PORT LIMITS/INFORMATION
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Maximum Depths - (Fresh)
Harbor Entrance - 41.0 ft
Main Channel - 41.0 ft
BERTH LIMITS/INFORMATION:
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Current maximum drafts allowed at berths:
ADM Terminal 34 ft Max Draft, 675 Max LOA
Gold Bond Terminal Max Draft 34 ft Max LOA 600 ft
KINDER MORGAN RIVERROAD MAX DRAFT 38 FEET
AXION/CHEMSERVE WILMINGTON/ Koch / Amoco / Mobil Oil Terminal Max Draft 37 ft Max LOA 700 ft
Apex Terminal Max Draft 35’ 4” Ft Max ANYTIME LOA 800’
KINDER MORGAN WOODBINE/ Paktank Terminal Max Draft 38 ft Max LOA 750 ft
Chemserve - 37 ft Max - LOA 700’ - DISCHARGE RATE FOR UAN SOLUTION –500 LIQUID S/T PER HR 1 EIGHT INCH HOSE
Buckeye Terminal Max Draft - 02/2018 draft 33.50 reduce by 9” each month
Colonial Terminal Max Draft 33 ft Max LOA 700 ft
Kinder Morgan Terminal Max Draft 31 ft Max LOA 600 x 106
South Wilmington Terminal (Exxon) – Max draft 38’00; Max LOA 800’
Carolina Marine Terminal – Max draft 38’00 (1/2018); Max LOA 800’ – possible deeper draft on a vessel by vessel basis
PORT DOCK 1 - MAX DRAFT ON ARRIVAL 41 FEET FRESH WATER ON HIGH TIDE
MAX DRAFT ON DEPARTURE 40 FEET FRESH WATER ON HIGH TIDE WILMINGTON NORTH CAROLINA
MAX PANAMA SIZE VESSEL – 1150’ x 150’
SCHEDULE TO ESTABLISH BOARD TIME ON DEEP ARRIVALS (CONFIRMED 11/17/18)
June 1, 2017
- Nothing in this schedule shall be interpreted as limiting the pilot, vessel master, or facility operator from taking additional actions necessary to increase the level of care that ensures a vessel’s safe transit and mooring.
- Time limits subject to change due to weather conditions, underpowered vessels, vessels with limited handling abilities or emergencies.
- Vessels 38 feet and less move on any tide time at pilot’s discretion
SHIPS FRESH WATER DRAFT AS EARLY AS LATE AS
SOUTHPORT SOUTHPORT
LOW TIDE PLUS HIGH TIDE PLUS
38’01” thru 38’11”……….…………….. 1:10………………………………0:30
39’00” thru 39’11”………………………2:00……………………………….0:20
40’00” thru 40’05”………………………2:40……………………………… 0:10
40’06” thru 40’11” …………………….. 3:10 ……………………………… 0:00
41’00” thru 41’05” …………………….. 3:40 … 0:10 BEFORE HIGH TIDE
41’06” thru 42’00” 1:20 BEFORE HIGH TIDE TO 0:20 BEFORE HIGH TIDE
SCHEDULE TO ESTABLISH BOARD TIME ON DEEP SAILINGS FROM WILMINGTON
June 1, 2017
- Nothing in this schedule shall be interpreted as limiting the pilot, vessel master, or facility operator from taking additional actions necessary to increase the level of care that ensures a vessel’s safe transit and mooring.
- Time limits subject to change due to weather conditions, low powered vessels or emergencies.
