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| Subject: | CHARLESTON SC DAILY PORT UPDATE | | Date: | Monday, June 08, 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 - HANDYTANKERS - ETA 0700/10TH ETD 0700/11TH
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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:
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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