PORT OF SAVANNAH, GA
PORT LIMITS/INFORMATION
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Maximum Depths - (Fresh)
Harbor Entrance - 42 ft
Main Channel - 42 ft
Max allowable vessel draft - 42 ft
BERTH LIMITS/INFORMATION:
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Current maximum drafts allowed at berths:
Colonial # 1 Max Draft 38 ft Max LOA 750 ft Max air draft 185 ft
Colonial # 3 Max Draft 36 ft Max LOA 600 ft
Colonial OT-20 Max Draft 39 ft Max LOA 820 ft
Vopak Max Draft 36 ft Max LOA 600 ft Max Beam 106 ft Max BCM 400 ft UKC 1’00
Marine Port Terminal Brunswick Max Draft 36’00 – Max LOA 750’ Max BM 110’
IMTT – Epic Midstream North- Max Draft 37.5 ft Max LOA 800 ft Max Beam 125 ft Max DWT 53,000 (04/30/18)
IMTT -Epic Midstream South - Max Draft 36 ft Max LOA 900ft Max Beam 110 ft. Max DWT 56,000 (04/30/18)
GKT (Georgia Kaolin Terminal) – Max draft 36’00
East Coast terminal - Max Draft 36 ft
East Coast terminal berth 3 – Max draft 34 ft
Imperial Sugar - Max Draft 30 ft
Metro Ports - Max Draft 36 ft Max LOA 700 ft Max Beam 150 ft
Phillips 66 Savannah Lubricants – Max draft 30’00 ft – UKC 0.6 ft
GPA Ocean Terminal Max Draft 42 ft
GPA Garden City Terminal Max Draft 42 ft
Per pilots - restrictions for Tanker movements:
Drafts less than 36’ may transit at anytime
Drafts 36’or greater are tide restricted - window: Start in 1 Hour after low water until 1.5 hours before high
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VESSEL TRAFFIC: (TANKERS);
IN: NONE
DUE: 09/23 – BW TAGUS
09/27 – FPT CHEMICAL TRANSPORTER
09/28 - AINAZI
10/01 - CPC PETROCHEM 10/02 – INNOVATION
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 GPA. All persons wanting unescorted access to any vessel must have a valid TWIC.
CURRENT NEWS: .(09/21/18) Savannah’s
Talmadge Bridge may need replacement for bigger ships
The future of the Georgia Ports is never far from the mind of its executive director, Griff Lynch.
Lynch let the public in on his vision, and that of the Georgia Ports Authority board, at the annual State of the Port event Thursday.
A portion of GPA’s plans include a goal of doubling the container capacity of the Garden City Terminal and the possible replacement of the Talmadge Memorial Bridge that spans the Savannah River.
Lynch pointed to the ongoing record-breaking growth with 4.2 million TEUs handled this year, an increase of 8.4 percent. That growth, along with a 16 percent increase in intermodal rail lifts, has contributed to Savannah’s cargo growth outpacing the nation.
A TEU is a 20-foot container equivalent unit.
Lynch expects that growth to continue.
“What I’m here to tell you is that Georgia Ports Authority will be ready,” Lynch said. “We are committed to developing our terminals to continue to have a congestion-free environment. Whether it’s investing in a new bridge with the state, or new gates
that will allow us to handle that capacity we will do it.”
The Savannah Harbor Expansion, SHEP, is now halfway finished and is expected to be completed by late 2021. The deepening will allow ships of 14,000 TEUs, called neo-panamax ships, to come to Savannah at capacity. Currently a number of those large ships
call on our ports, but are not able to be loaded to capacity due to the river’s depth.
Ships are now getting even bigger, with 19,000 TEU – and even 22,000 TEU vessels – making calls at some ports.
The Talmadge Bridge, with a vertical clearance of 185 feet at high tide, is not tall enough for the 19,000 TEU vessels that are highly stacked with containers. Talks about a new bridge are in the planning stages and no details on size needed or cost were
available.
