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Subject:CHARLESTON SC DAILY PORT UPDATE
Date:Tuesday, September 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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HESS - BRO ALEXANDRE - IN ETD 1000/8TH
KMI4 - BOUCHARD GIRLS & B-295 - IN ETD 1800/8TH
BP - TUG RESOLVE & 650-3 - IN ETD 1300/9TH
KMI2 - SANKO SUPREME - IN ETD 2300/9TH

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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. All vessels must sumbit
USCG's H1N1 Flu checklist.

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:

FUTURE/ONGOING ISSUES:
09/08 - 1145 - CWIT LUNCHEON MEETING
09/16 - 0815 - CHS MARITIME ASSOCIATION - BOG MEETING
09/17 - 1200 - SAVANNAH - STATE OF THE PORT
09/22 - 1100 - NORFOLK - VPA MONTHLY BOARD MEETING
09/24 - 0815 - CHS - NAV OPS 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 - Tropical storm FRED

TROPICAL STORM FRED FORECAST/ADVISORY NUMBER 3
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL072009
0900 UTC TUE SEP 08 2009

TROPICAL STORM CENTER LOCATED NEAR 11.8N 27.3W AT 08/0900Z
POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN 30 NM

PRESENT MOVEMENT TOWARD THE WEST OR 275 DEGREES AT 13 KT


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Tides for Charleston (Customhouse Wharf) starting with September 3, 2009.
Day High Tide Height Sunrise Moon Time % Moon
/Low Time Feet Sunset Visible

Tu 8 Low 4:41 AM 0.3 6:59 AM Set 10:48 AM 89
8 High 10:45 AM 5.9 7:35 PM Rise 9:33 PM
8 Low 5:13 PM 0.8
8 High 11:04 PM 5.3

W 9 Low 5:23 AM 0.4 7:00 AM Set 11:52 AM 82
9 High 11:30 AM 6.0 7:34 PM Rise 10:14 PM
9 Low 6:02 PM 1.0
9 High 11:49 PM 5.1

Th 10 Low 6:10 AM 0.4 7:00 AM Set 12:57 PM 73
10 High 12:21 PM 6.0 7:32 PM Rise 11:02 PM
10 Low 6:58 PM 1.1

F 11 High 12:42 AM 5.0 7:01 AM Set 2:01 PM 63
11 Low 7:04 AM 0.5 7:31 PM Rise 11:59 PM
11 High 1:22 PM 6.0
11 Low 8:00 PM 1.2

Sa 12 High 1:45 AM 4.9 7:02 AM Set 3:01 PM 52
12 Low 8:06 AM 0.5 7:30 PM
12 High 2:30 PM 6.0
12 Low 9:08 PM 1.2

Su 13 High 2:56 AM 5.0 7:02 AM Rise 1:03 AM 41
13 Low 9:13 AM 0.4 7:28 PM Set 3:55 PM
13 High 3:40 PM 6.1
13 Low 10:14 PM 1.0

M 14 High 4:07 AM 5.2 7:03 AM Rise 2:12 AM 30
14 Low 10:22 AM 0.3 7:27 PM Set 4:42 PM
14 High 4:47 PM 6.3
14 Low 11:17 PM 0.7

Tu 15 High 5:14 AM 5.5 7:04 AM Rise 3:23 AM 19
15 Low 11:27 AM 0.0 7:26 PM Set 5:23 PM
15 High 5:49 PM 6.5

W 16 Low 12:13 AM 0.4 7:04 AM Rise 4:34 AM 11
16 High 6:16 AM 5.9 7:24 PM Set 5:59 PM
16 Low 12:27 PM -0.2
16 High 6:44 PM 6.6

Th 17 Low 1:05 AM 0.0 7:05 AM Rise 5:43 AM 4
17 High 7:13 AM 6.2 7:23 PM Set 6:33 PM
17 Low 1:24 PM -0.3
17 High 7:36 PM 6.7

F 18 Low 1:54 AM -0.2 7:06 AM Rise 6:51 AM 1
18 High 8:06 AM 6.5 7:22 PM Set 7:05 PM
18 Low 2:17 PM -0.4
18 High 8:25 PM 6.6

Sa 19 Low 2:40 AM -0.3 7:06 AM Rise 7:58 AM 0
19 High 8:57 AM 6.7 7:20 PM Set 7:38 PM
19 Low 3:08 PM -0.3
19 High 9:11 PM 6.4

Su 20 Low 3:25 AM -0.2 7:07 AM Rise 9:05 AM 1
20 High 9:45 AM 6.7 7:19 PM Set 8:12 PM
20 Low 3:58 PM -0.1
20 High 9:56 PM 6.1

M 21 Low 4:09 AM 0.0 7:07 AM Rise 10:11 AM 5
21 High 10:33 AM 6.6 7:18 PM Set 8:50 PM
21 Low 4:47 PM 0.2
21 High 10:41 PM 5.8

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OFFSHORE WATERS FORECAST

Today: NNW wind 8 to 10 kt becoming S in the morning. Mostly sunny. Seas
around 2 ft.

Tonight: S wind 6 to 8 kt becoming NW after midnight. Mostly clear. Seas
around 2 ft.

Wednesday: NW wind 7 to 10 kt becoming ESE in the afternoon. Mostly sunny.
Seas around 2 ft.

Wednesday Night: ESE wind around 8 kt. A slight chance of showers after
2am. Seas around 2 ft.

Thursday: ENE wind 8 to 11 kt becoming ESE in the afternoon. A slight
chance of showers and thunderstorms. Seas around 2 ft.

Thursday Night: E wind around 11 kt. A slight chance of showers. Seas 2 to
3 ft.

Friday: ENE wind 10 to 12 kt. Partly sunny. Seas around 3 ft.

Friday Night: E wind 9 to 12 kt. Partly cloudy. Seas 2 to 3 ft.

Saturday: ENE wind 9 to 11 kt becoming E in the afternoon. Mostly sunny.
Seas around 2 ft.
Notice posted on Tuesday, September 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.