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| Subject: | CHARLESTON SC DAILY PORT UPDATE | | Date: | Thursday, February 05, 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 - AZOV SEA - IN 0850/4TH ETD 1800/5TH
BP - TUG INTEGRITY & 650-4 - IN 2115/4TH ETD 1300/6TH
HESS - ELKA DELOS - ETA 1800/5TH
KINDER MORGAN 4 - ARIADNE JACOB - ETA 1900/8TH
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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:
Maersk South Atlantic service going to N.C., Georgia
Staff Report
Published Feb. 4, 2009
Making good on an earlier promise, Maersk Line announced Tuesday that its
South Atlantic Express service will stopping calling on the Port of
Charleston starting March 3.
Instead, the service will route local cargo through the Port of Savannah
and the Port of Wilmington, N.C.
The route changes are in line with Maersk’s decision to stop its business
with the S.C. State Ports Authority by the end of 2010. Local maritime
officials remain optimistic that they can reach an agreement to keep the
company here. Negotiations are continuing today, SPA spokesman Byron
Miller said.
In a news release, the Danish company said the addition of the two port
calls and schedule adjustments are also meant to “improve transit times
and broaden coverage for this service to benefit our customers.”
A little more than a week after the South Atlantic change, Maersk plans
to cut its WestMed service from Charleston, which runs between the
Mediterranean region and North America. Instead, local cargo will be
routed to Norfolk, Va., and Savannah.
That change, announced in late January, was brought about by Maersk’s new
vessel-sharing agreement with French carrier CMA-CGM.
The two Maersk moves will cut the company’s weekly calls on Charleston
from seven to four.
The revised South Atlantic Express service also eliminates a northbound
call to Miami, but it adds a southbound call there midweek that is meant
to provide convenience to the general commodities export market.
Maersk said the moves are “consistent with our efforts to ensure
stability within the Latin America-North America trade lanes.”
The service changes will bring Maersk to the Port of Wilmington for the
first time. That call entails a four-day transit from Santo Tomas and
gate availability on Saturdays for pickup and deliveries in Wilmington.
“We are pleased that, even in the face of challenging times, we can
provide innovative and dynamic solutions for our customers,” said Bill
Woodhour, Maersk’s sales manager for North America. “The call at the Port
of Wilmington also represents an expansion of the scope of our services
to a young and growing port of call.”
Reach Molly Parker at 843-849-3144.
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Proposal outlines to Maersk agreed on
Staff report
Thursday, February 5, 2009
The State Ports Authority, the International Longshoremen's Association
and Maersk Line subsidiary APM Terminals on Wednesday agreed to the
outlines of a proposal they hope will keep Maersk in Charleston.
SPA interim Chief Executive Officer John Hassell said the agreed-upon
cost-cutting plan for the line calls for Maersk to use less equipment and
yard space at the Wando Welch Terminal, where it has faced "shortfall
fees" for not meeting container volume it agreed to in its contract.
Hassell would not disclose specific details, which were still being
finalized Tuesday. He said the proposal will be presented to Maersk next
week in Charlotte by officials of the SPA, the ILA and APM Terminals.
Maersk said in December that it would pull all its business from the Port
of Charleston, where it is the SPA's biggest customer.
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CURRENT ISSUES:
02/06/09 - Maritime Association Banquet
FUTURE/ONGOING ISSUES:
02/10/09 - 1145-0130 CWIT Luncheon
02/18/09 - 0815 Maritime Assoc. of SC Board Meeting
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 30, 2009.
Day High Tide Height Sunrise Moon Time % Moon
/Low Time Feet Sunset Visible
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
F 6 High 4:40 AM 5.8 7:11 AM Set 4:43 AM 81
6 Low 11:11 AM 0.0 5:57 PM Rise 2:44 PM
6 High 5:05 PM 4.8
6 Low 11:15 PM -0.8
Sa 7 High 5:43 AM 6.1 7:10 AM Set 5:37 AM 89
7 Low 12:08 PM -0.4 5:58 PM Rise 3:57 PM
7 High 6:06 PM 5.1
Su 8 Low 12:14 AM -1.1 7:09 AM Set 6:23 AM 95
8 High 6:40 AM 6.3 5:59 PM Rise 5:11 PM
8 Low 1:00 PM -0.6
8 High 7:03 PM 5.4
M 9 Low 1:10 AM -1.2 7:08 AM Set 7:03 AM 99
9 High 7:31 AM 6.3 6:00 PM Rise 6:22 PM
9 Low 1:49 PM -0.8
9 High 7:55 PM 5.7
Tu 10 Low 2:02 AM -1.3 7:07 AM Set 7:38 AM 99
10 High 8:19 AM 6.3 6:01 PM Rise 7:30 PM
10 Low 2:35 PM -0.9
10 High 8:45 PM 5.8
W 11 Low 2:52 AM -1.1 7:06 AM Set 8:09 AM 97
11 High 9:05 AM 6.0 6:02 PM Rise 8:36 PM
11 Low 3:19 PM -0.9
11 High 9:33 PM 5.8
Th 12 Low 3:42 AM -0.9 7:05 AM Set 8:39 AM 93
12 High 9:49 AM 5.7 6:03 PM Rise 9:39 PM
12 Low 4:03 PM -0.7
12 High 10:20 PM 5.7
F 13 Low 4:30 AM -0.5 7:04 AM Set 9:09 AM 86
13 High 10:32 AM 5.3 6:03 PM Rise 10:42 PM
13 Low 4:45 PM -0.4
13 High 11:07 PM 5.5
Sa 14 Low 5:20 AM -0.1 7:03 AM Set 9:40 AM 78
14 High 11:15 AM 4.9 6:04 PM Rise 11:43 PM
14 Low 5:28 PM -0.1
14 High 11:55 PM 5.3
Su 15 Low 6:11 AM 0.3 7:02 AM Set 10:14 AM 69
15 High 12:00 PM 4.5 6:05 PM
15 Low 6:13 PM 0.3
M 16 High 12:46 AM 5.0 7:01 AM Rise 12:43 AM 59
16 Low 7:05 AM 0.7 6:06 PM Set 10:52 AM
16 High 12:50 PM 4.2
16 Low 7:03 PM 0.5
Tu 17 High 1:41 AM 4.9 7:00 AM Rise 1:41 AM 50
17 Low 8:02 AM 0.9 6:07 PM Set 11:35 AM
17 High 1:44 PM 4.1
17 Low 7:59 PM 0.7
W 18 High 2:40 AM 4.8 6:59 AM Rise 2:37 AM 40
18 Low 9:01 AM 1.0 6:08 PM Set 12:23 PM
18 High 2:43 PM 4.0
18 Low 8:59 PM 0.8
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MARINE FORCAST
WATERS FROM SOUTH SANTEE RIVER TO EDISTO BEACH SC OUT 20 NM-
WATERS FROM EDISTO BEACH SC TO SAVANNAH GA OUT 20 NM-
945 AM EST THU FEB 5 2009
THIS AFTERNOON
N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15
KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT...SUBSIDING TO 2 TO 3 FT.
TONIGHT
NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...DIMINISHING TO 5 TO 10 KT AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT...SUBSIDING TO 1 TO 2 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT.
FRI
W WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...BECOMING SW 10 TO 15 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT.
FRI NIGHT
W WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.
SAT
W WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT IN THE MORNING...THEN
1 FOOT OR LESS.
SAT NIGHT
SW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 FOOT OR LESS.
SUN
W WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT.
MON
NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...BECOMING SE. SEAS 1 FOOT OR LESS...THEN
2 TO 3 FT.
| | Notice posted on Thursday, February 05, 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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