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SubjectDatePriority
SAVANNAH, GA - DAILY PORT UPDATE - 9/30/1309/30/2013 Normal
CHARLESTON, SC - DAILY PORT UPDATE - 9/30/1309/30/2013 Normal
WILMINGTON, NC - DAILY PORT UPDATE - 9/30/13 - PORT NEWSLETTER LINK CONTAINED // NEWS - Chinese money will help build cold storage at Port of Wilmington09/30/2013 Normal
WILMINGTON, NC - DAILY PORT UPDATE - 9/27/1309/27/2013 Normal
SAVANNAH, GA - DAILY PORT UPDATE - 9/27/1309/27/2013 Normal
CHARLESTON, SC - DAILY PORT UPDATE - 9/27/1309/27/2013 Normal
CHARLESTON, SC - DAILY PORT UPDATE - 9/26/13 - PORT NEWSLETTER LINK INCLUDED09/26/2013 Normal
SAVANNAH, GA - DAILY PORT UPDATE - 9/26/1309/26/2013 Normal
WILMINGTON, NC - DAILY PORT UPDATE - 9/26/13 -- NEWS - NuStar Energy finds itself on a bumpy road09/26/2013 Normal
SAVANNAH, GA - DAILY PORT UPDATE - 9/25/1309/25/2013 Normal
WILMINGTON, NC - DAILY PORT UPDATE - 9/25/1309/25/2013 Normal
CHARLESTON, SC - DAILY PORT UPDATE - 9/25/1309/25/2013 Normal
WILMINGTON, NC - DAILY PORT UPDATE - 9/24/1309/24/2013 Normal
SAVANNAH, GA - DAILY PORT UPDATE - 9/24/1309/24/2013 Normal
CHARLESTON, SC - DAILY PORT UPDATE - 9/24/1309/24/2013 Normal
WILMINGTON, NC - DAILY PORT UPDATE - 9/23/1309/23/2013 Normal
SAVANNAH, GA - DAILY PORT UPDATE - 9/23/1309/23/2013 Normal
CHARLESTON, SC - DAILY PORT UPDATE - 9/23/1309/23/2013 Normal
SAVANNAH, GA - DAILY PORT UPDATE - 9/20/1309/20/2013 Normal
WILMINGTON, NC - DAILY PORT UPDATE - 9/20/1309/20/2013 Normal
CHARLESTON, SC - DAILY PORT UPDATE - 9/20/1309/20/2013 Normal
WILMINGTON, NC - DAILY PORT UPDATE - 9/19/1309/19/2013 Normal
SAVANNAH, GA - DAILY PORT UPDATE - 9/19/1309/19/2013 Normal
CHARLESTON, SC - DAILY PORT UPDATE - 9/19/1309/19/2013 Normal
CHARLESTON, SC - DAILY PORT UPDATE - 9/18/1309/18/2013 Normal
WILMINGTON, NC - DAILY PORT UPDATE - 9/18/1309/18/2013 Normal
SAVANNAH, GA - DAILY PORT UPDATE - 9/18/1309/18/2013 Normal
WILMINGTON, NC - DAILY PORT UPDATE - 9/17/1309/17/2013 Normal
CHARLESTON, SC - DAILY PORT UPDATE - 9/17/1309/17/2013 Normal
SAVANNAH, GA - DAILY PORT UPDATE - 9/17/1309/17/2013 Normal
WILMINGTON, NC - DAILY PORT UPDATE - 9/16/1309/16/2013 Normal
CHARLESTON, SC - DAILY PORT UPDATE - 9/16/1309/16/2013 Normal
SAVANNAH, GA - DAILY PORT UPDATE - 9/16/1309/16/2013 Normal
WILMINGTON, NC - DAILY PORT UPDATE - 9/13/1309/13/2013 Normal
CHARLESTON, SC - DAILY PORT UPDATE - 9/13/1309/13/2013 Normal
SAVANNAH, GA - DAILY PORT UPDATE - 9/13/1309/13/2013 Normal
SAVANNAH, GA - DAILY PORT UPDATE - 9/12/1309/12/2013 Normal
WILMINGTON, NC - DAILY PORT UPDATE - 9/12/1309/12/2013 Normal
CHARLESTON, SC - DAILY PORT UPDATE - 9/12/1309/12/2013 Normal
CHARLESTON, SC - DAILY PORT UPDATE - 9/11/1309/11/2013 Normal
WILMINGTON, NC - DAILY PORT UPDATE - 9/11/1309/11/2013 Normal
SAVANNAH, GA - DAILY PORT UPDATE - 9/11/1309/11/2013 Normal
WILMINGTON, NC - DAILY PORT UPDATE - 9/10/1309/10/2013 Normal
CHARLESTON, SC - DAILY PORT UPDATE - 9/10/1309/10/2013 Normal
SAVANNAH, GA - DAILY PORT UPDATE - 9/10/1309/10/2013 Normal
SAVANNAH, GA - DAILY PORT UPDATE - 9/9/1309/09/2013 Normal
CHARLESTON, SC - DAILY PORT UPDATE - 9/9/1309/09/2013 Normal
WILMINGTON, NC - DAILY PORT UPDATE - 9/9/1309/09/2013 Normal
WILMINGTON, NC - DAILY PORT UPDATE - 9/6/1309/06/2013 Normal
CHARLESTON, SC - DAILY PORT UPDATE - 9/6/1309/06/2013 Normal
SAVANNAH, GA - DAILY PORT UPDATE - 9/6/1309/06/2013 Normal
WILMINGTON, NC - DAILY PORT UPDATE - 9/5/1309/05/2013 Normal
CHARLESTON, SC - DAILY PORT UPDATE - 9/5/1309/05/2013 Normal
SAVANNAH, GA - DAILY PORT UPDATE - 9/5/1309/05/2013 Normal
SAVANNAH, GA - DAILY PORT UPDATE - 9/4/1309/04/2013 Normal
WILMINGTON, NC - DAILY PORT UPDATE - 9/4/1309/04/2013 Normal
CHARLESTON, SC - DAILY PORT UPDATE - 9/4/1309/04/2013 Normal
SAVANNAH, GA - DAILY PORT UPDATE - 9/3/1309/03/2013 Normal
FW: WILMINGTON, NC - DAILY PORT UPDATE - 9/3/1309/03/2013 Normal
CHARLESTON, SC - DAILY PORT UPDATE - 9/3/1309/03/2013 Normal

