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Subject: | CHARLESTON SC DAILY PORT UPDATE | Date: | Monday, June 08, 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 - 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: ---------------------------------------------
KMI4 - HANDYTANKERS - ETA 0700/10TH ETD 0700/11TH
============================================= 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.
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:
Hapag-Lloyd American president picked to head S.C. State Ports Authority
By Molly Parker mparker@scbiznews.com Published June 5, 2009
A Savannah native who is the American president of German steamship line Hapag-Lloyd has been selected to head the S.C. State Ports Authority.
Sources say Jim Newsome tops the short list of candidates handpicked by a selection committee. The panel has been searching for a new CEO for the agency for five months. Because a contract has not been signed, SPA officials declined to confirm the selection; but Newsome is widely believed to be headed this way.
An assistant in Newsome’s Hapag-Lloyd office in Piscataway, N.J., said he was out of the country and was unavailable today because of the time difference.
Maritime consultant Ron Brinson said the selection of Newsome is a coup for the SPA, particularly because the state entity has been the focus of such intense political scrutiny in recent months.
“It’s a surprising result given the unsettled governance issues surrounding the port,” said Brinson, who ran the American Association of Ports between 1979 and 1986 and was the CEO of the Port of New Orleans for 16 years after that. “It’s pretty remarkable. Anyone who knows anything about the maritime industry will tell you this guy is truly an A-lister.”
Newsome joined Hapag-Lloyd in 1997 and took over as president on Jan. 1. In doing so, he became the company’s first-ever non-German president of Hapag-Lloyd America.
Prior to joining Hapag-Lloyd, Newsome spent 10 years with Nedlloyd Lines Corp. based in Atlanta. In addition to several senior management positions, Newsome served as executive vice president of the Americas for Nedlloyd Lines.
He joined Nedlloyd Lines after a decade-long career with Strachan Shipping Co., where he rose to the rank of president of the company’s Hoegh Lines Agencies subsidiary in Jersey City, N.J.
Newsome earned a bachelor’s degree in transportation and logistics in 1976 and a MBA in the same subject in 1977 from the University of Tennessee. The program is the same one that longtime SPA director Don Welch attended.
“This guy is Don Welch with a maritime background,” Brinson said.
Welch served as chief executive of the SPA for more than a quarter century before retiring in 1997. During that time, he positioned the Port of Charleston to serve as a major container terminal and oversaw the development of the Wando terminal that now bears his name. Welch died Jan. 27. When he retired from the ports authority in 1997, he was replaced by Bernard Groseclose, who served in that role until he resigned in January.
Political pressure was mounting on the SPA when Groseclose offered his resignation. The SPA has been searching for a new CEO since then.
If Newsome moves to Charleston, he will come on board at a time of transition and uncertainty for the ports authority.
In December, Maersk Line announced it would be pulling its business out of Charleston by 2011. In late May, lawmakers passed legislation aimed at adding new oversight regulations to the SPA and new resume requirements for its board members.
Gov. Mark Sanford vetoed that legislation, but the veto is expected to be overridden. Meanwhile, Sanford has been calling for the SPA to privatize some or all of its operations and lease terminal space to private operators.
After Groseclose resigned, Sanford indicated he would take an active role in picking a replacement CEO.
On Friday, spokesman Joel Sawyer said the governor did not speak to Newsome during the interview process. “But I believe they spoke after the selection was made,” Sawyer said.
Asked whether the governor was comfortable with Newsome, Sawyer said, “It is up to the Ports Authority to make the decision.”
Newsome is married and has two college-age children
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CURRENT ISSUES: 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
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
F 19 High 5:01 AM 4.7 6:12 AM Rise 2:59 AM 20 19 Low 11:17 AM -0.2 8:30 PM Set 5:23 PM 19 High 5:40 PM 6.1
Sa 20 Low 12:17 AM 0.3 6:12 AM Rise 3:44 AM 12 20 High 6:01 AM 4.8 8:31 PM Set 6:34 PM 20 Low 12:14 PM -0.5 20 High 6:37 PM 6.4
Su 21 Low 1:14 AM 0.1 6:12 AM Rise 4:38 AM 5 21 High 7:00 AM 4.9 8:31 PM Set 7:43 PM 21 Low 1:10 PM -0.7 21 High 7:35 PM 6.7
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MARITIME WEATHER -
Today: SSE wind 5 to 7 kt. A chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 2pm. Seas around 2 ft.
Tonight: S wind around 7 kt becoming WSW after midnight. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms before 9pm. Seas around 2 ft.
Tuesday: W wind 5 to 10 kt becoming E in the afternoon. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms before 2pm. Seas 1 to 2 ft.
Tuesday Night: ESE wind 6 to 10 kt becoming WSW after midnight. Partly cloudy. Seas around 1 ft.
Wednesday: WSW wind 5 to 10 kt becoming S in the afternoon. Mostly sunny. Seas 1 to 2 ft.
Wednesday Night: S wind 7 to 10 kt. Partly cloudy. Seas around 2 ft.
Thursday: S wind 7 to 10 kt increasing to 10 to 13 kt in the afternoon. Mostly sunny. Seas around 2 ft.
Thursday Night: S wind 10 to 12 kt. Partly cloudy. Seas around 3 ft.
Friday: SSW wind around 11 kt. Mostly sunny. Seas around 3 ft.
| Notice posted on Monday, June 08, 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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