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Subject: | CHARLESTON SC DAILY PORT UPDATE | Date: | Tuesday, July 07, 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 - HARMEN OLDENDORFF - ETA 1330/7TH ETD 2100/7TH KMI4 - BOW ARCHITECT - ETA 0330/10TH KMI4 - CAPE BEALE - ETA 7/12/09
============================================= 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:
S.C. may fight Georgia harbor deepening Monday, 06 July 2009 By Molly Parker mparker@scbiznews.comThis e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
A leading South Carolina senator on Thursday suggested the state work to ensure that the Georgia Ports Authority’s harbor deepening project fails, throwing a politically explosive comment into the conversation as the neighboring states work to jointly build a terminal in Jasper County.
The Georgia Ports Authority has been working for years to secure a permit from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to deepen the Savannah River another six feet for a 22-plus mile stretch from the ocean to the GPA’s Garden City Terminal in Savannah.
“It seems to me we should get that high-powered consultant to ensure that Georgia doesn’t get that permit,” said Sen. Hugh Leatherman, R-Florence, chair of the Senate Finance Committee. Otherwise, Leatherman said, “We can kiss our port goodbye.”
The harbor is currently 42 feet and the GPA seeks to take it to 48 feet. Charleston’s harbor is 45 feet deep, a fact that tops the S.C. State Ports Authority’s sales pitch. The larger ships expected to flow to the East Coast when the Panama Canal expansion is completed in 2014 will need deeper waters.
Leatherman was referring to the Jasper Ocean Terminal that South Carolina and Georgia have agreed to jointly build on the S.C. side of the Savannah River. That project would also require a deepening of the harbor to 48 feet, but only eight miles upstream.
Leatherman made the comment during a legislative oversight committee meeting following a presentation by Dean Moss, head of the S.C. Savannah River Maritime Commission, the state authority created to make binding decisions with regard to the South Carolina side of the Savannah River.
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Model port security team in peril By David Slade (Contact) The Post and Courier Tuesday, July 7, 2009
Supporters of a port security initiative in Charleston called Project SeaHawk say the program has become a national model that shows how local, state and federal authorities should cooperate in the interests of national security. U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., listens as Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano speaks at a press conference Monday after touring the facilities at Project SeaHawk.
Sharing resources and information, agencies ranging from the local sheriff to the Coast Guard have been working together to protect the port and monitor cargo for the past six years, operating in the ports, from boats and from a joint command center at the old Charleston Naval base.
Funded with congressional earmarks, the task force has acquired special sonar equipment to monitor the harbor, a dog trained to sniff out large amounts of currency, a detection system to monitor radioactive materials, a network of surveillance cameras and a computer network to let different agencies communicate with each other securely.
There are questions about the program's future, however, as management will be handed off in October from the Department of Justice to the Department of Homeland Security.
Specifically, there's an issue about whether the federal government will continue to pay about $880,000 yearly to subsidize the participation of local law enforcement agencies.
Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano toured the SeaHawk operations center Monday with federal lawmakers and local officials. Napolitano said she was impressed but that some work would be needed to secure funding for local operations when the program is transferred from the Justice Department. Previous story
Covering the Waterfront; Local security team is model for other seaports around nation, published 08/11/08
"Unfortunately, when the program transferred from DOJ, the funding did not transfer along," Napolitano said. "That's why we're in this pickle."
The Charleston, North Charleston and Mount Pleasant police departments and the Charleston County Sheriff's Office have personnel and equipment assigned to SeaHawk. The Coast Guard, part of Homeland Security, plays a lead role and will manage the program starting Oct. 1.
"As part of our pilot project, we were able to reimburse some salaries and pay fuel supplements for local officers to be detailed to the project," said Assistant U.S. Attorney and SeaHawk Director Kelly Shackelford. "I think everyone is hoping that this local, state and federal partnership ... will continue."
Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., said SeaHawk's network of cooperating agencies and its collection of high-tech monitoring equipment has allowed Charleston to collect the best intelligence in the nation about what's coming in and out of the port. He noted that more than 40 percent of the military equipment heading to Afghanistan and Iraq moves through the Port of Charleston.
"Without federal dollars paying for local slots, the program would not exist as it does today," said Graham. He and U.S. Rep. Henry Brown, R-S.C., both said they would work to get the funding in place.
