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SAVANNAH, GA - DAILY PORT UPDATE - 10/01/19 ==NEWS==Deepening begins for inner Savannah Harbor

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Tuesday, October 01, 2019

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PORT OF SAVANNAH, GA

PORT LIMITS/INFORMATION

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Maximum Depths - (Fresh)<span-family:"Century",serif">

Harbor Entrance - 42 ft<span-family:"Century",serif">

Main Channel - 42 ft<span-family:"Century",serif">

Max allowable vessel draft - 42 ft<span-family:"Century",serif">

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BERTH LIMITS/INFORMATION:<span-family:"Century",serif">

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Current maximum drafts allowed at berths:<span-family:"Century",serif">

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<span-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Century",serif">Colonial # 1 Max Draft 36 ft Max LOA 750 ft Max air draft 185 ft <span-family:"Century",serif">

<span-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Century",serif">Colonial # 3 Max Draft 36 ft Max LOA 600 ft <span-family:"Century",serif">

<span-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Century",serif">Colonial OT-20 Max Draft 38 ft Max LOA 820 ft <span-family:"Century",serif">

Vopak Max Draft 36 ft Max LOA 600 ft Max Beam 106 ft Max BCM 400 ft UKC 1’00<span-family:"Century",serif">

<span-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Century",serif">Marine Port Terminal Brunswick Max Draft 36’00 – Max LOA 750’ Max BM 110’ <span-family:"Century",serif">

<span-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Century",serif">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)<span-family:"Century",serif">

GKT (Georgia Kaolin Terminal) – Max draft 36’00

<span-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Century",serif">East Coast terminal - Max Draft 36 ft <span-family:"Century",serif">

East Coast terminal berth 3 – Max draft 34 ft<span-family:"Century",serif">

<span-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Century",serif">Imperial Sugar - Max Draft 30 ft <span-family:"Century",serif">

<span-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Century",serif">Metro Ports - Max Draft 36 ft Max LOA 700 ft Max Beam 150 ft

<span-family:"Century",serif">Phillips 66 Savannah Lubricants – Max draft 32’00 – UKC ½ foot – Max LOA 658’ Max Bm 106’ Max Displacement 48000 MT BCM 240’ (as of 06/25/19)

<span-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Century",serif">GPA Ocean Terminal Max Draft 42 ft

<span-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Century",serif">GPA Garden City Terminal Max Draft 42 ft

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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Per pilots - restrictions for Tanker movements:

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Drafts less than 36’ may transit at anytime

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">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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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">VESSEL TRAFFIC: (TANKERS); Colonial dock schedules attached.

IN PORT: NONE

DUE: GREAT EASTERN

FEDERAL, STATE & LOCAL FILING REQUIREMENTS<span-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Century",serif">:

96 Hours - advance notice of arrival required by USCG<span-family:"Century",serif">

48 Hours - advance receipt of crew list by Immigration for any vessel arriving from a foreign port, or arriving coast wise with detained crew.<span-family:"Century",serif">

<span-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Century",serif">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<span-family:"Century",serif">

24 Hours - advance fax of crew list and approved visitors required by Terminal.<span-family:"Century",serif">

72 Hours - post port call; the Port Authority requires bill of lading figures for all bulk cargo.<span-family:"Century",serif">

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<span-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Century",serif">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.<span-family:"Century",serif">

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CURRENT NEWS: Deepening begins for inner Savannah Harbor

After more than 20 years, the Savannah Harbor Expansion Project (SHEP) has entered its final construction phase, officials announced Monday.

“I’m grateful to stand before you today and deliver what I think amounts to the best news yet for the Savannah Harbor, and that is that the final construction phase for the Savannah Harbor Expansion Project as of today our efforts begin on the actual deepening of the inner harbor,” said Col. Daniel Hibner, commander of the Savannah District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. He spoke to a crowd of local, state and national officials gathered at the Westin Savannah Harbor Golf Resort and Spa.

The final stage will deepen the inner harbor, which consists of 22 miles in the channel from near Jones Island to the Garden City port from 42 feet to 47 feet. Jones Island is between Fort Pulaski and Tybee Island.

The dredges will be in the inner harbor next week, Hibner said.

The first phase, which included deepening the outer harbor from near Fort Pulaski National Monument to 19 miles into the Atlantic Ocean, was completed in March 2018.

“Four years ago we stood atop Ft. Screven to announce the deepening on the outer harbor and we completed that effort on schedule, actually ahead of schedule, in March 2018, but today’s news isn’t just another announcement about more progress. Deepening the harbor isn’t merely the next step, it is the final step,” Hibner said.

