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| Subject: | CHARLESTON SC DAILY PORT UPDATE | | Date: | Tuesday, May 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 - 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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BP - TUG INTERGRITY & 650-4 - IN ETD 2000/12TH
KMI4 - ENERGY PATRIOT - ETA 0500/16TH
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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.
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:
Cruising into Mount Pleasant?
By Allyson Bird (Contact)
The Post and Courier
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
A few years ago Mount Pleasant Town Councilman Gary Santos dreamed up a
huge idea: Why not move the downtown Charleston cruise ship terminal across
the river?
He invited officials from the State Ports Authority, which owns and
operates the facility, and Patriots Point, where Santos envisions
relocating the terminal, to meet next week with other community leaders.
Santos works as port manager for Inchcape Shipping Services and handles
several cruise line customers.
The State Ports Authority's passenger terminal. A Mount Pleasant town
council member wants the terminal moved to Patriots Point.
"They love Charleston, but they hate that passenger terminal," he said.
So Santos envisions a multiuse facility just north of the aircraft carrier
Yorktown, where visiting warships or tall ships could also call. When not
filled with travelers, the passenger terminal could convert to a waterfront
convention center, he said.
His idea comes at a time when the SPA is finalizing its request for
proposals from engineering firms to update a portion of the Union Pier
Terminal master plan for the nine acres surrounding the passenger facility.
It was unclear whether SPA interim chief executive John Hassell plans to
attend Santos' meeting on May 22.
SPA spokesman Byron Miller said agency officials did not know the meeting
next week concerns moving the existing operation from the peninsula.
"As we remain committed to our redevelopment effort with the city and the
cruise presence here, it is through property the ports authority owns and
property that is so well-suited to serve our current and future cruise
customers," he said. "We do not have any plans to abandon and walk away
from that resource."
Charleston Mayor Joe Riley said he plans to send a representative to the
meeting but also did not know the purpose was to discuss moving the
terminal out of Charleston.
"We certainly support the continuation of the cruise ship business in the
peninsula and in the location where it has been," he said. "It's an ideal
location for cruise ship passengers because they can disembark, and they're
connected as pedestrians to the historic district, to the Market and to
other parts of the central business district."
College of Charleston hospitality and tourism management professor John
Crotts, who served on a city-organized cruise task force several years ago,
said he instead sees the result as "having dual hubs of tourism."
"There's a higher value use for that site at the end of the Market for
Charleston," Crotts said.
One of the preliminary master plans for Patriots Point's redevelopment
included a cruise facility. The beleaguered attraction, faced with sinking
warships and financial woes, could benefit from the added foot traffic and
lucrative leasing that would come with cruises.
Interim executive director Dick Trammell said he supports Santos' proposal,
or at least giving it a hard look.
"The secret to the success of the museum is people," Trammell said. "Every
time a cruise ship comes into Charleston we benefit from it. There are
people who travel all the way over here by water taxi or taxi just to visit
the Yorktown."
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CURRENT ISSUES:
05/13/09 - VA Prop Spring Cruise
FUTURE/ONGOING ISSUES:
05/14/09 - VA Trade Symposium
05/19 - 1000 - SCSPA Monthly meeting
05/19/09 - 1800 - CWIT - Guest speakers
05/20 - 0815 - MARITIME ASSOCIATION BOG MEETING
05/21/09 - 1900 - Charleston County Commissioners meeting
05/22/09 - National Maritime Day
05/26/09 - 1100 - VPA Board Meeting
05/28 - 0745 - NAVOPS Monthly meeting
05/31-06/01 - NC Ports Advisorty Council Conference
06/06/09 - 0900 - VPA 21st Annual Clean the Bay
06/09/09 - 1145 - CWIT lunch
06/09/09 - NC Port Advisory Quarterly meeting
06/11/09 - VA Prop Golf outing
06/19/09 - 1700 - Charleston City meeting
06/26/09 - 0800 - 12th Annual SC Maritime Open Golf - Dunes West
07/21/09 - 1700 - Charleston City 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 May 6, 2009.
