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| Subject: | CHARLESTON SC DAILY PORT UPDATE | | Date: | Thursday, February 18, 2010 | | Priority: | Normal | | Notice: |
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 - 30'00"
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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KMI NORTH - MAHANADI SPIRIT - IN - ETD 18TH/1500
KMI4 - YASA SEYHAN - ETA 2000/20TH
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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:
Restructuring at SPA includes raises
Wednesday, 17 February 2010
By Ashley Fletcher Frampton
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CHARLESTON -- S.C. State Ports Authority CEO Jim Newsome Tuesday announced
a management restructuring plan that means new responsibilities for several
top officials, along with salary increases for some totaling $62,550.
At the same time, Newsome said he is targeting $7 million in cuts to align
expenses with the port’s decline in revenue. That equates to about 10% of
expenses, not including capital expenditures, he said at Tuesday’s monthly
SPA board meeting.
Newsome did not provide details about the $7 million in cuts Tuesday. He
said the cost-cutting plan is still being finalized, and details will be
announced by March 15.
Newsome said the $7 million in planned savings would come in the 12 months
after the cuts are made, not all in the current fiscal year.
The SPA board approved the restructuring plan, which calls for the
following changes.
• Paul McClintock, senior vice president and chief commercial officer,
assumes additional responsibility for public relations and Georgetown
Terminal sales and operations.
• Byron Miller, director of public relations, will take on expanded duties
as director of marketing, public relations and planning. Because of the new
duties, Miller’s salary will increase from $117,500 to $125,000.
• Bill McLean, vice president of operations, will become senior vice
president and will take on added responsibility of Veterans Terminal,
cruise operations and all corporate safety functions. McLean’s salary will
increase from $156,000 to $175,000.
• Peter Hughes, chief financial officer, will become senior vice president
and take on added responsibility of general support services. His salary
will increase from $154,200 to $175,000.
• Joe Bryant, vice president of terminal development, will take on added
responsibility of facilities maintenance and environmental.
• Barbara Melvin will be promoted from director to vice president of
government relations. She will take on the added responsibility of federal
government relations and her salary will increase from $111,750 to $127,000.
Newsome said the plan will bring operational efficiencies, and it ensures
that all major, day-to-day business functions at the port will report to
senior management.
The new structure emphasizes the three main functions of sales, operations
and finance, he said.
It also groups together functions that are related. In some cases, those
functions have been handled separately, Newsome said.
“I think any time you get into a CEO’s role in a business, that’s pretty
much something that you do,” he said about the restructuring. “As a result
of our strategic planning, it’s something we needed to do.”
He said some of the shifts in responsibility reflect new work that the port
is doing. For example, the port’s cruise business has grown this year and
work has begun on a redevelopment of the Union Pier passenger terminal.
The staff member who has handled planning and cruise business will now
focus on the expanded cruise business. Meanwhile, planning functions will
be grouped with marketing and public relations, which Newsome said is a
logical combination.
Newsome said the raises that four individuals are receiving reflect their
expanded scope of responsibility and the comparable pay for that work at
other ports. He emphasized that not everyone taking on new duties is
receiving a raise.
“It’s logical for people who take on more responsibility to receive a
requisite increase in pay,” Newsome said. “I think we benchmark ourselves
against other competing ports. The cost reduction really far outweighs the
increases in pay that we are giving for the increases in responsibility.”
He said the port needs to employ the best people possible as it tries to
get its business back where it needs to be.
Port officials said that year-to-date revenue through the end of January
was behind projections by about $10 million. Expenses through January were
$4.6 million under budget.
January’s container volume showed a year-over-year improvement not seen in
months. Volume was up 1.3% over January 2009 and up 8.7% over the prior month.
“That’s the first time we’ve been up in some time,” Newsome said.
Year-to-date pier container volume was down 20% at the end of January,
compared to last year. But that represents an improvement from recent
months. At the end of December, year-to-date volume was down 23%. Through
November volume was down 32%.
Also at Tuesday’s meeting, the SPA board voted to authorize Newsome to sign
an agreement with Berkeley County for funding a new interchange at mile 197
on Interstate 26. The SPA will contribute $15 million toward the project.
The interchange would serve distribution projects planned for the area,
including TBC Corp.’s planned 1.1 million square foot distribution center.
TBC Corp. will be a port customer.
Newsome said the port has been at a competitive disadvantage because of the
lack of distribution centers in the region.
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CURRENT ISSUES:
FUTURE/ONGOING ISSUES:
02/25/2010 - 0815 NAV/OPS MEETING
02/19/2010 - MARITIME ASSOCIATION ANNUAL GALA
02/25/2010 - PROPELLOR CLUB OYSTER ROAST
FUTURE/ONGOING ISSUES
04/07-09 - SOUTHEASTERN REGIONAL PROP CLUB IN SAVANNAH
2014 - ETA FOR NEW CHARLESTON PORT TERMINAL TO BE COMPLETED
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CURRENT SECURITY LEVEL - MARSEC 1
HURRICANE STATUS - Alert level 5/OUT OF SEASON
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Tides for Charleston (Customhouse Wharf) starting with February 17, 2010.