- Vessels 38’00” and less move on any tide time at pilot’s discretion
(PORT SIDE TO)
AS EARLY AS AS LATE AS
WILMINGTON WILMINGTON
SHIP’S FRESH WATER DRAFT HIGH TIDE MINUS/BEFORE HIGH TIDE
38’01” thru 38’05” …………………………….. 5:00 ………………………………………. HIGH TIDE
38’06” thru 38’11” …………………………….. 4:30 ………………………………………. 1:00 (before)
39’00” thru 39’05” ……………………………. 4:00 ……………………………………… 1:30 (before)
39’06” thru 39’11” ……………………………. 3:30 ……………………………………… 2:00 (before)
40’00” thru 40’06” ……………………………. 3:00 ……………………………………… 2:30 (before)
(STARBOARD SIDE TO)
AS EARLY AS AS LATE AS
WILMINGTON WILMINGTON
SHIP’S FRESH WATER DRAFT HIGH TIDE MINUS/BEFORE HIGH TIDE
38’01” thru 38’05” …………………………….. 5:30 ………………………………………. 0:30 (before)
38’06” thru 38’11” …………………………….. 5:00 ………………………………………. 1:30 (before)
39’00” thru 39’05” ……………………………. 4:30 ……………………………………… 2:00 (before)
39’06” thru 39’11” ……………………………. 4:00 ……………………………………… 2:30 (before)
40’00” thru 40’06” …………………………….. 3:30 ……………………………………… 3:00 (before)
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VESSEL TRAFFIC (TANKERS): IN – NONE
DUE: 12/21 – CHEMICAL PIONEER
12/22 – FPT CHEMICAL TRANSPORTER
12/24 – GLV PETROCHEM PRODUCER
TBA – CHAMPION PULA
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FEDERAL, STATE & LOCAL FILING REQUIREMENTS:
RIGHT WHALE SEASON - Compliance with Mandatory Ship Reporting (MSR) Requirements: MSR is required for vessels of at least 300 gross tons (including tugs with a combined tug & barge gross tonnage
above 300 gross tons), who enter the WHALESSOUTH area between November 15th and April 15th. The WHALESSOUTH area extends from the shoreline east to longitude 80°51.6’W with the southern & northern boundaries at latitude 30°00’N and 31°27’N.,
respectively. This area includes the ports of Brunswick, Fernandina and Jacksonville. Reporting is required as the vessel enters the WHALESSOUTH zone.
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 NCSPA. All persons wanting unescorted access to any vessel must have a valid TWIC.
Current Articles: (12/12/18 - By Adam Wagner StarNews Staff ) Did drilling off NC coast just move one step closer?
Posted Dec 11, 2018 at 9:44 AM
WILMINGTON -- A federal agency announced last month that companies exploring for oil and natural gas in the Atlantic Ocean could incidentally harass marine mammals using seismic airguns, a process that has been widely criticized by environmental groups
and leaves the door open to further activity off the North Carolina coast. Catherine Wannamaker, a senior attorney at the Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC), said, “Really, this is the first step in eventually opening up the Atlantic to offshore drilling.
Why would you do seismic surveys if you didn’t plan to open the Atlantic?”
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) authorization of incidental harassment permits for five companies off the East Coast would allow the groups to conduct seismic airgun tests that bother marine mammals and other species but don’t
kill them. Environmental organizations, though, believe the approvals are not sufficiently protective of marine mammals and fish and are little more than the next step for offshore drilling. A group of environmental organizations, including SELC, Oceana, the
Natural Resources Defense Council and the N.C. Coastal Federation, among others, filed suit against NOAA’s National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) on Tuesday in South Carolina. The suit alleges NMFS violated the Marine Mammal Protection Act, Endangered Species
Act and National environmental Policy Act in authorizing the permits.
In a release announcing the suit, Todd Miller, executive director of the N.C. Coastal Federation, said, “There’s never a window that would be a good time for seismic testing to happen. Studies show that seismic affects the behaviors of marine mammals,
fish and zooplankton, and seismic is harmful for fisheries.” For seismic testing to move forward in the region ranging from Cape May, New Jersey, to Florida, the permits must also receive approval from the federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM).
Those approvals are believed to be imminent, Wannamaker said.
In 2016, then-President Barack Obama removed the Mid-Atlantic region, which includes North Carolina, from the five-year plan for oil and natural gas, denying six seismic permits a short time later. President Donald Trump’s administration, though, announced
its own five-year offshore plan, in which nearly all federal waters are to be evaluated for their energy potential. The companies appealed the denials, with the permits then slated for further evaluation. At least 40 local governments in North Carolina have
passed a resolution opposing one or both of seismic testing or offshore drilling, including nearly every body along the coast.
A business or person wanting to engage in a specified activity in the ocean that may result in the deaths of small numbers of marine mammals can apply for an incidental harassment authorization (IHA), authorized by the National Marine Fisheries Service
(NMFS). Typically, the permits are authorized to entities wanting to use sound underwater, including for seismic testing for oil and natural gas. To be eligible, an entity must show the deaths will be in small numbers; have at maximum a “negligible impact”
on the species or stocks; and not have an irreversible effect on the subsistence of the species or stock.
Pro-drilling advocates in North Carolina, including the N.C. Petroleum Institute, have insisted it is important to understand how much of the resource is found off the state’s coast. The most recent studies are decades old, and estimates inci. Under Secretary
Michael Regan, the N.C. Department of Environmental Quality last December asked four companies that were told in 2015 seismic testing was consistent with the state’s coastal policies to submit more information. New studies, officials said, showed the loud noises
used to test for oil and gas could harm marine life and damage the state’s fisheries. In a statement released shortly after the November announcement, Regan said the state’s coastal habitat was in a precarious spot following Hurricane Florence that could be
further disturbed by seismic airguns.