The GPA will spend about $2.5 billion over the next 10 years on projects related to increasing capacity to handle 8 million TEUs by 2028. Projects include an expansion of the ship-to-shore crane fleet from 32 to 42 cranes. This includes replacing the older
cranes so that all cranes can handle 14,000 TEU vessels. There will also be gate additions, container storage expansions, berth improvements and off terminal road improvements.
YES Program
Lynch also announced a new program to find and prepare the “next generation of port professionals.”
Called the YES program, for Youth learning Equipment and Safety, has hired its first six employees. The students were referred by school administrators after taking classes and expressing an interest in a logistics career.
“Through our YES program, we are hiring promising young people who are ready to get to work,” Lynch said. “In today’s market, we have to do more than search for qualified applicants - we have to be willing to train the workers we need. Maintaining a well-qualified
workforce is critical to remaining competitive.”
Lynch and GPA Board Chairman Jimmy Allgood praised Gov. Nathan Deal, who spoke at the event, and state economic development officials for their hard work in past years and in 2018.
“Almost eight years ago, Gov. Nathan Deal established a goal to make Georgia the best state in the nation to do business by providing state government, business leaders and our ports what they needed to make that happen,” said Allgood.
Allgood noted that since Deal took office in 2011, the Port of Savannah has grown by 45 percent or an additional 1.2 million TEUs; the harbor deepening project has been approved and is now 50 percent complete; and, state transportation improvements like
the Jimmy Deloach Parkway ensure that cargo moves more efficiently and without delay.
With state help, for fiscal year 2018, 29 port-related projects were realized, bringing more than $1 billion in investment and 4,741 jobs to the state, Lynch said.
“Industries are drawn to Georgia by its growing population, economic energy and its superior connectivity to important centers of production and commerce,” Deal said. “Companies that ship through Georgia’s ports benefit from superior road and rail infrastructure,
and more global container services than any other port on the U.S. East Coast.”
Deal announced that Georgia had been named the number one state for doing business for the fifth straight year by Area Development magazine. The magazine is geared toward site selectors and facility planners.
The magazine stated that competitive labor environments and leading workforce development programs, low taxes and utility costs, favorable regulatory environments, and cooperative state governments are among the top-ranked states’ pro-business attributes.
The annual event is sponsored by The Propeller Club Port of Savannah, a local professional organization for Savannah’s maritime community. With more than 300 members, it includes representatives from shipping, logistics, finance, banking and real estate.
Annual membership is $220. The annual fee includes monthly educational lunches at the Pirates House, a ticket to the State of the Port event, an oyster roast and a National Maritime Day event. For more information visit SavannahPropellerClub.us or email
SavPropClub@gmail.com.
CURRENT EVENTS: NONE
FUTURE EVENTS:
10/03/18 - Savannah Maritime After Hours - Wed, October 3, 5:15pm – 7:30pm - Ruth's Chris Steak House, 111 W Bay St, Savannah, GA 31401
10/11/18 – Propeller Club - Member Meeting
10/12/18 - Charity Golf Tournament
10/17/18 - Savannah Maritime Association Meeting: - C&BP Facility, 139 Southern Blvd, Savannah GA @ 11AM
SEAPORT SECURITY LEVEL: MARSEC 1
HURRICANE ALERT STATUS: SEASONAL 4 – No tropical force winds expected within 72 hours
800 AM EDT Fri Sep 21 2018
For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:
1. Showers and thunderstorms associated with a tropical wave located
about 600 miles southeast of the Cabo Verde Islands are showing some
signs of organization. The environment is forecast to be conducive
for slow development, and a tropical depression could form early
next week while the system moves westward at 15 to 20 mph across the
low latitudes of the eastern and central tropical Atlantic Ocean.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...20 percent.
* Formation chance through 5 days...medium...60 percent.
2. A weak low pressure area located about 600 miles east of the
Windward Islands is producing disorganized showers and
thunderstorms. The combination of dry mid-level air and strong
upper-level winds is expected to hinder any further development of
this low while it moves west-northwestward at around 10 mph.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...10 percent.