Day High Tide Height Sunrise Moon Time % Moon
/Low Time Feet Sunset Visible
Th 18 Low 4:12 AM 0.3 7:00 AM Rise 8:56 AM 12
18 High 10:12 AM 4.7 6:08 PM Set 10:32 PM
18 Low 4:25 PM 0.0
18 High 10:27 PM 5.2
F 19 Low 4:54 AM 0.4 6:59 AM Rise 9:29 AM 19
19 High 10:48 AM 4.6 6:08 PM Set 11:32 PM
19 Low 5:06 PM 0.1
19 High 11:09 PM 5.2
Sa 20 Low 5:42 AM 0.6 6:58 AM Rise 10:06 AM 28
20 High 11:31 AM 4.4 6:09 PM
20 Low 5:52 PM 0.1
Su 21 High 12:00 AM 5.2 6:57 AM Set 12:35 AM 38
21 Low 6:39 AM 0.7 6:10 PM Rise 10:50 AM
21 High 12:25 PM 4.3
21 Low 6:48 PM 0.1
M 22 High 1:02 AM 5.2 6:55 AM Set 1:37 AM 48
22 Low 7:44 AM 0.7 6:11 PM Rise 11:41 AM
22 High 1:31 PM 4.2
22 Low 7:53 PM 0.1
Tu 23 High 2:12 AM 5.3 6:54 AM Set 2:39 AM 59
23 Low 8:55 AM 0.6 6:12 PM Rise 12:41 PM
23 High 2:43 PM 4.3
23 Low 9:02 PM -0.1
W 24 High 3:25 AM 5.5 6:53 AM Set 3:35 AM 70
24 Low 10:02 AM 0.4 6:13 PM Rise 1:48 PM
24 High 3:55 PM 4.6
24 Low 10:11 PM -0.4
Th 25 High 4:33 AM 5.8 6:52 AM Set 4:27 AM 80
25 Low 11:03 AM 0.0 6:14 PM Rise 3:00 PM
25 High 5:01 PM 5.0
25 Low 11:14 PM -0.7
F 26 High 5:35 AM 6.0 6:51 AM Set 5:12 AM 88
26 Low 11:58 AM -0.4 6:14 PM Rise 4:13 PM
26 High 6:01 PM 5.5
Sa 27 Low 12:13 AM -1.1 6:50 AM Set 5:52 AM 95
27 High 6:30 AM 6.3 6:15 PM Rise 5:25 PM
27 Low 12:50 PM -0.8
27 High 6:57 PM 5.9
Su 28 Low 1:08 AM -1.3 6:49 AM Set 6:29 AM 99
28 High 7:22 AM 6.3 6:16 PM Rise 6:36 PM
28 Low 1:38 PM -1.0
28 High 7:50 PM 6.2
M 1 Low 2:01 AM -1.3 6:47 AM Set 7:03 AM 99
1 High 8:11 AM 6.3 6:17 PM Rise 7:46 PM
1 Low 2:25 PM -1.1
1 High 8:41 PM 6.3
Tu 2 Low 2:53 AM -1.2 6:46 AM Set 7:38 AM 97
2 High 8:59 AM 6.0 6:18 PM Rise 8:55 PM
2 Low 3:11 PM -1.1
2 High 9:31 PM 6.3
W 3 Low 3:44 AM -1.0 6:45 AM Set 8:13 AM 92
3 High 9:46 AM 5.7 6:18 PM Rise 10:03 PM
3 Low 3:57 PM -0.8
3 High 10:20 PM 6.2
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OFFSHORE WATERS FORECAST
Today: NW wind 11 to 13 kt becoming W in the morning. Sunny. Seas around 2 ft.
Tonight: WNW wind around 11 kt. Clear. Seas 1 to 2 ft.
Friday: WNW wind 5 to 9 kt becoming variable and less than 5 kt in the
morning. Sunny. Seas around 1 ft.
Friday Night: Variable winds 5 kt or less. Mostly clear. Seas around 1 ft.
Saturday: Variable winds 5 kt or less. Sunny. Seas around 1 ft.
Saturday Night: Variable winds less than 5 kt becoming W 5 to 7 kt in the
evening. Mostly clear. Seas around 1 ft.
Sunday: W wind around 8 kt becoming SW in the afternoon. Sunny. Seas around
1 ft.
Sunday Night: SSW wind 8 to 10 kt. Partly cloudy. Seas 1 to 2 ft.
Monday: SW wind 10 to 15 kt. A chance of showers. Seas around 2 ft.
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