 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. SHOWERS LIKELY.
TUE NIGHT NE WINDS 25 TO 35 KT...BECOMING N 20 TO 25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT...SUBSIDING TO 6 TO 8 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS.
WED N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...DIMINISHING TO 15 TO 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 5 TO 8 FT...SUBSIDING TO 4 TO 6 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS.
WED NIGHT N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 5 FT.
THU NW WINDS 15 KT...BECOMING W 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT...SUBSIDING TO 2 FT.
FRI SW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS. MARINERS ARE REMINDED THAT WINDS AND SEAS CAN BE HIGHER IN AND NEAR TSTMS. $$
=========================================================== | Notice posted on Monday, November 03, 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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