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| Subject: | CHARLESTON SC DAILY PORT UPDATE | | Date: | Friday, June 05, 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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KMI4 - MARIDA PATANI - IN ETD 0800/6TH
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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:
SPA has pick for CEO post
Hapag Lloyd division chief called clear front-runner
By Allyson Bird (Contact)
The Post and Courier
Friday, June 5, 2009
Previous story
Happy for now, Hassell digs in; Interim SPA chief affirms that this in a
temporary job, published 01/31/09
After a nearly five-month search, the State Ports Authority has zeroed in
on a choice for its new chief executive: Jim Newsome, president of
German-based container carrier Hapag Lloyd's America division.
Though SPA officials would not release any details of the potential hire,
sources close to the process said the agency narrowed its list to five
candidates, with Newsome as the clear front-runner. If he accepts the
position, Newsome's tenure will begin amidst port restructuring discussion
at the Statehouse and ongoing negotiations with the SPA's top customer,
Denmark-based Maersk Line, which announced plans to depart the Port of
Charleston in December. A month later, then-chief executive Bernard S.
Groseclose Jr., who earned a $264,000 salary, resigned abruptly during a
performance evaluation. Port board member John Hassell assumed the position
of interim chief executive.
Before Groseclose landed the job in 1996, The Post and Courier filed a
lawsuit against the SPA when the agency refused to release the names of six
finalists. The agency disclosed the names the day before a scheduled
hearing in the case.
Hassell, then chairman of the Maritime Association and a vocal opponent of
the SPA's perceived secrecy during the 1996 search, told The Post and
Courier in January, "I'll never forget it. It's going to be different."
Reached Thursday afternoon, he deferred to search committee chairman and
SPA board member Bill Stern, a Columbia businessman who oversaw the
13-member committee.
Stern said the SPA has not drawn up a contract with a new chief executive
and that the board hasn't approved the new hiring. But, he said, they will
at this month's board meeting. He said the committee, which paid executive
search firm Boyden $97,500, launched an international search and considered
more than 100 applicants. The group narrowed the list to seven people,
interviewed five and zeroed in on one person, according to Stern.
He declined to name that person or the other top candidates and said an
attorney would consider a Freedom of Information Act request. Stern said
the committee members signed confidentiality agreements.
"I want to be as open and transparent as possible, but I also want to get
the best individual for the State of South Carolina," Stern said. "The
individual that we have now is going to take us to heights we haven't seen."
Bill Rogers, executive director of the S.C. Press Association, said the
search committee should make public the documents concerning all applicants
under final consideration.
"When these searches are done in secret, it hurts the credibility of the
Ports Authority," he said.
Robert New, owner of Charleston Port Services, raised concerns similar to
Hassell's during Groseclose's 1996 hiring. This time he worries that the
search committee includes only one person who works on the docks and is
moving toward a decision without public input.
"I understand the concerns of the Ports Authority, but the flipside of it
is should the maritime community know who the finalists are, they might be
able to provide feedback helpful to the final process," New said.
Responding to a phone call and e-mail, Newsome declined to comment. A
Savannah native, he in January became the first non-German to head Hapag
Lloyd's North American operations based in New Jersey just outside of New
York City. He previously served 11 years as the company's senior vice
president of its Southeast operations based in Atlanta.
Newsome worked as an executive of the former Nedlloyd Lines from 1987 to
1997 and, prior to that, spent a decade with Strachan Shipping Co.
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CURRENT ISSUES:
06/06/09 - 0900 - VPA 21st Annual Clean the Bay
06/09/09 - 1145 - CWIT lunch
06/09/09 - NC Port Advisory Quarterly meeting
FUTURE/ONGOING ISSUES:
06/11/09 - VA Prop Golf outing
06/13/09 - 1930 - CWIT Soccer social
06/19/09 - 1700 - Charleston City meeting
06/24/09 - 1900 - Propeller club harbor cruise
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 STATUS - Alert level 4/Seasonal - no storms predicted
SEAPORT SECURITY ALERT CURRENTLY AT YELLOW/ELEVEATED - MARSEC 1
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Tides for Charleston (Customhouse Wharf) starting with June 3, 2009.
