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| Subject: | CHARLESTON SC DAILY PORT UPDATE | | Date: | Tuesday, June 09, 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
KMI4 - TORM CAROLINE - ETA 1000/11TH
BP - TUG INTEGRITY & 650-4 - ETA 0730/13TH
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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: NONE
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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
06/25/09 - 0745 - CHS - NAVOPS MONTHLY MEETING
06/26/09 - 0800 - 12th Annual SC Maritime Open Golf - Dunes West
06/30/09 - am - SCSPA Training sessions for PortCharleston web users
07/21/09 - 1700 - Charleston City meeting
10/10/09 - TBA - CWIT - Luau Auction
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
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
M 22 Low 2:09 AM -0.2 6:12 AM Rise 5:43 AM 1
22 High 7:59 AM 5.0 8:31 PM Set 8:46 PM
22 Low 2:06 PM -0.8
22 High 8:31 PM 6.8
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MARITIME WEATHER
Today: SW wind 6 to 8 kt becoming SE in the morning. Mostly sunny. Seas
around 2 ft.
Tonight: S wind 5 to 7 kt becoming WSW after midnight. Partly cloudy. Seas
around 2 ft.
Wednesday: Variable winds less than 5 kt becoming S 5 to 9 kt in the
morning. Mostly sunny. Seas around 2 ft.
Wednesday Night: S wind 6 to 9 kt. Partly cloudy. Seas around 2 ft.
Thursday: S wind 6 to 9 kt increasing to 11 to 14 kt in the morning. Mostly
sunny. Seas around 2 ft.
Thursday Night: S wind 11 to 13 kt becoming SW after midnight. Partly
cloudy. Seas around 2 ft.
Friday: SW wind 10 to 12 kt becoming S in the afternoon. Mostly sunny. Seas
around 2 ft.
Friday Night: S wind 11 to 14 kt becoming WSW after midnight. Partly
cloudy. Seas around 2 ft.
Saturday: WSW wind 8 to 10 kt becoming S in the afternoon. Mostly sunny.
Seas around 2 ft. | | Notice posted on Tuesday, June 09, 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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