* Formation chance through 5 days...low...10 percent.
3. A broad area of low pressure located just southeast of Bermuda is
producing minimal shower activity while it moves southward at 10 to
15 mph. Although a combination of dry air and strong upper-level
winds is expected to inhibit any significant development over the
next few days, the environment could become conducive for slow
development when the system moves over the southwest Atlantic Ocean
during the middle part of next week.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...near 0 percent.
* Formation chance through 5 days...low...20 percent.
4. A non-tropical low pressure system is forecast to develop tonight
over the central subtropical Atlantic Ocean midway between Bermuda
and the Azores. Conditions are expected to be conducive for the low
to acquire subtropical or tropical characteristics, and a
subtropical or tropical cyclone is expected to form late this
weekend or early next week while the low meanders over the central
Atlantic Ocean.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...10 percent.
* Formation chance through 5 days...high...70 percent.
SAVANNAH - LOCAL TIDES:
Day High Tide Height Sunrise Moon Time % Moon /Low Time Feet Sunset Visible
Tides:SAVANNAH RIVER ENT., FORT PULASKI
SEPTEMBER 2018
F 21 Low 12:12 AM 1.2 7:11 AM Set 3:53 AM 83
21 High 5:59 AM 6.8 7:22 PM Rise 5:44 PM
21 Low 12:19 PM 1.1
21 High 6:36 PM 7.5
Sa 22 Low 12:56 AM 1.0 7:12 AM Set 4:47 AM 89
22 High 6:47 AM 7.1 7:20 PM Rise 6:19 PM
22 Low 1:05 PM 0.9
22 High 7:20 PM 7.6
Su 23 Low 1:38 AM 0.7 7:13 AM Set 5:42 AM 94
23 High 7:32 AM 7.3 7:19 PM Rise 6:54 PM
23 Low 1:49 PM 0.8
23 High 8:01 PM 7.7
M 24 Low 2:18 AM 0.5 7:13 AM Set 6:38 AM 98
24 High 8:12 AM 7.5 7:18 PM Rise 7:26 PM
24 Low 2:32 PM 0.6
24 High 8:39 PM 7.7
Tu 25 Low 2:58 AM 0.3 7:14 AM Set 7:34 AM 99
25 High 8:51 AM 7.7 7:16 PM Rise 7:59 PM
25 Low 3:14 PM 0.5
25 High 9:15 PM 7.7
W 26 Low 3:37 AM 0.2 7:14 AM Set 8:31 AM 99
26 High 9:28 AM 7.8 7:15 PM Rise 8:33 PM
26 Low 3:55 PM 0.5
26 High 9:51 PM 7.5
Th 27 Low 4:16 AM 0.2 7:15 AM Set 9:29 AM 97
27 High 10:05 AM 7.9 7:14 PM Rise 9:08 PM
27 Low 4:37 PM 0.5
27 High 10:28 PM 7.4
F 28 Low 4:56 AM 0.2 7:16 AM Set 10:29 AM 92
28 High 10:47 AM 7.9 7:12 PM Rise 9:46 PM
28 Low 5:21 PM 0.7
28 High 11:10 PM 7.2
Sa 29 Low 5:39 AM 0.3 7:16 AM Set 11:31 AM 85
29 High 11:33 AM 7.9 7:11 PM Rise 10:29 PM
29 Low 6:08 PM 0.8
29 High 11:59 PM 7.0
Su 30 Low 6:25 AM 0.4 7:17 AM Set 12:33 PM 77
30 High 12:27 PM 7.9 7:10 PM Rise 11:17 PM
30 Low 7:00 PM 1.0
OCTOBER 2018
M 1 High 12:56 AM 6.9 7:18 AM Set 1:35 PM 67