“With the stress our coastal communities are enduring from the recent hurricanes and other effects of climate change, it is disappointing that the Trump administration would further jeopardize our coastal resource by approving dangerous seismic testing
that could lead to offshore drilling,” Regan said in the statement. A group of public aquariums, including the North Carolina Aquariums, announced their opposition to the approval, citing reasons similar to those stated be Regan, namely that the noise would
disturb plankton, fish stocks and whales, among other marine creatures.
Listening to industry
During a Nov. 30 press call, NOAA representatives fielded questions about when and where seismic testing could happen, as well as how they determined the potential impacts it would have on marine life. The agency’s biologists were tasked with determining
how seismic testing would impact individual creatures and, in turn, their species. Benjamin Laws, a biologist in NOAA’s Fisheries Office of Protected Resources, said, “Our analysis shows that we shouldn’t expect that there will be impacts greater than negligible
on rates of recruitment and survival to these populations.” Among the mitigation measures required by NOAA is having an observer posted on each survey ship, acoustic observation devices and avoiding close-to-shore areas from November to April, when the endangered
North Atlantic right whales are likely to be present. Randy Sturgill, a Wilmington-based Oceana senior organizer, said the required mitigation measures are not sufficient. “I don’t even think it comes close to addressing any type of true precautions that
could be taken,” Sturgill said. “There are hardly any that could actually be good that I know of.”
Wannamaker, of the SELC, also questioned the mitigation measures, saying seismic sound can travel further than the 55-mile buffer used in the winter. Additionally, Wannamaker said, the testing -- and potentially offshore drilling -- are being allowed to
move forward despite significant opposition from governments along the Atlantic coast. “We’re still proceeding forward with this,” Wannamaker said, “so it appears the administration is listening to the industry but not the people of the states.”
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CURRENT EVENTS: 12/13 - Board Meeting 12/13/18 - The Board of Directors of the North Carolina State Ports Authority will meet on Thursday, December 13, 2018 at 9:00 a.m. The meeting will take place in the Board Room of the North Carolina Maritime Building
located at 2202 Burnett Boulevard, Wilmington, NC 28401.
FUTURE EVENTS – NONE
SECURITY LEVEL: MARSEC 1
HURRICANE ALERT LEVEL:
5/OUT OF SEASON
Tides for Wilmington NC
Day High Tide Height Sunrise Moon Time % Moon
/Low Time Feet Sunset Visible
DECMEBER 2018
W 12 High 12:33 AM 3.7 7:08 AM Rise 11:06 AM 17
12 Low 6:45 AM 0.3 5:03 PM Set 9:54 PM
12 High 12:58 PM 4.2
12 Low 7:35 PM 0.4
Th 13 High 1:19 AM 3.6 7:09 AM Rise 11:41 AM 25
