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Subject: | CHARLESTON SC DAILY PORT UPDATE | Date: | Tuesday, February 17, 2009 | Priority: | Normal | Notice: | URGENT INFORMATION - NONE PORT LIMITS/INFORMATION ------------------------ Maximum Depths - (Fresh) Harbor Entrance - 47.0 ft Main Channel - 45.0 ft
BERTH LIMITS/INFORMATION: ------------------------- 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: ---------------------------------------------
============================================= FEDERAL, STATE & LOCAL FILING REQUIREMENTS: --------------------------------------------- 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:
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 13, 2009
Charleston Expansion Advances – Major Construction Project Out for Bid
Charleston, SC – A major new construction project for the South Carolina State Ports Authority’s (SCSPA) new facility at the former Navy Base in the Port of Charleston is now out for public bid.
The SCSPA is seeking bids for the construction of a 5,000-foot-long containment structure built out approximately 850 feet from the existing shoreline to the main shipping channel. Working from the waterside, crews will dredge approximately 880,000 cubic yards of material, install the steel pipe and sheet pile wall and construct a rock berm of approximately 290,000 cubic yards of rock. The containment structure will be built in preparation for the placement of fill material in the tideland area of the new, 280-acre container terminal.
The containment wall project is expected to cost approximately $60 million, but competitive bids are anticipated. Fourteen companies have placed their names on the pre-bid list. The project will be funded internally by the SCSPA without entering the credit market at this time.
“This signals to our customers that, while we’re being mindful of the current state of trade, we are focused on the long term success of the Port of Charleston,” said John F. Hassell III, interim president & CEO of the SCSPA. “With port expansion at the Navy Base, along with other capacity enhancements, Charleston will be able to handle growth for many years to come.”
Construction of the containment wall is expected to begin in the summer of 2009 and take 15 months to complete. The project is an essential next step to ensure that the terminal’s first phase stays on schedule for a 2014 completion, which also coincides with the opening of the new, larger locks at the Panama Canal.
Links:
Navy Base terminal rendering
Containment structure project information
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Email Print Digg Delicious Groseclose to receive $132,000 after quitting SPA
By Molly Parker
mparker@scbiznews.com
Former ports chief Bernard Groseclose will receive $132,000 in severance pay and up to $4,000 for health insurance under the terms of a separation agreement he signed Friday.
He will also get a free trip overseas to attend a business conference.
Groseclose’s employment agreement, signed Dec. 30, 1998, calls for him to receive a severance payment of half of his annual base pay upon his resignation. He was making about $264,000.
Groseclose will receive the first $66,000 of his severance pay on Wednesday, the day he officially resigns, as spelled out in the separation agreement. The remaining $66,000 will be paid to him in installments of $13,200 on the first day of each month between April and August.
On Jan. 20, Groseclose abruptly stepped down from his role as head of the S.C. State Ports Authority. Groseclose and board members said he resigned willingly. It has been a trying time for the ports authority, with container traffic down and Maersk Line, its largest customer, threatening to leave Charleston in 2010. Discussions are underway to keep the Danish company here.
Though he is on leave from his duties, Groseclose remains an SPA employee until Wednesday.
The SPA board has also agreed to pay Groseclose a monthly stipend of $653.22 for six months to make up for the difference between what he currently pays for the SPA’s group medical plan and what he would be required to pay to extend that coverage under COBRA.
The SPA has agreed to pay a maximum of $3,919.30 for extended health benefits, but only if, and to the extent, he elects COBRA.
In the agreement, the board also waived a section of Groseclose’s employment contract that would have barred him from working for a competing port for at least two years. That timeframe was dropped to six months.
However, he is barred from soliciting or hiring any SPA employees for at least two years.
The board has also agreed to pay his lodging, airfare and registration to a business meeting of the International Association of Ports and Harbours. There is a meeting scheduled for March in Singapore and one for May in Genoa, Italy. The SPA had prepaid for certain expenses that are non-refundable, so Groseclose will be allowed to attend “in lieu of forfeiting these prepaid expenses,” the agreement reads. The agreement does not specify which meeting he is attending.