“The action of putting a dredge in these waters to deepen the channel is evidence that we have delivered on our environmental stewardship promises. A lot of mitigation work led to this moment and is still being accomplished. We’ve proven that we can deliver on critical environmental demands, and now the remaining portion of this channel is on its way to 47 feet.”

Georgia Ports Authority Executive Director Griff Lynch called it a momentous day for not only the ports and the state, but also for the nation.

The project is expected to net more than $282 million in annual benefits to the nation and has a benefit-to-cost ratio of $7.30 for every $1 invested, according to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The total cost of the project is about $973 million.

“The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has issued a contract to deepen the inner harbor, and we could not be more excited about that,” Lynch said.

The harbor deepening will allow larger cargo ships to call on the Port of Savannah with a longer tide window and with heavier loads of imports and exports.

“At the end of the day the Georgia Ports Authority’s effort, along with the Corps’, delivers a strong message that Savannah is prepared for growth and poised to maintain its role as a leader in global commerce,” Lynch said.

″(In the outer harbor) all that material goes offshore to our offshore disposal area. The inner harbor is dredged with a different type of dredge. It’s a cutter suction dredge, and all that material will be going off to our disposal areas, which are on the back side of Hutchinson Island in South Carolina,” said Senior Project Manager Spencer Davis.

The work isn’t expected to impact the GPA’s 37 weekly vessel calls, Davis said.

“Our dredgers understand that they’re working in an active navigation channel, so they will be in and out of the channel throughout the course of dredging making way for all those commercial navigation ships,” he said.

The Norfolk Dredging Co. was awarded the $133.2 million contract for this phase of the deepening, and its dredging operations will continue around the clock daily. The deepening is scheduled to be complete in early 2022.

Mitigation continues

A suite of mitigation features, accounting for more than half of the total SHEP price tag, are also not yet complete. In order to proceed with inner harbor dredging, the Corps was required to complete and test part of an oxygen injection system that the Savannah Riverkeeper has dubbed “iron lungs” for the river.

The Corps deemed a success the river units placed on Hutchinson Island and tested in the spring. Analyses by environmental groups and the state of South Carolina agreed with the Corps’ conclusion, but only for now.

Separate written comments from the the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control and the Southern Environmental Law Center, representing the South Carolina Coastal Conservation League, Savannah Riverkeeper and the South Carolina Wildlife Federation, withheld final judgement on the controversial system. Both noted it will need to prove itself again after the harbor is deepened and when the hottest summer weather decreases the water’s ability to hold the oxygen that fish and other river animals need to survive.

“Overall, it appears that the test run report shows that the Oxygen Injection System is capable of delivering oxygen to the river,” wrote SELC Senior Attorney Chris DeScherer. “However, we remain skeptical that the system will effectively work in perpetuity to mitigate for the impacts of the project.”

Both DHEC and the conservation groups evaluated the results as part of a settlement agreement reached in 2013. That agreement spells out what the various parties can do if they disagree with the Corps’ assessment of how well the oxygen injection system works, including reopening the lawsuit and revoking state permits.

DHEC was unable to determine whether the system worked satisfactorily and is reserving its judgment until summertime tests of the full system are completed after the inner harbor is deepened, wrote DHEC’s Mike Marcus, chief, Bureau of Water.

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<span-family:"Century",serif">CURRENT EVENTS: 10/02/19 - Savannah Maritime After Hours- Wed, October 2, 5:15pm – 7:30pm

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FUTURE EVENTS: 10/10/19 – Propeller Members Meeting at The Pirates' House

10/15/19- Sailing Into the Future, 93rd Annual International Propeller Club Convention and Conference

10/16/19 - Savannah Maritime Association Meeting: C&BP Facility, 139 Southern Blvd, Savannah GA @ 11 AM

10/25/19 - 2019 Maritime Community Charity Golf Tournament

11/05 – Savannah Maritime After Hours- Wed, October 2, 5:15pm – 7:30pm

11/14 – Propeller Members Meeting at The Pirates' House

11/20 - Savannah Maritime Association Meeting: C&BP Facility, 139 Southern Blvd, Savannah GA @ 11 AM

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SEAPORT SECURITY LEVEL: MARSEC 1<span-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Century",serif">

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HURRICANE ALERT STATUS: 4/SEASONAL – NO STORMS EXPECTED WITHIN 72 HOURS <span-family:"Courier New""> <span-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">

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<span-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Century",serif">SAVANNAH - LOCAL TIDES:

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Tides:SAVANNAH RIVER ENT., FORT PULASKI

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">OCTOBER 2019