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| Subject: | CHARLESTON SC DAILY PORT UPDATE | | Date: | Thursday, February 12, 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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KINDER MORGAN 4 - ARIADNE JACOB - ETA 1530/11TH ETD 0800/12TH
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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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CURRENT ARTICLES:
Senate sits on SPA bill
Restructuring measure opposed by governor
By Allyson Bird (Contact)
The Post and Courier
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Senate Transportation Committee Chairman Larry Grooms
Senate Transportation Committee Chairman Larry Grooms
Calling his State Ports Authority restructuring bill a means to keep
politics and poor communication from stifling South Carolina commerce,
Sen. Larry Grooms, R-Bonneau, delivered a plea for approval on the Senate
floor Wednesday.
But after nearly three hours of questions and debate, the Senate
adjourned without resolution.
The bill, co-sponsored by Robert Ford, D-Charleston, and by President Pro
Tem Glenn McConnell, R-Charleston, would screen all candidates to the SPA
board and require that each bring at least five years of experience in
one of a list of fields, including maritime shipping, accounting and law.
The bill also would eliminate the governor's ability to remove board
members at will.
Under the current setup, the governor "has the ability, with the stroke
of a pen, to replace all nine members and start over," Grooms said.
Turnover poses a problem, Grooms said, in an agency that plans 20 years
in advance.
The restructuring bill comes after months of negative news from the SPA:
First, the nearly 10 percent cargo decline reported over the summer,
while arch-rival Savannah grew by about the same percentage.
Then the port's largest customer, Denmark-based Maersk Line, made public
its intentions to depart Charleston if it could not find a suitable cost-
saving arrangement. And last month SPA Chief Executive Bernard S.
Groseclose Jr. announced his resignation.
The bill would require an annual performance review of the agency's
executive director with a written report to the governor and the General
Assembly. The SPA has said it has no records of Groseclose's past job
evaluations.
Grooms said the Maersk situation possibly could have been avoided if the
SPA communicated better with other key maritime players. His bill also
would create an 11-person advisory committee made up of members of the
waterfront and business communities.
With the Senate just beginning to discuss the bill, Gov. Mark Sanford
issued a written statement decrying it as "a step backward in bringing
accountability to the ports authority."
"Nibbling around the edges of this bill will not address its fundamental
flaw, and that is the idea of taking away a governor's ability to hire
and fire board members," he said.
Sanford has removed one board member during his six years in office.
Sanford suggested leaving that removal power in place or, even better,
getting rid of the board and installing a governor- appointed executive
director, as Rep. Jim Merrill, R-Daniel Island, and Sen. Tom Davis, R-
Beaufort, have proposed.
Reached after the Senate debate, Merrill said: "Having dealt with the
port for the last nine years and seeing the ebb and flow of how it
operates, I was very surprised to see (Grooms) put in something that will
be pretty ineffectual. There is no way you can convince me the way to
increase efficiency and reduce bureaucracy is by adding a layer of
bureaucracy."
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CURRENT ISSUES:
02/12/09 - 1530 SCSPA Strategic Planning Comm. Meeting
02/12 - 1800 - Norfolk Prop Dinner
02/17 - 1900 - City Council Meeting
02/17 - 1400 - SCSPA Board meeting
FUTURE/ONGOING ISSUES:
02/18/09 - 0815 Maritime Assoc. of SC Board Meeting
02/25/09 - Propeller Club Oyster Roast
02/26 - 0745 - MASC Navigation meeting
03/10/09 - 1145-0130 CWIT Luncheon
03/12 - 1200 - Savannah Prop luncheon
03/12 - 1800 - Norfolk Prop Dinner
04/09 - 1200 - Savannah Prop luncheon
04/14/09 - 1830 CWIT Soiree
05/12/09 - 1145-0130 CWIT Luncheon
06/09 - NC Port Advisory Quarterly meeting
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 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
Th 19 High 3:39 AM 4.8 6:58 AM Rise 3:28 AM 31
19 Low 9:58 AM 0.9 6:09 PM Set 1:15 PM
19 High 3:42 PM 4.1
19 Low 9:58 PM 0.7
F 20 High 4:35 AM 4.9 6:57 AM Rise 4:13 AM 23
20 Low 10:50 AM 0.8 6:10 PM Set 2:11 PM
20 High 4:38 PM 4.2
20 Low 10:52 PM 0.5
Sa 21 High 5:26 AM 5.1 6:56 AM Rise 4:54 AM 15
21 Low 11:37 AM 0.5 6:10 PM Set 3:09 PM
21 High 5:29 PM 4.5
21 Low 11:40 PM 0.3
Su 22 High 6:11 AM 5.2 6:55 AM Rise 5:30 AM 9
22 Low 12:19 PM 0.3 6:11 PM Set 4:07 PM
22 High 6:15 PM 4.7
M 23 Low 12:25 AM 0.1 6:54 AM Rise 6:02 AM 4
23 High 6:52 AM 5.4 6:12 PM Set 5:06 PM
23 Low 12:58 PM 0.1
23 High 6:57 PM 4.9
Tu 24 Low 1:06 AM -0.1 6:53 AM Rise 6:31 AM 1
24 High 7:30 AM 5.4 6:13 PM Set 6:05 PM
24 Low 1:35 PM -0.1
24 High 7:36 PM 5.1
W 25 Low 1:46 AM -0.2 6:52 AM Rise 6:59 AM 0
25 High 8:05 AM 5.4 6:14 PM Set 7:04 PM
25 Low 2:10 PM -0.2
25 High 8:12 PM 5.3
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MARINE FORCAST
WATERS FROM SOUTH SANTEE RIVER TO EDISTO BEACH SC OUT 20 NM-
338 AM EST THU FEB 12 2009
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EST THIS MORNING
TODAY
W WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 KT IN THE
LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT EARLY...SUBSIDING TO 2 TO 3
FT.
TONIGHT
NW WINDS 10 KT...BECOMING N 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.
FRI
N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING SE 5 TO 10 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 FT.
FRI NIGHT
S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...INCREASING TO 15 KT WITH GUSTS
UP TO 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT...BUILDING TO 3 TO 4 FT
AFTER MIDNIGHT. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE EVENING...THEN
SHOWERS LIKELY AFTER MIDNIGHT.
SAT
S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...BECOMING SW IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 TO
6 FT. SHOWERS IN THE MORNING...THEN SHOWERS LIKELY IN THE AFTERNOON.
SAT NIGHT
W WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...BECOMING NW 10 TO 15 KT AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE EVENING.
SUN
NE WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF
SHOWERS.
MON
N WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
| | Notice posted on Thursday, February 12, 2009 | |
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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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