13 Low 7:21 AM 0.4 5:03 PM Set 10:49 PM
13 High 1:42 PM 4.1
13 Low 8:15 PM 0.4
F 14 High 2:06 AM 3.6 7:10 AM Rise 12:13 PM 34
14 Low 8:07 AM 0.5 5:03 PM Set 11:44 PM
14 High 2:27 PM 4.0
14 Low 8:59 PM 0.4
Sa 15 High 2:54 AM 3.7 7:10 AM Rise 12:44 PM 43
15 Low 9:06 AM 0.5 5:04 PM
15 High 3:15 PM 4.0
15 Low 9:48 PM 0.3
Su 16 High 3:44 AM 3.8 7:11 AM Set 12:39 AM 53
16 Low 10:14 AM 0.5 5:04 PM Rise 1:14 PM
16 High 4:05 PM 3.9
16 Low 10:41 PM 0.3
M 17 High 4:36 AM 3.9 7:12 AM Set 1:36 AM 62
17 Low 11:20 AM 0.5 5:04 PM Rise 1:46 PM
17 High 4:58 PM 3.9
17 Low 11:35 PM 0.1
Tu 18 High 5:29 AM 4.1 7:12 AM Set 2:35 AM 72
18 Low 12:21 PM 0.4 5:05 PM Rise 2:19 PM
18 High 5:51 PM 4.0
W 19 Low 12:28 AM 0.0 7:13 AM Set 3:37 AM 81
19 High 6:21 AM 4.4 5:05 PM Rise 2:55 PM
19 Low 1:19 PM 0.2
19 High 6:44 PM 4.1
Th 20 Low 1:21 AM -0.1 7:13 AM Set 4:42 AM 88
20 High 7:12 AM 4.6 5:06 PM Rise 3:37 PM
20 Low 2:14 PM 0.1
20 High 7:34 PM 4.2
F 21 Low 2:14 AM -0.2 7:14 AM Set 5:48 AM 94
21 High 8:01 AM 4.8 5:06 PM Rise 4:25 PM
21 Low 3:08 PM 0.0
21 High 8:23 PM 4.3
Sa 22 Low 3:07 AM -0.3 7:14 AM Set 6:55 AM 98
22 High 8:50 AM 5.0 5:07 PM Rise 5:21 PM
22 Low 4:00 PM -0.1
22 High 9:12 PM 4.3
Su 23 Low 3:59 AM -0.4 7:15 AM Set 7:59 AM 99
23 High 9:39 AM 5.1 5:07 PM Rise 6:23 PM
23 Low 4:51 PM -0.2
23 High 10:03 PM 4.3
M 24 Low 4:52 AM -0.5 7:15 AM Set 8:59 AM 98
24 High 10:32 AM 5.1 5:08 PM Rise 7:30 PM
24 Low 5:42 PM -0.2
24 High 10:59 PM 4.3
Tu 25 Low 5:44 AM -0.4 7:16 AM Set 9:51 AM 94
25 High 11:29 AM 5.0 5:08 PM Rise 8:39 PM
25 Low 6:33 PM -0.2
25 High 11:59 PM 4.3
W 26 Low 6:38 AM -0.4 7:16 AM Set 10:38 AM 87
26 High 12:30 PM 4.8 5:09 PM Rise 9:48 PM
26 Low 7:24 PM -0.2
Th 27 High 1:03 AM 4.3 7:16 AM Set 11:19 AM 78
27 Low 7:34 AM -0.2 5:10 PM Rise 10:55 PM
27 High 1:30 PM 4.7
27 Low 8:18 PM -0.2
F 28 High 2:05 AM 4.3 7:17 AM Set 11:56 AM 67
28 Low 8:34 AM -0.1 5:10 PM
28 High 2:28 PM 4.6
28 Low 9:14 PM -0.2
Sa 29 High 3:04 AM 4.4 7:17 AM Rise 12:00 AM 56
29 Low 9:36 AM 0.0 5:11 PM Set 12:31 PM
29 High 3:24 PM 4.4
29 Low 10:10 PM -0.2
Su 30 High 4:02 AM 4.4 7:17 AM Rise 1:03 AM 45
30 Low 10:37 AM 0.0 5:12 PM Set 1:04 PM
30 High 4:19 PM 4.3
30 Low 11:05 PM -0.3
M 31 High 4:58 AM 4.5 7:18 AM Rise 2:05 AM 35
31 Low 11:37 AM -0.1 5:12 PM Set 1:39 PM
31 High 5:13 PM 4.2
31 Low 11:58 PM -0.4
JANUARY 2019
Tu 1 High 5:52 AM 4.6 7:18 AM Rise 3:06 AM 25
1 Low 12:32 PM -0.1 5:13 PM Set 2:14 PM
1 High 6:04 PM 4.2
W 2 Low 12:47 AM -0.4 7:18 AM Rise 4:05 AM 16
2 High 6:45 AM 4.7 5:14 PM Set 2:52 PM
2 Low 1:25 PM -0.1
2 High 6:56 PM 4.2
Th 3 Low 1:37 AM -0.4 7:18 AM Rise 5:04 AM 10
3 High 7:34 AM 4.8 5:15 PM Set 3:34 PM
3 Low 2:16 PM -0.1
3 High 7:45 PM 4.2
F 4 Low 2:24 AM -0.3 7:18 AM Rise 6:00 AM 4
4 High 8:21 AM 4.8 5:15 PM Set 4:19 PM
4 Low 3:04 PM -0.1
4 High 8:31 PM 4.1
Sa 5 Low 3:09 AM -0.2 7:18 AM Rise 6:53 AM 1
5 High 9:05 AM 4.7 5:16 PM Set 5:07 PM
5 Low 3:49 PM 0.0
5 High 9:15 PM 4.1
Su 6 Low 3:52 AM -0.1 7:18 AM Rise 7:41 AM 0
