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| Subject: | CHARLESTON SC DAILY PORT UPDATE | | Date: | Wednesday, September 08, 2010 | | Priority: | Normal | | Notice: |
URGENT INFORMATION: NONE
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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
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VESSEL TRAFFIC:
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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:
To Our Neighbors and Colleagues:
Last week we announced the South Carolina State Ports Authority's intention
to move forward with plans to relocate our passenger terminal to the
northern end of Union Pier and create a Cruise Neighbors Advisory Council
including residents from neighborhoods closest to the terminal.
The relocation of our passenger terminal is in direct response to the
community input we received throughout the Union Pier planning process. It
provides numerous benefits, including reducing traffic, removing all cargo
operations and trains from the Union Pier property, and making the southern
portion of Union Pier's 63 acres available for public and other uses.
And our newly formed Cruise Neighbors Advisory Council represents a
continuation of our commitment to open, collaborative communications with
our neighbors in the Historic Ansonborough Neighborhood Association,
Charlestowne Neighborhood Association, Garden District, Gadsden Wharf,
French Quarter and the Peninsular Neighborhood Consortium.
As we plan for our new passenger terminal, we have made very clear our
commitment to continue managing the cruise business in a scale appropriate
to Charleston, by planning for a one-berth one-ship terminal capable of
handling ships designed to carry up to 3,500 passengers.
We have also stated that we see the Charleston cruise market as
accommodating about two ships per week, and that we will consult the
community well in advance if we see that situation changing.
More than 2,000 ships annually enter Charleston harbor. All are subject to
comprehensive federal and international environmental regulations. And the
environmental regulations applying to cruise ships are the strictest of
all. There is no evidence that current regulations are not sufficient to
protect our environment. Nor is there any evidence or any environmental
malfeasance by a cruise ship in our harbor.
Cruise ship passengers represent about five percent of the visitors to
Charleston. Our surveys show that about a third of them spend at least one
night here, half visit attractions and eat in restaurants, and almost all
say they plan to return. That's good for Charleston's economy!
By relocating the passenger terminal to the Union Pier property's northern
end, we will also relocate all of the cargo operations that currently exist
there. That means about 200 cargo ships, trains, train tracks, and related
trucks and cars will all be moved away from Union Pier. Those are
substantial benefits.
The best benefit of all, however, will be unlocking the possibility to make
the southern portion of the Union Pier property available for public and
other uses.
Some of those potential uses - reflected in the Port's Concept Plan for
Union Pier - include an appropriate waterside end for Market Street, the
reestablishment of the historic Custom House wharf, new view corridors, and
significant new public access and open spaces. We have already committed to
stabilize the historic Bennett Rice Mill façade within the Union Pier
property.
How and when our Concept Plan's possibilities become reality will be
determined over time by the community and the marketplace. But none of
them will occur if we do not begin first by relocating our passenger
terminal to the northern end of the property.
If, for any reason, we are unable to move expeditiously on that relocation,
we will need to revert to the much less desirable option of upgrading our
present passenger terminal.
That, of course, would mean the continuation of our cargo operations on
Union Pier. Cargo ships, trains and train tracks would remain there. And
the entire Union Pier property would continue forever to be separated from
the rest of the peninsula - as it is now - by a chain link fence.
We believe that would be a tragedy. And our sense is that the community
agrees, because the redevelopment of Union Pier is arguably the most
important redevelopment opportunity in the Charleston area.
We need now to move forward, designing a new passenger terminal and
beginning the process to redevelop Union Pier. We cannot do one without
the other.
Our process will continue to be open and collaborative. We look forward to
working closely with our Cruise Neighbors Advisory Council and regularly
posting updates on www.UnionPierPlan.com. I thank you for your continued
interest, and I welcome hearing from you at any time.
Sincerely,
Jim Newsome
President & CEO
Union Pier Plan
Cruise Information
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CURRENT ISSUES:
09/14/10 1145 - CWIT LUNCHEON MEETING
10/7/10 1800 - CWIT SILENT AUCTION
FUTURE/ONGOING ISSUES
2014 - ETA FOR NEW CHARLESTON PORT TERMINAL TO BE COMPLETED
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SECURITY LEVEL: MARSEC 1
HURRCANE STATUS: ALERT LEVEL 4 - NO STORMS EXPECTED
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
800 AM EDT WED SEP 8 2010
FOR THE NORTH ATLANTIC...CARIBBEAN SEA AND THE GULF OF MEXICO...
THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER IS ISSUING PUBLIC
ADVISORIES ON TROPICAL DEPRESSION HERMINE...CURRENTLY LOCATED
INLAND ABOUT 150 MILES WEST-SOUTHWEST OF DALLAS TEXAS.
SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS CONTINUING TO ORGANIZE NEAR A
WELL-DEFINED LOW PRESSURE AREA LOCATED JUST SOUTH OF THE
SOUTHERNMOST CAPE VERDE ISLANDS. STRONG UPPER-LEVEL WINDS OVER
THIS SYSTEM ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF
DAYS...AND THIS LOW HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME A TROPICAL
DEPRESSION OVER THE NEXT DAY OR SO. THERE IS A HIGH CHANCE...70
PERCENT...OF THIS SYSTEM BECOMING A TROPICAL CYCLONE DURING THE
NEXT 48 HOURS AS IT MOVES WESTWARD AT 10 TO 15 MPH.
