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| Subject: | CHARLESTON SC DAILY PORT UPDATE | | Date: | Tuesday, March 17, 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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BP - TUG INTEGRITY & 650-4 - IN - ETD 1300/19TH
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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:
Saudi shipping company adds call on Port of Charleston next month
By Molly Parker
mparker@scbiznews.com
Published March 16, 2009
With all the bad news hammering the Port of Charleston lately, it appears
local maritime officials finally have some new business to celebrate.
The National Shipping Co. of Saudi Arabia is adding a call to the Port of
Charleston to its service between North America and the Middle East,
according to an online report today in the Journal of Commerce. The
service is expected to make its first call in April.
A spokeswoman for the S.C. State Ports Authority would not comment, but a
press conference with maritime leaders has been scheduled for Tuesday at
noon.
The announcement for the event is headlined “Maritime leaders to announce
new business through the Port of Charleston.”
The event is being held at the construction office of the Charleston
Naval Base Container Terminal in North Charleston, at 2025 Bainbridge Ave.
The press conference will follow the SPA board’s monthly meeting, which
starts at 9 a.m. at the construction office. The board meeting is being
held at the construction site instead of its normal location at the SPA’s
headquarters in downtown Charleston.
The board is expected to take up two action items:
· The first item is an award of a contract for the demolition of
refrigeration bunkers and foundations at the Wando Welch Terminal. In
December, a new, 25-acre storage yard for refrigerated shipping
containers opened at the rear of the Mount Pleasant terminal.
Before that, the terminal functioned with two separate areas for
refrigerated containers: one in the common-user area and one in the area
operated by licensed user APM Terminals.
The project involves the demolition of the concrete structures that were
necessary to support the refrigeration equipment — including electrical
circuits, transformers and cabling — in these two areas. Following that,
the area will be repaved to provide a flat and even surface for the SPA
to store containers. On the common-user side, the space will be an
extension of the existing rubber tire gantry rows. On the licensed-user
side, the area will remain a wheeled operation.
The SPA staff is recommending that the board approve a $281,916 award to
Palmetto Construction Group of Charleston for the work.
· The second item involves site preparation and stabilization work for
the construction of the new terminal on the former Navy base. In
September 2006, the SPA contracted with Moffatt & Nichol to provide
engineering design, permit and construction support services for the site
preparation and consolidation stage.
The board will vote on a staff recommendation to amend the contract for
an additional cost of $148,011 in three areas:
1. Because of delays in obtaining construction permits for the removal of
fill material from the Daniel Island cells, the SPA is moving forward
with the containment wall construction project, splitting the initial
project of containment wall and tideland fill. This restructuring of
contracts allows the SPA to maintain the schedule for completion of the
first phase of the terminal. The total cost for the additional
engineering services is $72,975.
2. During site preparation, some sites are settling at slightly different
rates, creating slope failures. Additional testing and engineering
analysis were required to confirm the cause of the failures. The analysis
led to restrictions on the rate and height of the surcharge placement
along the site, which reduces the risk of future slope failures. The net
cost for the related engineering services is $56,434.
3. To ultimately save approximately $40 million on the cost of filling in
the tideland area with 5 million cubic yards of material, the U.S.
Department of the Interior approved a no-cost, noncompetitive lease that
allows the SPA to bring in fill material from an ocean dredge disposal
site for construction of the new terminal. The cost for additional
engineering services on the environmental assessment for the relocation
of material from the disposal site to the project site is $18,602.
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CURRENT ISSUES: 03/17/09 - 1200 SCSPA Board Meeting at the Navy Base
Terminal
03/18/09 - 0815 - Maritime Association SC - Board meeting
03/26/09 - 0815 - Charleston Nav/Ops Maritime Association
03/26/09 - 1730 - Charleston Prop Club Dinner
FUTURE/ONGOING ISSUES:
04/01/09 - 1715 - Savannah Prop Club After Hours
04/09/09 - 1200 - Savannah Prop luncheon
04/14/09 - 1830 CWIT Soiree
04/16/09 - 1100 - Georgia Logistics Summit
04/23/09 - VA Prop Dinner - Oyster Roast
05/05/09 - Charleston National Transportation Banquet
05/12/09 - 1145-0130 CWIT Luncheon
05/13/09 - VA Prop Spring Cruise
05/14/09 - VA Trade Symposium
05/22/09 - National Maritime Day
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
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Tides for Charleston (Customhouse Wharf) starting with March 13, 2009.