Groseclose, however, will not be representing the SPA, and will pay for other expenses, such as meals.
The board and executive management also agreed not to disparage Groseclose. He, in turn, agreed not to disparage them.
On behalf of the board, the agreement was signed by SPA board chairman David Posek. In offering the package, he thanked Groseclose for his years of service.
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OOCL will slash capacity by 25 percent, the ocean carrier’s parent company Chairman C.C. Tung told Reuters. Tung said he expects the firm’s container traffic to fall 20 percent to 30 percent in early 2009, and that it may take two to three years for the industry to see positive growth. Tung also said OOCL won’t renew contracts on 13 or 14 chartered vessels that are due to expire this year. Tung
OOCL has been active in service suspensions along with its Grand Alliance partners and those in the New World Alliance. The two alliances stopped a Black Sea/Asia service earlier this month, and the Grand Alliance members halted an Asia/Europe string in January.
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CURRENT ISSUES:
02/17/09 - 1900 - City Council Meeting 02/18/09 - 0815 Maritime Assoc. of SC Board Meeting 02/25/09 - Propeller Club Oyster Roast 02/26/09 - 0745 - MASC Navigation meeting
FUTURE/ONGOING ISSUES:
03/10/09 - 1145-0130 CWIT Luncheon 03/12/09 - 1200 - Savannah Prop luncheon 03/12/09 - 1800 - Norfolk Prop Dinner 03/17/09 - SCSPA Board Meeting at the Navy Base Terminal 04/09/09 - 1200 - Savannah Prop luncheon 04/14/09 - 1830 CWIT Soiree 05/12/09 - 1145-0130 CWIT Luncheon 06/09/09 - 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
============================================ Tides for Charleston (Customhouse Wharf) starting with January 30, 2009. Day High Tide Height Sunrise Moon Time % Moon /Low Time Feet Sunset Visible
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
Th 26 Low 2:26 AM -0.2 6:51 AM Rise 7:27 AM 0 26 High 8:39 AM 5.3 6:15 PM Set 8:04 PM 26 Low 2:46 PM -0.3 26 High 8:47 PM 5.5
F 27 Low 3:07 AM -0.2 6:50 AM Rise 7:55 AM 3 27 High 9:12 AM 5.2 6:15 PM Set 9:06 PM 27 Low 3:23 PM -0.4 27 High 9:24 PM 5.6
Sa 28 Low 3:49 AM -0.1 6:48 AM Rise 8:26 AM 8 28 High 9:48 AM 5.0 6:16 PM Set 10:10 PM 28 Low 4:02 PM -0.3 28 High 10:04 PM 5.6
Su 1 Low 4:36 AM 0.0 6:47 AM Rise 9:00 AM 15 1 High 10:28 AM 4.9 6:17 PM Set 11:16 PM 1 Low 4:46 PM -0.3 1 High 10:51 PM 5.6
M 2 Low 5:27 AM 0.2 6:46 AM Rise 9:41 AM 24 2 High 11:16 AM 4.7 6:18 PM 2 Low 5:35 PM -0.2 2 High 11:45 PM 5.6
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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- 951 AM EST TUE FEB 17 2009
THIS AFTERNOON E WINDS 10 KT...BECOMING SE LATE. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.
TONIGHT SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...BECOMING S 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT...BUILDING TO 3 TO 5 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT.
WED S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...INCREASING TO 20 TO 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT...BUILDING TO 4 TO 6 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE MORNING...THEN SHOWERS LIKELY IN THE AFTERNOON.
WED NIGHT SW WINDS 25 TO 30 KT...DIMINISHING TO 20 TO 25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. SHOWERS.
THU W WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...INCREASING TO 20 TO 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE MORNING.
THU NIGHT NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...DIMINISHING TO 15 TO 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT...SUBSIDING TO 3 TO 4 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT.
FRI W WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT.
SAT SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS.
| Notice posted on Tuesday, February 17, 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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