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| Subject: | SOUTH CAROLINA DAILY PORT UPDATE | | Date: | Tuesday, December 16, 2008 | | Priority: | Normal | | Notice: |
URGENT INFORMATION - NONE
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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HESS - TOWER BRIDGE - ETA 1200/16TH
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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.
PRIOR TO ARRIVAL - as of 11/15 - Mandatory Right Whale reporting by all
vessels - for information - www.nmfs.noaa/pr/shipstrike.com
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.
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NEWS ARTICLES:
Union Members Reject Maersk's Cost-cutting Request
By Allyson Bird
The Post and Courier
Saturday, December 13, 2008
Called to an emergency meeting this week, nearly 500 members from all
three local maritime unions rejected a proposal to let their biggest
customer, Maersk Line, switch to State Ports Authority workers, labor
officials said Friday.
When asked Thursday night who among them would consent to such a move,
not a single person rose, said Ken Riley, president of International
Longshoremen's Association Local 1422.
"No one was standing," he said.
While the response was hardly surprising, the show of solidarity
underscores the growing angst on the Charleston waterfront, including
concerns about Maersk.
The Denmark-based steamship line has threatened to pull its vessels from
the Port of Charleston if it cannot reach a cost-saving agreement with
the SPA and the ILA. If this contract feud were a game of poker, Thursday
night's union vote would equate to calling Maersk's bluff.
But reached Friday, company representatives held their cards close to the
vest. They said Maersk had not received any correspondence from the ILA
and could not comment.
When the dispute surfaced publicly in October, Maersk representatives
said in a written statement that the company "cannot remain in Charleston
if it means losing money, and therefore if a path which enables
profitability cannot be found, we will have to depart."
The SPA has contended that its cheaper, non-union labor would save the
company money.
ILA members have disputed that their work rates are higher than the
state's.
The problem stems from the container carrier's request to get out of its
current contract with the SPA.
Maersk signed the contract through 2010, in which the SPA agreed to buy
more than $8 million in equipment and to commit terminal space and staff
to the company. The world's largest shipping line, Maersk accounts for
one-quarter of Charleston's total container volume.
But throughout this year it has been charged "shortfall" fees for not
meeting the volume it agreed upon in the SPA contract. So Maersk asked
for relief from a costly dilemma that only compounded the problem of not
moving as much cargo amid the global economic crisis.
The SPA proposed two solutions: reducing Maersk's space and taking back
some of the purchased equipment, or moving the carrier's operations at
the Wando Welch Terminal in Mount Pleasant to a "common-use area" in the
yard, where non-union SPA employees would handle its cargo.
The carrier pursued the second option.
"They've chosen a course for long-term success in Charleston," SPA
spokesman Byron Miller said Friday. "That would provide a new 10-year
contract with the SPA. That would allow Maersk to remain and grow in
Charleston."
Miller stressed the need for resolution "for the benefit of our port and
our state and the local economy." He said today's economic situation
requires flexibility.
Riley has noted previously that union man-hours are down at least 10
percent for the year.
"We'd rather have the jobs," he said Friday.
Riley added that Maersk might promise a new contract and continue to
bring cargo through the port, but that today's economic climate also
means "there are no guarantees."
If the company switches to the common-use area, 30 clerks, 16 maintenance
workers and six or seven longshoremen could be left without jobs, Riley
said. Maersk accounts for more than 3,400 man-hours on the waterfront
each week, according to Maersk officials.
While the carrier uses that fact as bargaining tool, those man-hours
underscore why union labor cannot concede, said John Alvanos, president
of Local 1771 Clerks and Checkers.
"If Maersk were to go common user, we lose those jobs. Losing those jobs,
we lose benefits. Losing those benefits, we lose health insurance," he
said.
Riley said Maersk always has the opportunity, when volume goes down, to
hire fewer union workers.
"They have been a great customer to us," he said. "We have been a great
labor force to them."
Riley returned Thursday from a discussions with Maersk officials in
Houston and said he "left there disheartened." He led the emergency
meeting with local union members that night.
Reach Allyson Bird at 937-5594 or abird@postandcourier.com.