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CURRENT ISSUES: 07/07 - 0830-1245 - WILMINGTON - China Business Forum
FUTURE/ONGOING ISSUES: 07/14 - 1700 - Charleston - Pilot Commission meeting 07/21 - 1000 - SCSPA - Meeting 07/21 - 1700 - Charleston City meeting 07/22 - 0815 - CHS Maritime Association Board meeting 07/23 - 0745 - CHS - Navigation & Operations monthly meeting 07/28 - 1100 - NORFOLK - VPA MONTHLY BOARD MEETING 09/17 - 1200 - SAVANNAH - STATE OF THE PORT 09/22 - 1100 - NORFOLK - VPA MONTHLY BOARD MEETING 10/08 - 1200 - SAVANNAH - PROP LUNCHEON 10/08 - 1800 - CHARLESTON - CWIT DINNER/AUCTION 10/10/09 - TBA - CWIT - Luau Auction 11/24 - 1100 - NORFOLK - VPA MONTHLY BOARD 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
============================================ Tides for Charleston (Customhouse Wharf) starting with July 2, 2009. Day High Tide Height Sunrise Moon Time % Moon /Low Time Feet Sunset Visible
Tu 7 Low 2:46 AM 0.4 6:18 AM Set 6:21 AM 99 7 High 8:30 AM 4.6 8:31 PM Rise 8:56 PM 7 Low 2:35 PM 0.3 7 High 9:08 PM 5.8
W 8 Low 3:25 AM 0.4 6:19 AM Set 7:18 AM 99 8 High 9:12 AM 4.6 8:31 PM Rise 9:31 PM 8 Low 3:14 PM 0.4 8 High 9:45 PM 5.7
Th 9 Low 4:02 AM 0.4 6:19 AM Set 8:15 AM 97 9 High 9:52 AM 4.6 8:31 PM Rise 10:02 PM 9 Low 3:52 PM 0.5 9 High 10:20 PM 5.6
F 10 Low 4:37 AM 0.4 6:20 AM Set 9:11 AM 94 10 High 10:31 AM 4.6 8:30 PM Rise 10:30 PM 10 Low 4:30 PM 0.6 10 High 10:54 PM 5.4
Sa 11 Low 5:12 AM 0.4 6:20 AM Set 10:06 AM 89 11 High 11:08 AM 4.7 8:30 PM Rise 10:57 PM 11 Low 5:09 PM 0.7 11 High 11:27 PM 5.3
Su 12 Low 5:48 AM 0.3 6:21 AM Set 11:02 AM 82 12 High 11:47 AM 4.8 8:30 PM Rise 11:23 PM 12 Low 5:53 PM 0.8
M 13 High 12:02 AM 5.1 6:21 AM Set 11:59 AM 74 13 Low 6:26 AM 0.3 8:29 PM Rise 11:50 PM 13 High 12:30 PM 5.0 13 Low 6:41 PM 0.9
Tu 14 High 12:42 AM 4.9 6:22 AM Set 12:58 PM 65 14 Low 7:08 AM 0.2 8:29 PM 14 High 1:18 PM 5.1 14 Low 7:36 PM 1.0
W 15 High 1:30 AM 4.8 6:23 AM Rise 12:20 AM 55 15 Low 7:56 AM 0.2 8:29 PM Set 2:00 PM 15 High 2:11 PM 5.4 15 Low 8:38 PM 1.0
Th 16 High 2:25 AM 4.7 6:23 AM Rise 12:54 AM 45 16 Low 8:49 AM 0.1 8:28 PM Set 3:05 PM 16 High 3:10 PM 5.6 16 Low 9:44 PM 0.9
F 17 High 3:26 AM 4.6 6:24 AM Rise 1:34 AM 34 17 Low 9:48 AM 0.0 8:28 PM Set 4:13 PM 17 High 4:12 PM 5.9 17 Low 10:51 PM 0.7
Sa 18 High 4:31 AM 4.7 6:24 AM Rise 2:23 AM 24 18 Low 10:50 AM -0.2 8:27 PM Set 5:21 PM 18 High 5:16 PM 6.2 18 Low 11:54 PM 0.5
Su 19 High 5:36 AM 4.8 6:25 AM Rise 3:21 AM 14 19 Low 11:52 AM -0.5 8:27 PM Set 6:26 PM 19 High 6:19 PM 6.4
M 20 Low 12:54 AM 0.2 6:26 AM Rise 4:28 AM 7 20 High 6:40 AM 5.0 8:26 PM Set 7:25 PM 20 Low 12:52 PM -0.7 20 High 7:19 PM 6.7
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OFFSHORE WATERS FORECAST
Today: WNW wind 5 to 9 kt becoming NNE. A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Seas 2 to 3 ft.
Tonight: NE wind 5 to 8 kt becoming variable and less than 5 kt in the evening. A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Seas around 2 ft.
Wednesday: Variable winds less than 5 kt becoming ESE 5 to 10 kt in the morning. A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Seas 1 to 2 ft.
Wednesday Night: ESE wind 5 to 9 kt becoming NNW after midnight. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms before midnight. Seas 1 to 2 ft.
Thursday: N wind 6 to 11 kt becoming ESE in the afternoon. A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Seas 1 to 2 ft.
Thursday Night: ESE wind around 11 kt becoming ENE after midnight. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Seas around 2 ft.
Friday: ENE wind around 10 kt becoming ESE in the afternoon. Mostly sunny. Seas 2 to 3 ft.
Friday Night: ESE wind 7 to 10 kt becoming SSE after midnight. Partly cloudy. Seas 2 to 3 ft.
Saturday: E wind 7 to 10 kt becoming SE in the afternoon. Mostly sunny. Seas around 2 ft.
| Notice posted on Tuesday, July 07, 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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