THE REMNANTS OF GASTON...LOCATED A COUPLE HUNDRED MILES SOUTHEAST OF
THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC...ARE PRODUCING DISORGANIZED SHOWER AND
THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY. DEVELOPMENT OF THIS SYSTEM IS NOT EXPECTED
AS IT MOVES WESTWARD AT 10 TO 15 MPH. THERE IS A LOW CHANCE...
NEAR 0 PERCENT...OF THIS SYSTEM BECOMING A TROPICAL CYCLONE AGAIN
DURING THE NEXT 48 HOURS.
ELSEWHERE...TROPICAL CYCLONE FORMATION IS NOT EXPECTED DURING THE
NEXT 48 HOURS.
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Tides for Charleston (Customhouse Wharf) starting with September 3, 2010.
Day High Tide Height Sunrise Moon Time % Moon
/Low Time Feet Sunset Visible
W 8 Low 2:08 AM -0.4 6:59 AM Rise 7:08 AM 0
8 High 8:18 AM 6.5 7:35 PM Set 7:32 PM
8 Low 2:31 PM -0.7
8 High 8:39 PM 6.8
Th 9 Low 2:57 AM -0.6 7:00 AM Rise 8:20 AM 0
9 High 9:12 AM 6.8 7:34 PM Set 8:08 PM
9 Low 3:25 PM -0.6
9 High 9:29 PM 6.6
F 10 Low 3:45 AM -0.6 7:00 AM Rise 9:30 AM 3
10 High 10:05 AM 6.9 7:33 PM Set 8:46 PM
10 Low 4:18 PM -0.4
10 High 10:19 PM 6.3
Sa 11 Low 4:33 AM -0.4 7:01 AM Rise 10:40 AM 8
11 High 10:58 AM 6.8 7:31 PM Set 9:27 PM
11 Low 5:11 PM -0.1
11 High 11:09 PM 6.0
Su 12 Low 5:22 AM -0.2 7:02 AM Rise 11:49 AM 16
12 High 11:53 AM 6.6 7:30 PM Set 10:12 PM
12 Low 6:06 PM 0.3
M 13 High 12:00 AM 5.6 7:02 AM Rise 12:53 PM 25
13 Low 6:13 AM 0.1 7:29 PM Set 11:02 PM
13 High 12:49 PM 6.3
13 Low 7:02 PM 0.7
Tu 14 High 12:55 AM 5.3 7:03 AM Rise 1:53 PM 36
14 Low 7:08 AM 0.5 7:27 PM Set 11:56 PM
14 High 1:47 PM 6.1
14 Low 8:01 PM 1.0
W 15 High 1:51 AM 5.1 7:03 AM Rise 2:46 PM 46
15 Low 8:06 AM 0.8 7:26 PM
15 High 2:47 PM 5.9
15 Low 9:01 PM 1.2
Th 16 High 2:50 AM 4.9 7:04 AM Set 12:52 AM 56
16 Low 9:07 AM 0.9 7:25 PM Rise 3:32 PM
16 High 3:46 PM 5.7
16 Low 9:59 PM 1.2
F 17 High 3:49 AM 4.9 7:05 AM Set 1:50 AM 66
17 Low 10:07 AM 1.0 7:23 PM Rise 4:12 PM
17 High 4:41 PM 5.7
17 Low 10:53 PM 1.2
Sa 18 High 4:45 AM 5.0 7:05 AM Set 2:47 AM 75
18 Low 11:03 AM 1.0 7:22 PM Rise 4:47 PM
18 High 5:31 PM 5.8
18 Low 11:43 PM 1.1
Su 19 High 5:37 AM 5.2 7:06 AM Set 3:43 AM 82
19 Low 11:55 AM 0.9 7:21 PM Rise 5:18 PM
19 High 6:17 PM 5.8
M 20 Low 12:27 AM 0.9 7:07 AM Set 4:38 AM 89
20 High 6:25 AM 5.4 7:19 PM Rise 5:46 PM
20 Low 12:41 PM 0.8
20 High 6:59 PM 5.9
Tu 21 Low 1:07 AM 0.7 7:07 AM Set 5:32 AM 94
21 High 7:08 AM 5.6 7:18 PM Rise 6:14 PM
21 Low 1:24 PM 0.8
21 High 7:38 PM 5.9
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OFFSHORE WATERS FORECAST
Synopsis...A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH FROM THE NORTH THROUGH THU...BEFORE
STALLING AND SLOWLY DISSIPATING NORTH OF THE WATERS LATE IN THE WEEK.
Today...NE winds 5 to 10 kt...becoming SE this afternoon. Seas 2 ft.
Tonight...S winds 10 kt...becoming SW after midnight. Seas 2 ft.
Thu...W winds 5 to 10 kt...becoming S in the afternoon. Seas 2 ft.
Thu Night...S winds 5 to 10 kt...becoming SW after midnight. Seas 2 to 3
ft. A slight chance of showers and tstms.
Fri...SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft. A slight chance of showers and
tstms in the morning.
Fri Night...SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft. A slight chance of showers
and tstms.
Sat...E winds 5 to 10 kt...becoming SE. Seas 2 to 3 ft. A slight chance of
showers and tstms.
Sun...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft. A chance of showers and tstms.
| | Notice posted on Wednesday, September 08, 2010 | |
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.
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