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| Subject: | SOUTH CAROLINA DAILY PORT UPDATE | | Date: | Friday, November 14, 2008 | | Priority: | Normal | | Notice: |
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 - Max draft 32'6" Low water / Salt
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 - T/B 650-4 IN 1341/13 ETS 2000/14
KINDER MORGAN #2 - BESTORE TRE ETA 1745/14 ETS 0700/17
KINDER MORGAN - COMMANDER N ETA 1830/21
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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:
PA execs receive $208,088 in bonuses
By Molly Parker
mparker@scbiznews.com
Despite declining container traffic at the Port of Charleston, S.C. State
Ports Authority executives have been awarded bonuses totaling $208,088.
The largest bonus went to President and CEO Bernard Groseclose. He pulled
in $27,720.
The next-largest bonuses went to Joe Bryant, vice president of terminal
development, who received $21,620, and CFO Peter Hughes, who was awarded
$19,243. Their annual salaries are $166,500 and $149,000, respectively.
Groseclose earns a $264,000 salary, according to the S.C. State Salary
Database operated by The State newspaper in Columbia. Groseclose is the
23rd-highest-paid state, or quasi-state, employee. Stuart Smith,
executive director of the Medical University Hospital Association, is the
top earner, making $431,571.
The SPA provided the bonus information this afternoon in response to a
request last week by the Charleston Regional Business Journal. The
incentive performance plan was established by the SPA board and is
operated at the board’s discretion, SPA spokesman Byron Miller said.
Here’s how the SPA executive team’s bonuses broke down:
Name
Bernard Groseclose Job title
president and CEO Bonus
$27,720
Joe Bryant vice president of terminal development $21,620
Peter Hughes CFO $19,243
William McLean vice president of operations $19,091
Philip Lawrence chief legal counsel $18,930
Fred Stribling vice president of marketing and sales $18,327
Stephen Connor vice president for security, risk management and human
resources $17,177
Pamela Everitt chief information officer $16,991
David Schronce director of Port of Georgetown, Port Royal and Veterans
Terminal $13,107
Peter Lehman director for planning and business development $12,620
Byron Miller director of public relations $12,132
Barbara Melvin manager of government relations $11,130
The SPA said the bonuses are part of an incentive plan to
encourage “superior performance.” To trigger the program for the 2008
fiscal year, the authority had to meet its operating margin target of
32.54%.
The authority’s revenues and earnings hit all-time records and it closed
the year with an operating margin of 34.28%, the SPA said. Operating
revenues increased 7.6% to $165 million, operating expenses rose 6.6% to
$110 million and earnings increased 9.7% to $54.7 million.
Still, container traffic dropped 10% and S.C. lawmakers have been
increasingly scrutinizing the port’s activities. A decline in container
traffic impacts many other maritime-related businesses including truckers
and commercial developers.
Compounding problems, Maersk Line has threatened to leave the Port of
Charleston without a compromise between the SPA and the International
Longshoremen’s Association that would lower its operating costs in
Charleston. The Denmark-based company is the port’s largest customer,
accounting for almost 25% of container traffic.
All employees were eligible for the incentive so long as they had worked
for the SPA for an entire year and had no disciplinary actions.
The average rank-and-file employee received a $1,152.07 bonus, Miller
said.
It is much like the incentive plan at two dozen other ports across the
country, Miller said. Most of those ports are operated by private
companies. The SPA is a quasi-state agency that does not receive taxpayer
money for day-to-day operations. The state recently set aside $182.5
million to build an access road that will connect the terminal under
construction on the former Navy base to Interstate 26.
Last year, port employees did not receive an incentive because they did
not meet established profit targets.