Day High Tide Height Sunrise Moon Time % Moon
/Low Time Feet Sunset Visible
Tu 12 Low 4:57 AM 0.4 6:23 AM Set 8:43 AM 93
12 High 10:42 AM 4.6 8:10 PM Rise 11:39 PM
12 Low 4:41 PM 0.6
12 High 11:11 PM 5.5
W 13 Low 5:37 AM 0.6 6:22 AM Set 9:38 AM 87
13 High 11:23 AM 4.5 8:10 PM
13 Low 5:20 PM 0.8
13 High 11:52 PM 5.3
Th 14 Low 6:17 AM 0.8 6:21 AM Rise 12:20 AM 80
14 High 12:07 PM 4.4 8:11 PM Set 10:35 AM
14 Low 6:02 PM 1.0
F 15 High 12:35 AM 5.1 6:20 AM Rise 12:56 AM 72
15 Low 7:00 AM 0.8 8:12 PM Set 11:31 AM
15 High 12:54 PM 4.4
15 Low 6:50 PM 1.1
Sa 16 High 1:22 AM 5.0 6:20 AM Rise 1:28 AM 63
16 Low 7:45 AM 0.8 8:12 PM Set 12:28 PM
16 High 1:46 PM 4.4
16 Low 7:44 PM 1.2
Su 17 High 2:11 AM 4.9 6:19 AM Rise 1:57 AM 54
17 Low 8:33 AM 0.8 8:13 PM Set 1:24 PM
17 High 2:40 PM 4.6
17 Low 8:45 PM 1.2
M 18 High 3:03 AM 4.8 6:19 AM Rise 2:25 AM 44
18 Low 9:22 AM 0.6 8:14 PM Set 2:22 PM
18 High 3:35 PM 4.9
18 Low 9:48 PM 1.1
Tu 19 High 3:56 AM 4.8 6:18 AM Rise 2:52 AM 34
19 Low 10:13 AM 0.4 8:15 PM Set 3:20 PM
19 High 4:29 PM 5.2
19 Low 10:50 PM 0.9
W 20 High 4:50 AM 4.8 6:17 AM Rise 3:21 AM 25
20 Low 11:03 AM 0.2 8:15 PM Set 4:22 PM
20 High 5:21 PM 5.6
20 Low 11:49 PM 0.6
Th 21 High 5:43 AM 4.9 6:17 AM Rise 3:52 AM 16
21 Low 11:53 AM -0.1 8:16 PM Set 5:27 PM
21 High 6:12 PM 6.0
F 22 Low 12:44 AM 0.3 6:16 AM Rise 4:27 AM 9
22 High 6:35 AM 4.9 8:17 PM Set 6:36 PM
22 Low 12:43 PM -0.3
22 High 7:03 PM 6.4
Sa 23 Low 1:37 AM 0.0 6:16 AM Rise 5:09 AM 3
23 High 7:27 AM 5.0 8:17 PM Set 7:47 PM
23 Low 1:33 PM -0.5
23 High 7:54 PM 6.6
Su 24 Low 2:29 AM -0.2 6:15 AM Rise 5:59 AM 0
24 High 8:20 AM 5.1 8:18 PM Set 8:58 PM
24 Low 2:24 PM -0.7
24 High 8:46 PM 6.7
M 25 Low 3:20 AM -0.3 6:15 AM Rise 6:58 AM 0
25 High 9:13 AM 5.1 8:19 PM Set 10:04 PM
25 Low 3:16 PM -0.7
25 High 9:39 PM 6.8
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OFFSHORE WATERS FORECAST
WATERS FROM SOUTH SANTEE RIVER TO EDISTO BEACH SC OUT 20 NM-
337 AM EDT TUE MAY 12 2009
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
WEDNESDAY EVENING
TODAY
NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
TONIGHT
E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...INCREASING TO NE 20 TO 25 KT
LATE. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT...BUILDING TO 4 TO 6 FT.
WED
E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.
WED NIGHT
E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...BECOMING SE 10 TO 15 KT AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT...SUBSIDING TO 4 TO 5 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. A
SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND TSTMS AFTER MIDNIGHT.
THU
SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 5 FT... SUBSIDING TO 3 TO
4 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND TSTMS.
THU NIGHT
S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. A CHANCE OF
SHOWERS AND TSTMS IN THE EVENING.
FRI
S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT.
SAT
S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT.
MARINERS ARE REMINDED THAT WINDS AND SEAS CAN BE HIGHER IN AND
NEAR TSTMS.
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| | Notice posted on Tuesday, May 12, 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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