Day High Tide Height Sunrise Moon Time % Moon
/Low Time Feet Sunset Visible
F 5 Low 12:59 AM 0.3 6:11 AM Set 4:18 AM 92
5 High 6:42 AM 4.7 8:25 PM Rise 6:54 PM
5 Low 12:54 PM 0.0
5 High 7:26 PM 6.1
Sa 6 Low 1:46 AM 0.2 6:11 AM Set 4:59 AM 96
6 High 7:28 AM 4.7 8:26 PM Rise 7:52 PM
6 Low 1:38 PM 0.1
6 High 8:09 PM 6.0
Su 7 Low 2:30 AM 0.2 6:11 AM Set 5:45 AM 99
7 High 8:12 AM 4.6 8:26 PM Rise 8:46 PM
7 Low 2:19 PM 0.2
7 High 8:50 PM 5.9
M 8 Low 3:12 AM 0.3 6:11 AM Set 6:36 AM 99
8 High 8:55 AM 4.6 8:26 PM Rise 9:35 PM
8 Low 2:59 PM 0.3
8 High 9:30 PM 5.8
Tu 9 Low 3:52 AM 0.3 6:11 AM Set 7:31 AM 98
9 High 9:36 AM 4.5 8:27 PM Rise 10:18 PM
9 Low 3:37 PM 0.4
9 High 10:09 PM 5.7
W 10 Low 4:30 AM 0.4 6:11 AM Set 8:27 AM 95
10 High 10:17 AM 4.5 8:27 PM Rise 10:56 PM
10 Low 4:15 PM 0.6
10 High 10:47 PM 5.5
Th 11 Low 5:08 AM 0.5 6:11 AM Set 9:24 AM 91
11 High 10:57 AM 4.4 8:28 PM Rise 11:29 PM
11 Low 4:53 PM 0.7
11 High 11:23 PM 5.4
F 12 Low 5:46 AM 0.6 6:11 AM Set 10:20 AM 85
12 High 11:38 AM 4.4 8:28 PM Rise 11:59 PM
12 Low 5:34 PM 0.8
Sa 13 High 12:01 AM 5.2 6:11 AM Set 11:16 AM 78
13 Low 6:24 AM 0.6 8:29 PM
13 High 12:21 PM 4.5
13 Low 6:19 PM 1.0
Su 14 High 12:40 AM 5.0 6:11 AM Rise 12:26 AM 69
14 Low 7:04 AM 0.5 8:29 PM Set 12:12 PM
14 High 1:08 PM 4.6
14 Low 7:09 PM 1.1
M 15 High 1:23 AM 4.9 6:11 AM Rise 12:53 AM 60
15 Low 7:48 AM 0.4 8:29 PM Set 1:09 PM
15 High 1:57 PM 4.8
15 Low 8:07 PM 1.1
Tu 16 High 2:11 AM 4.8 6:11 AM Rise 1:20 AM 50
16 Low 8:35 AM 0.3 8:30 PM Set 2:07 PM
16 High 2:50 PM 5.1
16 Low 9:09 PM 1.0
W 17 High 3:05 AM 4.7 6:11 AM Rise 1:49 AM 40
17 Low 9:26 AM 0.2 8:30 PM Set 3:09 PM
17 High 3:46 PM 5.4
17 Low 10:14 PM 0.9
Th 18 High 4:02 AM 4.7 6:12 AM Rise 2:21 AM 30
18 Low 10:21 AM 0.0 8:30 PM Set 4:14 PM
18 High 4:42 PM 5.8
18 Low 11:17 PM 0.6
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MARITIME WEATHER -
Today: SSW wind 13 to 15 kt. Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly
after noon. Seas around 3 ft.
Tonight: SSW wind 10 to 13 kt decreasing to 7 to 10 kt after midnight. A
chance of showers and thunderstorms. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
Saturday: SSW wind 7 to 11 kt becoming SSE in the morning. A slight chance
of showers and thunderstorms. Seas around 3 ft.
Saturday Night: SSE wind 8 to 11 kt. A chance of showers and thunderstorms.
Seas around 3 ft.
Sunday: S wind 7 to 10 kt. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms.
Seas around 3 ft.
Sunday Night: S wind 6 to 10 kt. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Seas around 3 ft.
Monday: SSW wind 5 to 8 kt becoming S in the afternoon. Mostly sunny. Seas
around 2 ft.
Monday Night: S wind 8 to 10 kt. Partly cloudy. Seas around 2 ft.
Tuesday: S wind 8 to 11 kt. Mostly sunny. Seas around 2 ft. | | Notice posted on Friday, June 05, 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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