 Daily Port Update

Subject:Port Update - Charleston
Date:Wednesday, September 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:
---------------------------------------------

BP - TUG RESOLVE & 650-3 - IN ETD 10/0700
KMI - ELAND - IN, ETD 10/1700

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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: 09/16 - 0815 - CHS MARITIME ASSOCIATION - BOG MEETING

FUTURE/ONGOING ISSUES:

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 - HURRICANE FRED

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WTNT32 KNHC 090835
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HURRICANE FRED ADVISORY NUMBER 7
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL072009
500 AM AST WED SEP 09 2009

...FRED INTENSIFIES RAPIDLY OVER THE FAR EASTERN TROPICAL
ATLANTIC...

AT 500 AM AST...0900 UTC...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE FRED WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 13.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE 31.7 WEST OR ABOUT 500 MILES...
805 KM...WEST-SOUTHWEST OF THE SOUTHERNMOST CAPE VERDE ISLANDS.

FRED IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 13 MPH...20
KM/HR...AND A TURN TOWARD THE NORTHWEST AND THEN NORTH-NORTHWEST
WITH A DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT COUPLE
OF DAYS.

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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

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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MARINE FORECAST -

Today: NNE wind around 11 kt becoming E in the morning. Mostly sunny. Seas
around 2 ft.

Tonight: E wind 6 to 11 kt. Partly cloudy. Seas around 2 ft.

Thursday: NE wind 8 to 11 kt becoming E in the afternoon. Mostly sunny.
Seas around 2 ft.

Thursday Night: E wind 8 to 11 kt. Partly cloudy. Seas 2 to 3 ft.

Friday: E wind 8 to 13 kt. Mostly sunny. Seas 2 to 3 ft.

Friday Night: E wind 9 to 13 kt. A slight chance of showers. Seas around 3
ft.

Saturday: ENE wind 9 to 11 kt. Partly sunny. Seas 2 to 3 ft.

Saturday Night: E wind around 11 kt. Partly cloudy. Seas 2 to 3 ft.

Sunday: NNE wind around 11 kt. A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Seas
around 2 ft.

Notice posted on Wednesday, September 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.