Day High Tide Height Sunrise Moon Time % Moon
/Low Time Feet Sunset Visible
Tu 17 High 1:02 AM 5.1 7:27 AM Rise 1:26 AM 67
17 Low 7:26 AM 0.8 7:29 PM Set 11:15 AM
17 High 1:11 PM 4.3
17 Low 7:16 PM 0.8
W 18 High 1:55 AM 4.9 7:26 AM Rise 2:19 AM 58
18 Low 8:19 AM 1.0 7:30 PM Set 12:06 PM
18 High 2:04 PM 4.1
18 Low 8:11 PM 1.0
Th 19 High 2:54 AM 4.8 7:24 AM Rise 3:07 AM 48
19 Low 9:16 AM 1.1 7:31 PM Set 1:01 PM
19 High 3:03 PM 4.1
19 Low 9:13 PM 1.1
F 20 High 3:54 AM 4.7 7:23 AM Rise 3:50 AM 39
20 Low 10:13 AM 1.1 7:31 PM Set 1:58 PM
20 High 4:04 PM 4.2
20 Low 10:16 PM 1.0
Sa 21 High 4:52 AM 4.8 7:22 AM Rise 4:27 AM 30
21 Low 11:06 AM 0.9 7:32 PM Set 2:56 PM
21 High 5:02 PM 4.4
21 Low 11:15 PM 0.8
Su 22 High 5:44 AM 5.0 7:20 AM Rise 5:01 AM 21
22 Low 11:54 AM 0.7 7:33 PM Set 3:54 PM
22 High 5:55 PM 4.7
M 23 Low 12:08 AM 0.6 7:19 AM Rise 5:31 AM 14
23 High 6:31 AM 5.1 7:33 PM Set 4:53 PM
23 Low 12:38 PM 0.4
23 High 6:42 PM 5.0
Tu 24 Low 12:56 AM 0.3 7:18 AM Rise 6:00 AM 8
24 High 7:14 AM 5.3 7:34 PM Set 5:52 PM
24 Low 1:18 PM 0.1
24 High 7:25 PM 5.4
W 25 Low 1:40 AM 0.1 7:16 AM Rise 6:27 AM 3
25 High 7:55 AM 5.4 7:35 PM Set 6:52 PM
25 Low 1:57 PM -0.1
25 High 8:06 PM 5.7
Th 26 Low 2:24 AM -0.1 7:15 AM Rise 6:56 AM 0
26 High 8:33 AM 5.4 7:36 PM Set 7:54 PM
26 Low 2:36 PM -0.3
26 High 8:45 PM 5.9
F 27 Low 3:07 AM -0.2 7:14 AM Rise 7:27 AM 0
27 High 9:11 AM 5.3 7:36 PM Set 8:59 PM
27 Low 3:15 PM -0.4
27 High 9:24 PM 6.1
Sa 28 Low 3:51 AM -0.2 7:12 AM Rise 8:01 AM 1
28 High 9:50 AM 5.2 7:37 PM Set 10:06 PM
28 Low 3:56 PM -0.4
28 High 10:05 PM 6.2
Su 29 Low 4:37 AM -0.1 7:11 AM Rise 8:40 AM 6
29 High 10:32 AM 5.1 7:38 PM Set 11:15 PM
29 Low 4:40 PM -0.4
29 High 10:50 PM 6.2
M 30 Low 5:26 AM 0.0 7:10 AM Rise 9:26 AM 12
30 High 11:18 AM 4.9 7:38 PM
30 Low 5:28 PM -0.3
30 High 11:40 PM 6.0
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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-
908 AM EDT TUE MAR 17 2009
TODAY
N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 KT...BECOMING NE
IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT...BUILDING TO 3 TO 4 FT.
TONIGHT
NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO
4 FT.
WED
NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT.
WED NIGHT
E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...BECOMING SE AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS
3 TO 4 FT.
THU
SW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT.
THU NIGHT
SW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...BECOMING NW 10 TO 15 KT WITH
GUSTS UP TO 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF
SHOWERS.
FRI
NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 5 FT... BUILDING TO 4 TO
6 FT. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS.
SAT
NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.
| | Notice posted on Tuesday, March 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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