1 Low 7:18 AM 0.6 7:09 PM
1 High 1:27 PM 7.9
1 Low 7:59 PM 1.1
Tu 2 High 1:59 AM 6.8 7:18 AM Rise 12:11 AM 57
2 Low 8:19 AM 0.7 7:07 PM Set 2:34 PM
2 High 2:30 PM 7.9
2 Low 9:06 PM 1.2
W 3 High 3:02 AM 6.9 7:19 AM Rise 1:10 AM 45
3 Low 9:26 AM 0.6 7:06 PM Set 3:30 PM
3 High 3:33 PM 8.0
3 Low 10:14 PM 1.0
Th 4 High 4:07 AM 7.1 7:20 AM Rise 2:14 AM 34
4 Low 10:33 AM 0.4 7:05 PM Set 4:21 PM
4 High 4:37 PM 8.2
4 Low 11:17 PM 0.6
F 5 High 5:10 AM 7.4 7:20 AM Rise 3:20 AM 23
5 Low 11:37 AM 0.1 7:03 PM Set 5:07 PM
5 High 5:38 PM 8.3
Sa 6 Low 12:14 AM 0.2 7:21 AM Rise 4:26 AM 14
6 High 6:11 AM 7.8 7:02 PM Set 5:49 PM
6 Low 12:36 PM -0.2
6 High 6:36 PM 8.5
Su 7 Low 1:08 AM -0.1 7:22 AM Rise 5:33 AM 7
7 High 7:09 AM 8.2 7:01 PM Set 6:28 PM
7 Low 1:32 PM -0.4
7 High 7:30 PM 8.6
M 8 Low 1:58 AM -0.3 7:22 AM Rise 6:39 AM 2
8 High 8:01 AM 8.5 7:00 PM Set 7:06 PM
8 Low 2:25 PM -0.5
8 High 8:19 PM 8.5
Tu 9 Low 2:47 AM -0.4 7:23 AM Rise 7:43 AM 0
9 High 8:50 AM 8.6 6:59 PM Set 7:43 PM
9 Low 3:16 PM -0.4
9 High 9:06 PM 8.4
W 10 Low 3:32 AM -0.4 7:24 AM Rise 8:46 AM 0
10 High 9:37 AM 8.6 6:57 PM Set 8:20 PM
10 Low 4:04 PM -0.3
10 High 9:52 PM 8.1
Th 11 Low 4:16 AM -0.1 7:24 AM Rise 9:48 AM 3
11 High 10:23 AM 8.4 6:56 PM Set 8:59 PM
11 Low 4:50 PM 0.1
11 High 10:37 PM 7.7
F 12 Low 4:58 AM 0.2 7:25 AM Rise 10:48 AM 8
12 High 11:09 AM 8.1 6:55 PM Set 9:40 PM
12 Low 5:35 PM 0.5
12 High 11:24 PM 7.3
Sa 13 Low 5:39 AM 0.6 7:26 AM Rise 11:46 AM 14
13 High 11:58 AM 7.8 6:54 PM Set 10:24 PM
13 Low 6:20 PM 0.9
Su 14 High 12:13 AM 6.9 7:27 AM Rise 12:41 PM 22
14 Low 6:21 AM 1.0 6:53 PM Set 11:11 PM
14 High 12:48 PM 7.4
14 Low 7:07 PM 1.3
M 15 High 1:04 AM 6.6 7:27 AM Rise 1:32 PM 31
15 Low 7:06 AM 1.4 6:51 PM Set 12:00 PM
15 High 1:40 PM 7.2
15 Low 7:57 PM 1.6
Tu 16 High 1:56 AM 6.4 7:28 AM Rise 2:19 PM 41
16 Low 7:56 AM 1.7 6:50 PM
16 High 2:33 PM 7.0
16 Low 8:52 PM 1.8
W 17 High 2:49 AM 6.4 7:29 AM Set 12:51 AM 50
17 Low 8:53 AM 1.8 6:49 PM Rise 3:02 PM
17 High 3:25 PM 7.0
17 Low 9:49 PM 1.8
Th 18 High 3:41 AM 6.5 7:29 AM Set 1:44 AM 59
18 Low 9:54 AM 1.8 6:48 PM Rise 3:42 PM
18 High 4:17 PM 7.0
18 Low 10:42 PM 1.6
F 19 High 4:33 AM 6.6 7:30 AM Set 2:37 AM 68
19 Low 10:52 AM 1.6 6:47 PM Rise 4:18 PM
19 High 5:08 PM 7.1
19 Low 11:31 PM 1.3
Sa 20 High 5:25 AM 6.9 7:31 AM Set 3:32 AM 77
20 Low 11:44 AM 1.4 6:46 PM Rise 4:53 PM
20 High 5:57 PM 7.2
Su 21 Low 12:16 AM 1.0 7:32 AM Set 4:27 AM 84
21 High 6:13 AM 7.2 6:45 PM Rise 5:26 PM
21 Low 12:33 PM 1.1
21 High 6:43 PM 7.4
M 22 Low 1:00 AM 0.6 7:33 AM Set 5:23 AM 91
22 High 6:59 AM 7.6 6:44 PM Rise 5:59 PM
22 Low 1:20 PM 0.8