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CURRENT ISSUES: 11/13 - 1200 - CUSTOMS BROKERS/FREIGHT FORWARDERS
MONTHLY
MEETING
11/13 - 1700 - NORFOLK/VA PROPELLOR CLUB DINNER
11/13 - 1730 - TASTE OF THE WORLD CHS SEAFARERS SOCIETY
11/15 - MANDATORY RIGHT WHALE REPORT BEGINS
11/18 - 1000 - SCSPA BOARD MEETING
11/18 - 1700 - PILOT COMMISSION MEETING
11/18 - 1900 - Charleston County Commissioners meeting
FUTURE/ONGOING ISSUES:
11/20 - 0745 - NAV OPS MEETING
11/20 - 1700 - Charleston Propellor Dinner
11/21 - SAVANNAH PROPELLOR CLUB OYSTER ROAST
11/25 - 1700 - Charlseston City Council Meeting
12/10 - CHARLESTON PROPELLOR CLUB HOLIDAY PARTY
12/16 - 1700 - Charlseston City Council Meeting
01/08 - 1700 - SAVANNAH PROPELLOR CLUB DINNER
01/13 - 1145 - CWIT LUNCHEON MEETING ON ECEONOMIC CHALLENGES
01/25-27 - GA FOREIGN TRADE CONVENTION
2013 - ETA FOR NEW CHARLESTON PORT TERMINAL TO BE COMPLETED
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CURRENT HURRICANE ALERT STATUS - 4 - NO STORMS PREDICTED
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 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
M 17 Low 4:32 AM -0.2 6:52 AM Set 11:29 AM 81
17 High 11:00 AM 6.5 5:17 PM Rise 9:58 PM
17 Low 5:26 PM 0.4
17 High 11:30 PM 5.2
Tu 18 Low 5:32 AM 0.1 6:53 AM Set 12:10 PM 71
18 High 12:00 PM 6.2 5:17 PM Rise 11:07 PM
18 Low 6:24 PM 0.5
W 19 High 12:35 AM 5.2 6:54 AM Set 12:45 PM 61
19 Low 6:36 AM 0.4 5:16 PM
19 High 1:01 PM 5.9
19 Low 7:24 PM 0.6
Th 20 High 1:41 AM 5.3 6:55 AM Rise 12:12 AM 50
20 Low 7:41 AM 0.6 5:16 PM Set 1:15 PM
20 High 2:01 PM 5.6
20 Low 8:22 PM 0.5
F 21 High 2:43 AM 5.4 6:56 AM Rise 1:14 AM 39
21 Low 8:46 AM 0.6 5:16 PM Set 1:43 PM
21 High 2:57 PM 5.4
21 Low 9:16 PM 0.5
Sa 22 High 3:41 AM 5.6 6:57 AM Rise 2:14 AM 29
22 Low 9:47 AM 0.6 5:15 PM Set 2:10 PM
22 High 3:50 PM 5.3
22 Low 10:07 PM 0.4
Su 23 High 4:33 AM 5.8 6:58 AM Rise 3:12 AM 20
23 Low 10:43 AM 0.6 5:15 PM Set 2:38 PM
23 High 4:39 PM 5.2
23 Low 10:54 PM 0.3
M 24 High 5:21 AM 6.0 6:59 AM Rise 4:11 AM 13
24 Low 11:34 AM 0.5 5:15 PM Set 3:07 PM
24 High 5:25 PM 5.1
24 Low 11:38 PM 0.2
Tu 25 High 6:05 AM 6.1 6:59 AM Rise 5:09 AM 7
25 Low 12:20 PM 0.4 5:14 PM Set 3:40 PM
25 High 6:08 PM 5.1
W 26 Low 12:19 AM 0.2 7:00 AM Rise 6:08 AM 3
26 High 6:46 AM 6.1 5:14 PM Set 4:17 PM
26 Low 1:03 PM 0.4
26 High 6:50 PM 5.0
Th 27 Low 12:58 AM 0.3 7:01 AM Rise 7:06 AM 0
27 High 7:26 AM 6.1 5:14 PM Set 5:00 PM
27 Low 1:44 PM 0.4
27 High 7:29 PM 5.0
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MARINE WEATHER FORECAST:
TODAY
S WINDS 10 KT...INCREASING TO 15 KT IN THE LATE MORNING
AND AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT...BUILDING TO 4 TO 6 FT LATE. A
CHANCE OF SHOWERS.
TONIGHT
S WINDS 15 KT...INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KT AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND TSTMS IN THE
EVENING...THEN SHOWERS AND TSTMS AFTER MIDNIGHT.
SAT
SW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.
SHOWERS LIKELY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF TSTMS.
SAT NIGHT
W WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...BECOMING NW 20 TO 25 KT AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT...SUBSIDING TO 3 TO 4 FT NEAR SHORE AFTER
MIDNIGHT.
SUN
NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT...SUBSIDING TO 2 FT IN THE AFTERNOON.
SUN NIGHT
NW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT IN THE EVENING...THEN
1 FOOT OR LESS.
MON
W WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...INCREASING TO 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO
3 FT.
TUE
N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT...BUILDING TO 3 TO 4 FT.
MARINERS ARE REMINDED THAT WINDS AND SEAS CAN BE HIGHER IN AND
NEAR TSTMS.
| | Notice posted on Friday, November 14, 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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