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| Subject: | CHARLESTON SC DAILY PORT UPDATE | | Date: | Thursday, March 26, 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 - 40'00
Delfin - Max Draft - 42'00
Chem Marine - Max Draft - 38'00 MLW
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 45'00 MLW - Max BM No restriction
North Charleston Terminal - Max draft 45'00 MLW - Max BM No restriction
CST - Max draft 45'00 MLW - Max BM No restrictions
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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KMI 4 - SEABULK CHALLENGE - ETA 29/0900
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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:
Carrier opens its new office
By Allyson Bird (Contact)
The Post and Courier
Thursday, March 26, 2009
The Mediterranean Shipping Co. celebrates a ribbon-cutting ceremony for
its new headquarters in Mount Pleasant on Wednesday.
Melissa Haneline
The Post and Courier
The Mediterranean Shipping Co. celebrates a ribbon-cutting ceremony for
its new headquarters in Mount Pleasant on Wednesday.
The ribbon cutting at Mediterranean Shipping Co.'s new Mount Pleasant
office Wednesday ran more like a comedy hour with a flag theme.
A van with "Follow Me to Italy" lettering and a giant cone of gelato on
top sat in the parking lot, as opera music floated out of the ornate
yellow building.
Opening the ceremony to hundreds of guests, company Vice President Sergio
Fedelini deadpanned, "Unfortunately not everybody can have a seat,
because we only have about 15 seats."
The 45,000-square-foot structure off Bowman Road is an exact replica
MSC's old office on Long Point Road, only a lot bigger. Fedelini and his
wife helped design the original building, which he describes as a blend
of Italy and the South, with its warm color and white Doric columns.
Fedelini came to Charleston in 1993 to operate an office of only three
people. MSC expanded to 25 people when it opened the old Mount Pleasant
office in 1999 and employs about 225 at the current location. Fedelini
hopes to double that number, maybe even surpass the company's U.S.
headquarters in New York.
The new site, valued at about $7 million, will oversee Charleston,
Savannah and Jacksonville, Fla., operations.
"MSC container operations in
Charleston are going to grow. The MSC office in Mount Pleasant is going
to grow," Fedelini said. "MSC is proud to contribute to the economic
growth of the state of South Carolina during the tough economic times."
Welcoming the crowd, he pulled out the red and white flag of Genoa,
Italy. "We are a shipping company. We like flags," he said. "You never
know what's going to happen. I always carry a flag."
MSC's president, Claudio Bozzo, who apologized for showing up without a
flag, encouraged the audience to "look at the messages behind the beauty"
in the new building. He said the building's yellow color represents
the "sunshine" of job security, while the flag pole illustrates the
friendship between Italy and the U.S.
"You're going to find a lot of empty spaces around," Bozzo said. "These
are good empty spaces."
He said those areas represent not the difficult economy but rather the
plans to expand. Bozzo said MSC, the world's second-largest container
carrier behind Maersk Line, posted positive numbers for the first two
months of 2009.
State Ports Authority interim Chief Executive Officer John Hassell
presented Fedelini with a South Carolina flag that flew over the
statehouse in Columbia the day MSC's new building unofficially opened in
November.
As Hassell showed framed verifications, Bozzo chimed in, "We believe you,
John. Don't worry about it."
Hassell said the SPA "couldn't have a better partner or friend than MSC."
The port's second biggest customer, MSC cuts a dramatically different
path from top customer Maersk. The Danish company announced it would
depart Charleston by the end of 2010, though negotiations remain active.
Joking about being prepared with gifts, Bozzo swiped Fedelini's Genoa
flag and presented it to Hassell.
Then other dignitaries took the podium to offer MSC thanks and, from the
state Department of Commerce, yet another flag.
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CURRENT ISSUES:
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 - 0815 - NAV OPS meeting
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
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
Tu 31 Low 6:19 AM 0.2 7:09 AM Set 12:23 AM 20
31 High 12:10 PM 4.8 7:39 PM Rise 10:20 AM
31 Low 6:22 PM -0.1
W 1 High 12:38 AM 5.9 7:07 AM Set 1:27 AM 30
1 Low 7:17 AM 0.4 7:40 PM Rise 11:22 AM
1 High 1:12 PM 4.6
1 Low 7:22 PM 0.1
Th 2 High 1:43 AM 5.7 7:06 AM Set 2:24 AM 41
2 Low 8:21 AM 0.5 7:41 PM Rise 12:30 PM
2 High 2:21 PM 4.6
2 Low 8:30 PM 0.2
F 3 High 2:54 AM 5.6 7:05 AM Set 3:13 AM 53
3 Low 9:27 AM 0.5 7:41 PM Rise 1:39 PM
3 High 3:33 PM 4.8
3 Low 9:40 PM 0.2
Sa 4 High 4:03 AM 5.6 7:03 AM Set 3:56 AM 64
4 Low 10:31 AM 0.3 7:42 PM Rise 2:48 PM
4 High 4:41 PM 5.1
4 Low 10:48 PM 0.0
Su 5 High 5:07 AM 5.6 7:02 AM Set 4:32 AM 75
5 Low 11:29 AM 0.1 7:43 PM Rise 3:55 PM
5 High 5:43 PM 5.4
5 Low 11:50 PM -0.2
M 6 High 6:04 AM 5.7 7:01 AM Set 5:04 AM 84
6 Low 12:21 PM -0.2 7:43 PM Rise 5:00 PM
6 High 6:38 PM 5.8
Tu 7 Low 12:47 AM -0.3 7:00 AM Set 5:35 AM 91
7 High 6:55 AM 5.7 7:44 PM Rise 6:04 PM
7 Low 1:09 PM -0.4
7 High 7:29 PM 6.1
W 8 Low 1:39 AM -0.5 6:58 AM Set 6:04 AM 96
8 High 7:43 AM 5.6 7:45 PM Rise 7:07 PM
8 Low 1:54 PM -0.5
8 High 8:15 PM 6.3
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MARINE WEATHER FORECAST
WATERS FROM SOUTH SANTEE RIVER TO EDISTO BEACH SC OUT 20 NM-
1026 AM EDT THU MAR 26 2009
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON
THIS AFTERNOON
S WINDS 20 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO
7 FT...BUILDING TO 5 TO 8 FT LATE. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS.
TONIGHT
S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. A CHANCE OF
SHOWERS.
FRI
S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...BECOMING SE IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 4
TO 6 FT. SHOWERS LIKELY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF TSTMS.
FRI NIGHT
S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. A SLIGHT CHANCE
OF TSTMS. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE EVENING...THEN A SLIGHT
CHANCE OF SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT.
SAT
S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...INCREASING TO 20 TO 25 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF
SHOWERS AND TSTMS.
SAT NIGHT
S WINDS 20 TO 25 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 KT...BECOMING
SW AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 5 TO 8 FT. SHOWERS AND TSTMS LIKELY.
SUN
SW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...BECOMING W 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO
8 FT...SUBSIDING TO 3 TO 4 FT. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS.
MON
S WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT.
MARINERS ARE REMINDED THAT WINDS AND SEAS CAN BE HIGHER IN AND
NEAR TSTMS.
| | Notice posted on Thursday, March 26, 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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