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CURRENT ISSUES:
12/16 - 1700 - Charlseston City Council Meeting
FUTURE/ONGOING ISSUES:
01/07 - 0815 - Maritime Association Board Meeting
01/08 - 1700 - SAVANNAH PROPELLOR CLUB DINNER
01/13 - 1145 - CWIT LUNCHEON MEETING
01/16 - 1000 - SCSPA Board Meeting
01/22 - 0815 - Maritime Association NAV OPS Meeting
01/25-27 - GA FOREIGN TRADE CONVENTION
02/06 - Maritime Association Banquet
2014 - ETA FOR NEW CHARLESTON PORT TERMINAL TO BE COMPLETED
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HURRICANE ALERT - 5 - OUT OF SEASON
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
Tu 16 Low 4:18 AM -0.6 7:16 AM Set 10:42 AM 85
16 High 10:43 AM 6.2 5:16 PM Rise 10:00 PM
16 Low 5:04 PM -0.1
16 High 11:14 PM 5.3
W 17 Low 5:16 AM -0.2 7:16 AM Set 11:16 AM 76
17 High 11:37 AM 5.9 5:16 PM Rise 11:05 PM
17 Low 5:57 PM 0.0
Th 18 High 12:14 AM 5.2 7:17 AM Set 11:45 AM 66
18 Low 6:15 AM 0.1 5:16 PM
18 High 12:31 PM 5.5
18 Low 6:51 PM 0.1
F 19 High 1:14 AM 5.2 7:17 AM Rise 12:07 AM 55
19 Low 7:17 AM 0.4 5:17 PM Set 12:13 PM
19 High 1:25 PM 5.1
19 Low 7:45 PM 0.2
Sa 20 High 2:13 AM 5.2 7:18 AM Rise 1:07 AM 45
20 Low 8:20 AM 0.6 5:17 PM Set 12:41 PM
20 High 2:19 PM 4.8
20 Low 8:38 PM 0.3
Su 21 High 3:10 AM 5.3 7:18 AM Rise 2:06 AM 35
21 Low 9:21 AM 0.7 5:18 PM Set 1:10 PM
21 High 3:13 PM 4.6
21 Low 9:30 PM 0.3
M 22 High 4:03 AM 5.4 7:19 AM Rise 3:04 AM 26
22 Low 10:17 AM 0.6 5:18 PM Set 1:42 PM
22 High 4:04 PM 4.5
22 Low 10:20 PM 0.3
Tu 23 High 4:53 AM 5.5 7:19 AM Rise 4:03 AM 18
23 Low 11:09 AM 0.5 5:19 PM Set 2:17 PM
23 High 4:54 PM 4.5
23 Low 11:07 PM 0.3
W 24 High 5:40 AM 5.6 7:20 AM Rise 5:00 AM 11
24 Low 11:56 AM 0.4 5:20 PM Set 2:58 PM
24 High 5:41 PM 4.5
24 Low 11:51 PM 0.2
Th 25 High 6:23 AM 5.7 7:20 AM Rise 5:56 AM 6
25 Low 12:40 PM 0.3 5:20 PM Set 3:44 PM
25 High 6:25 PM 4.6
F 26 Low 12:33 AM 0.1 7:21 AM Rise 6:49 AM 2
26 High 7:05 AM 5.7 5:21 PM Set 4:35 PM
26 Low 1:21 PM 0.3
26 High 7:07 PM 4.6
Sa 27 Low 1:13 AM 0.1 7:21 AM Rise 7:36 AM 0
27 High 7:45 AM 5.7 5:21 PM Set 5:30 PM
27 Low 2:00 PM 0.3
27 High 7:47 PM 4.6
Su 28 Low 1:50 AM 0.1 7:21 AM Rise 8:18 AM 0
28 High 8:23 AM 5.7 5:22 PM Set 6:27 PM
28 Low 2:37 PM 0.3
28 High 8:25 PM 4.6
M 29 Low 2:27 AM 0.1 7:21 AM Rise 8:55 AM 1
29 High 8:59 AM 5.6 5:23 PM Set 7:25 PM
29 Low 3:13 PM 0.3
29 High 9:01 PM 4.6
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MARINE WEATHER FORECAST:
WATERS FROM SOUTH SANTEE RIVER TO EDISTO BEACH SC OUT 20 NM-
WATERS FROM EDISTO BEACH SC TO SAVANNAH GA OUT 20 NM-
1006 PM EST MON DEC 15 2008
REST OF TONIGHT
VARIABLE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. A
SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS. AREAS OF FOG DEVELOPING. VSBY MAY DROP
BELOW 1 NM LATE.
TUE
VARIABLE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. A SLIGHT CHANCE
OF SHOWERS. AREAS OF DENSE FOG WITH VSBY 1/4 NM OR LESS.
TUE NIGHT
VARIABLE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. AREAS OF
FOG WITH VSBY 1 NM OR LESS.
WED
S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. PATCHY FOG WITH VSBY 1 NM
OR LESS.
WED NIGHT
SW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...BECOMING VARIABLE AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. AREAS OF FOG WITH VSBY 1 NM OR LESS.
THU
VARIABLE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...BECOMING SE IN THE AFTERNOON.
SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. PATCHY FOG IN THE MORNING WITH VSBY 1 NM OR LESS.
THU NIGHT
SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...BECOMING SW AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS
3 TO 4 FT.
FRI
W WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT.
SAT
SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 5 FT. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF
SHOWERS.
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| | Notice posted on Tuesday, December 16, 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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