22 High 7:26 PM 7.5
Tu 23 Low 1:42 AM 0.4 7:33 AM Set 6:20 AM 96
23 High 7:41 AM 7.9 6:43 PM Rise 6:32 PM
23 Low 2:05 PM 0.6
23 High 8:07 PM 7.6
W 24 Low 2:24 AM 0.1 7:34 AM Set 7:19 AM 99
24 High 8:21 AM 8.2 6:41 PM Rise 7:07 PM
24 Low 2:50 PM 0.4
24 High 8:46 PM 7.6
Th 25 Low 3:06 AM 0.0 7:35 AM Set 8:20 AM 99
25 High 9:01 AM 8.3 6:40 PM Rise 7:44 PM
25 Low 3:35 PM 0.3
25 High 9:25 PM 7.5
F 26 Low 3:49 AM -0.1 7:36 AM Set 9:22 AM 98
26 High 9:42 AM 8.4 6:39 PM Rise 8:26 PM
26 Low 4:19 PM 0.2
26 High 10:06 PM 7.4
Sa 27 Low 4:33 AM -0.1 7:36 AM Set 10:25 AM 94
27 High 10:26 AM 8.4 6:38 PM Rise 9:13 PM
27 Low 5:06 PM 0.3
27 High 10:52 PM 7.2
Su 28 Low 5:19 AM 0.0 7:37 AM Set 11:29 AM 88
28 High 11:16 AM 8.3 6:38 PM Rise 10:06 PM
28 Low 5:54 PM 0.5
28 High 11:45 PM 7.0
MARINE FORECAST: 1004 AM EDT Fri Sep 21 2018 .SYNOPSIS
FOR MID ATLC WATERS...Low pressure SE of Bermuda will continue moving S today, drift W tonight into Mon, then track NW into the S portion Tue into Tue night while pulling a
low pressure trough across the area. A high pressure ridge will build SE across the northern and central waters today into Sat, then slowly weaken over the central waters Sat night into Sun. A cold front will approach from the N tonight, move into the northern
waters Sat, then become stationary across the central waters Sat night through Mon. The front will slowly lift back N as a warm front Mon night through Tue night. Strong high pressure will pass N of the area Mon into Tue night. Another cold front will approach
the area from the NW Tue night. $$
ANZ835-220300- Cape Fear to 31N to 1000 fm- 1004 AM EDT Fri Sep 21 2018 TODAY
NE winds 10 to 15 kt, becoming E 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. TONIGHT E winds 5 to 15 kt, diminishing to less than 10 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. SAT
E winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. SAT NIGHT E winds 10 to 15 kt, diminishing to 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. SUN
E to NE winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. SUN NIGHT E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. MON
E winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. MON NIGHT E winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas building to 4 to 8 ft. TUE
E winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming E to NE 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft. TUE NIGHT E to SE winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming S to SW. Seas 4 to 7 ft.
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