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| Subject: | CHARLESTON SC DAILY PORT UPDATE | | Date: | Friday, January 23, 2009 | | 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 - BRO CECILE - INBOUND ETD 2200/24TH
HESS - TUG PATRICK MORAN & CHARLESTON - ETA 2000/24TH
KINDER MORGAN 4 - OCEAN CYAN - ETA 1200/25TH
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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:
Get ready to beat on SPA piñata
By Brian Hicks (Contact)
The Post and Courier
Friday, January 23, 2009
Photo of Brian Hicks
Apparently, it's good to be the port.
They must have a time machine down on Concord Street because the State
Ports Authority is living in the past — a magical, pre-economic meltdown
land of bonuses and golden parachutes. How else do you explain the
decision to spend weeks mulling over a severance package for a guy who
just quit?
That is the question several influential lawmakers and Gov. Mark Sanford
had when they heard State Ports Authority Chief Executive Officer Bernard
S. Groseclose Jr. resigned earlier this week but will be eligible for a
number of nice parting gifts.
The governor's office, displaying its typically reserved and stoic
manner, declared the idea "crazy."
Related story
Groseclose contract revealed - CEO's parachute is half a year's base pay
"Given the economy, and the fact that the state is laying off employees,
it sends a terrible message," said Joel Sawyer, the governor's spokesman.
Sanford, in fact, called board members (whom he appoints) and told them
they need to reconsider, stop and read a newspaper, check their
investments, take a look at the Dow.
But see, Groseclose's contract suggests he gets half a year's salary if
he leaves, among other little perks. Half of Groseclose's salary is
$132,000 — or about three good teachers.
And the board is allegedly considering giving him more.
Like a private business?
This is not really about Groseclose, a nice guy who donates his time to
the International Center for Birds of Prey board. It's about the
culmination of a long series of bizarre news out of the State Ports
Authority.
In the last year, BMW has announced plans to divert a good number of its
cars to Brunswick, Ga.; the Maersk Line announced it would leave the
port; and the SPA gave out more than $500,000 in bonuses to employees.
Add that to the problems with the Global Gateway, the snafus with the
Veterans Terminal in North Charleston, and all of the sudden a pattern
forms. Things are kind of screwy on the waterfront.
The board of course has defended its decisions, and those bonuses. And
make no mistake, profits are up at the port. But the casualty, said
Senate President Pro Tem Glenn McConnell, is the state's economy. He said
the port won't pursue business opportunities unless they are lucrative to
the SPA, without stopping to consider how it might help the rest of the
state.
"The business is off, but they are still making money because they have a
monopoly," McConnell said. "They are supposed to be an economic
development generator, but they are acting like a private business."
Not the way it works
As usual, there are about half a million rumors floating around:
Groseclose was given the choice to resign or be fired; he astutely read
the writing on the wall and quit in the middle of his evaluation. Some
people say they are trying to make him the fall guy, whether he deserves
it or not.
"If he quit, he's not supposed to get anything," Sen. Robert Ford said.
But apparently a contract is a contract, and Groseclose may indeed walk
with a hefty severance package. If he was forced out, maybe a case could
be made that he deserves something.
As a result of all this, McConnell says the General Assembly will next
week begin debating legislation to open the books at the SPA, maybe even
require more qualifications for its board members.
Whether Groseclose gets a severance package or not, the Legislature is
going to beat on the SPA like a piñata.
Reach Brian Hicks at 937-5561 or bhicks@postandcourier.com. To read
previous columns, go to Charleston.net/hicks/.
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CURRENT ISSUES:
01/25-27 - GA Foreign Trade Conference
01/27/09 - 0815 Maritime Assoc. Board Meeting
01/29/09 1200-1330 CWIT Propeller Club Lunch
FUTURE/ONGOING ISSUES:
02/06/09 - Maritime Association Banquet
02/10/09 - 1145-0130 CWIT Luncheon
02/25/09 - Propeller Club Oyster Roast
03/10/09 - 1145-0130 CWIT Luncheon
04/14/09 - 1830 CWIT Soiree
05/12/09 - 1145-0130 CWIT Luncheon
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 January 16, 2009.