6 High 9:47 AM 4.7 5:17 PM Set 5:59 PM
6 Low 4:32 PM 0.0
6 High 9:58 PM 4.0
M 7 Low 4:32 AM 0.0 7:18 AM Rise 8:25 AM 0
7 High 10:27 AM 4.6 5:18 PM Set 6:52 PM
7 Low 5:12 PM 0.1
7 High 10:38 PM 3.9
Tu 8 Low 5:09 AM 0.1 7:18 AM Rise 9:05 AM 2
8 High 11:06 AM 4.4 5:19 PM Set 7:46 PM
8 Low 5:49 PM 0.2
8 High 11:17 PM 3.8
W 9 Low 5:43 AM 0.2 7:18 AM Rise 9:41 AM 6
9 High 11:42 AM 4.3 5:20 PM Set 8:41 PM
9 Low 6:24 PM 0.3
9 High 11:52 PM 3.7
Th 10 Low 6:16 AM 0.2 7:18 AM Rise 10:14 AM 12
10 High 12:15 PM 4.2 5:20 PM Set 9:35 PM
10 Low 6:56 PM 0.4
F 11 High 12:21 AM 3.7 7:18 AM Rise 10:45 AM 18
11 Low 6:50 AM 0.3 5:21 PM Set 10:30 PM
11 High 12:44 PM 4.1
11 Low 7:28 PM 0.4
Sa 12 High 12:49 AM 3.7 7:18 AM Rise 11:15 AM 26
12 Low 7:31 AM 0.4 5:22 PM Set 11:25 PM
12 High 1:18 PM 4.0
12 Low 8:04 PM 0.3
Su 13 High 1:31 AM 3.8 7:18 AM Rise 11:45 AM 35
13 Low 8:24 AM 0.5 5:23 PM
13 High 2:05 PM 3.9
13 Low 8:49 PM 0.3
M 14 High 2:24 AM 3.9 7:18 AM Set 12:22 AM 45
14 Low 9:33 AM 0.6 5:24 PM Rise 12:16 PM
14 High 3:02 PM 3.9
14 Low 9:45 PM 0.3
Tu 15 High 3:26 AM 4.0 7:18 AM Set 1:20 AM 55
15 Low 10:46 AM 0.6 5:25 PM Rise 12:50 PM
15 High 4:05 PM 3.8
15 Low 10:48 PM 0.2
W 16 High 4:33 AM 4.2 7:17 AM Set 2:22 AM 65
16 Low 11:53 AM 0.5 5:26 PM Rise 1:27 PM
16 High 5:10 PM 3.9
16 Low 11:52 PM 0.1
Th 17 High 5:41 AM 4.4 7:17 AM Set 3:26 AM 75
17 Low 12:55 PM 0.3 5:27 PM Rise 2:11 PM
17 High 6:12 PM 4.0
F 18 Low 12:53 AM -0.1 7:17 AM Set 4:32 AM 84
18 High 6:45 AM 4.6 5:28 PM Rise 3:02 PM
18 Low 1:53 PM 0.2
18 High 7:11 PM 4.1
Sa 19 Low 1:52 AM -0.2 7:16 AM Set 5:37 AM 91
19 High 7:44 AM 4.9 5:29 PM Rise 4:01 PM
19 Low 2:49 PM 0.0
19 High 8:07 PM 4.3
Su 20 Low 2:50 AM -0.4 7:16 AM Set 6:40 AM 97
20 High 8:39 AM 5.0 5:30 PM Rise 5:07 PM
20 Low 3:42 PM -0.1
20 High 9:01 PM 4.4
MARINE FORECAST: 7NM ESE Sheepshead Rock MR
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Marine Zone Forecast
Synopsis: AMZ200-130000- 1133 AM EST Wed Dec 12 2018 .Synopsis for coastal waters from Surf City North Carolina to South Santee River South
Carolina out to 20 nautical miles... High pressure will build in from the west for the remainder of the week before a storm system affects the area Friday and next weekend. $$
This Afternoon
N winds 10 kt, diminishing to 5 kt late. Seas 2 to 3 ft.
Tonight
W winds 5 kt. Seas 2 ft.
Thu
NW winds 5 kt, becoming NE in the afternoon. Seas 2 ft in the morning, then 1 to 2 ft.
Thu Night
E winds 10 kt, increasing to 10 to 15 kt after midnight. Seas 2 to 3 ft.
Fri
SE winds 15 to 20 kt, increasing to 20 to 25 kt in the afternoon. Seas 5 to 7 ft. A chance of showers in the morning, then showers in the afternoon.
Fri Night
S winds 20 to 25 kt, diminishing to 15 to 20 kt after midnight. Seas 6 to 9 ft. Showers.
Sat
W winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft. Showers likely through the day, then a chance of showers through the night.
Sun
NW winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.