Day High Tide Height Sunrise Moon Time % Moon
/Low Time Feet Sunset Visible
F 23 High 5:57 AM 5.3 7:19 AM Rise 5:33 AM 10
23 Low 12:10 PM 0.4 5:44 PM Set 3:23 PM
23 High 5:57 PM 4.4
Sa 24 Low 12:08 AM 0.1 7:19 AM Rise 6:17 AM 5
24 High 6:41 AM 5.4 5:45 PM Set 4:20 PM
24 Low 12:52 PM 0.2
24 High 6:42 PM 4.5
Su 25 Low 12:49 AM 0.0 7:18 AM Rise 6:56 AM 1
25 High 7:21 AM 5.5 5:46 PM Set 5:18 PM
25 Low 1:31 PM 0.1
25 High 7:23 PM 4.6
M 26 Low 1:29 AM -0.1 7:18 AM Rise 7:30 AM 0
26 High 7:59 AM 5.5 5:47 PM Set 6:17 PM
26 Low 2:07 PM 0.0
26 High 8:01 PM 4.7
Tu 27 Low 2:06 AM -0.1 7:17 AM Rise 8:00 AM 0
27 High 8:33 AM 5.4 5:48 PM Set 7:15 PM
27 Low 2:42 PM -0.1
27 High 8:37 PM 4.8
W 28 Low 2:44 AM -0.1 7:17 AM Rise 8:29 AM 2
28 High 9:05 AM 5.3 5:49 PM Set 8:13 PM
28 Low 3:16 PM -0.1
28 High 9:11 PM 4.9
Th 29 Low 3:22 AM 0.0 7:16 AM Rise 8:56 AM 6
29 High 9:36 AM 5.2 5:50 PM Set 9:11 PM
29 Low 3:52 PM -0.2
29 High 9:46 PM 5.0
F 30 Low 4:03 AM 0.1 7:16 AM Rise 9:23 AM 12
30 High 10:09 AM 5.0 5:51 PM Set 10:11 PM
30 Low 4:29 PM -0.2
30 High 10:25 PM 5.1
Sa 31 Low 4:49 AM 0.2 7:15 AM Rise 9:51 AM 19
31 High 10:47 AM 4.9 5:52 PM Set 11:13 PM
31 Low 5:10 PM -0.2
31 High 11:11 PM 5.2
Su 1 Low 5:40 AM 0.3 7:14 AM Rise 10:23 AM 28
1 High 11:33 AM 4.6 5:53 PM
1 Low 5:58 PM -0.1
M 2 High 12:04 AM 5.2 7:14 AM Set 12:17 AM 38
2 Low 6:39 AM 0.5 5:53 PM Rise 10:59 AM
2 High 12:28 PM 4.5
2 Low 6:53 PM -0.1
Tu 3 High 1:06 AM 5.3 7:13 AM Set 1:25 AM 49
3 Low 7:47 AM 0.6 5:54 PM Rise 11:42 AM
3 High 1:33 PM 4.3
3 Low 7:56 PM -0.1
W 4 High 2:16 AM 5.4 7:12 AM Set 2:33 AM 60
4 Low 8:59 AM 0.5 5:55 PM Rise 12:34 PM
4 High 2:45 PM 4.3
4 Low 9:04 PM -0.2
Th 5 High 3:30 AM 5.6 7:11 AM Set 3:41 AM 71
5 Low 10:08 AM 0.3 5:56 PM Rise 1:35 PM
5 High 3:58 PM 4.5
5 Low 10:12 PM -0.5
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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-
1012 AM EST FRI JAN 23 2009
THIS AFTERNOON
SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.
TONIGHT
SW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT...BUILDING TO 3
TO 4 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT.
SAT
SW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS.
SAT NIGHT
W WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING NW 15 TO 20 KT AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS.
SUN
NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...DIMINISHING TO 15 TO 20 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT...BUILDING TO 5 TO 7 FT IN THE AFTERNOON.
A CHANCE OF SHOWERS.
SUN NIGHT
NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT...SUBSIDING TO
4 TO 5 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. A CHANCE OF RAIN.
MON
N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...BECOMING NE 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT.
A SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN.
TUE
SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...BECOMING SW 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO
3 FT.
| | Notice posted on Friday, January 23, 2009 | |
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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