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| Subject: | Charleston - Daily Port Update - Port Royal deal advances | | Date: | Thursday, September 30, 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 40'00, 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:
KMI4 - ENERGY PIONEER - ETA 1200/30
BP - TUG INTEGRITY & 650-4 - ETA 1115/3RD
KMI4 - OVERSEAS ANDROMAR - ETA 1030/04
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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: (9/30) Port Royal deal advances
Budget board OKs $16.8M sale to Charleston-based developer Gramling
Five years on the market and one previously failed sale later, the State
Ports Authority on Wednesday received the authorization it needed to
unload 50 acres it owns in Port Royal.
The state Budget and Control Board approved the land sale to Charleston-
based developer Ben Gramling for $16.8 million. The Beaufort County deal
passed in a 3-2 vote after considerable discussion.
An agreement is reportedly near for the sale of the SPA's Port Royal
terminal.
Gov. Mark Sanford and Richard Eckstrom, the state's comptroller general,
voted against the deal.
Gramling's bid came in nearly $10 million below a previous offer, a deal
that unraveled more than two years ago as the real estate market soured.
But his offer still hovered above the appraised value, reduced to between
$15.6 million and $16.3 million in late 2009.
Reached after the vote, Gramling said he plans to work with the Town of
Port Royal to develop a plan that includes public green space and also
low-density, single-family homes that fit in with the character of the
area.
"We're not looking to do something that's separate from the town," said
Gramling, who is best known locally as the developer of Cane Bay
Plantation in Berkeley County. "What were looking to do is create an
extension of the Town of Port Royal."
He declined to give a time frame for moving forward on the project, and
the sale still must close before becoming official.
The General Assembly ordered the Port of Port Royal closed in 2004, and
the SPA put the waterfront land up for sale in 2005. The deal, as
approved by the Budget and Control Board, splits the property into two
tracts: one primarily marsh and one primarily land.
The second half of the $16.75 million sale would close about three years
after the first phase. That means that infrastructure, such as roads,
would factor into the first phase of development and benefit the entire
property.
Most of proceeds will go into SPA coffers.
The governor suggested Wednesday that the land split made the
deal "materially different" from the original terms and that other
developers should have 30 days to bid under those conditions.
"We owe it to the rest of the development community, from the standpoint
of equity, to offer them the same deal," Sanford said.
Neil Robinson, an attorney representing the SPA in the deal, suggested
that the agency and the town cannot afford to lose an interested buyer.
"That's not the way real estate works, governor. I'm sorry," Robinson
said.
To which Sanford replied: "This is not the way the public process works."
Sanford called into question whether Robinson should represent the SPA in
a deal with Gramling when Robinson's firm has represented Gramling
Brothers in its Cane Bay project.
Sen. Larry Grooms, a Bonneau Republican, pointed out before the vote that
the General Assembly wrote into law last year that the SPA must sell the
Port Royal property. As chairman of the port oversight commission, Grooms
added that the land's value has fallen and that not jumping on an
opportunity to sell would prove a disservice to the public.
Grooms noted that talks in Columbia about closing and selling the port
began in 2002. "It's been going on eight years," he said. "It needs to be
sold."
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CURRENT ISSUES:
10/06/10 - 1715 - SAVANNAH MARITIME AFTER HOURS MEETING
10/07/2010 1800 - CWIT SILENT AUCTIO
FUTURE/ONGOING ISSUES:
10/12/10 - 1145 - CWIT LUNCHEON
10/14/10 - SAVANNAH PROPELLER CLUB LUNCHEON
10/28/10 - 0800 - NAV/OPS MEETING
11/09/10 - 1145 - CWIT LUNCHEON
11/19/10 - SAVANNAH PROPELLER CLUB OYSTER ROAST
2014 - ETA FOR NEW CHARLESTON PORT TERMINAL TO BE COMPLETED
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SECURITY LEVEL: MARSEC 1
HURRICANE STATUS - 4/SEASONAL - NO STORMS PREDICTED
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Tides for Charleston (Customhouse Wharf) starting with September 24,
2010.
Day High Tide Height Sunrise Moon Time % Moon
/Low Time Feet Sunset Visible
Th 30 High 12:42 AM 4.9 7:13 AM Set 1:58 PM 63
30 Low 7:02 AM 0.8 7:06 PM
30 High 1:19 PM 5.9
30 Low 7:57 PM 1.4
F 1 High 1:45 AM 4.9 7:14 AM Rise 12:13 AM 53
1 Low 8:04 AM 0.8 7:05 PM Set 2:47 PM
1 High 2:24 PM 6.0
1 Low 9:01 PM 1.2
Sa 2 High 2:55 AM 5.1 7:15 AM Rise 1:18 AM 42
2 Low 9:12 AM 0.6 7:03 PM Set 3:31 PM
2 High 3:32 PM 6.1
2 Low 10:05 PM 1.0
Su 3 High 4:04 AM 5.4 7:15 AM Rise 2:26 AM 31
3 Low 10:20 AM 0.4 7:02 PM Set 4:12 PM
3 High 4:36 PM 6.3
3 Low 11:05 PM 0.6
M 4 High 5:09 AM 5.8 7:16 AM Rise 3:35 AM 20
4 Low 11:24 AM 0.1 7:01 PM Set 4:49 PM
4 High 5:36 PM 6.5
Tu 5 Low 12:00 AM 0.2 7:17 AM Rise 4:44 AM 12
5 High 6:09 AM 6.3 6:59 PM Set 5:25 PM
5 Low 12:24 PM -0.1
5 High 6:31 PM 6.6
W 6 Low 12:52 AM -0.1 7:17 AM Rise 5:54 AM 5
6 High 7:05 AM 6.7 6:58 PM Set 6:00 PM
6 Low 1:21 PM -0.4
6 High 7:24 PM 6.6
Th 7 Low 1:42 AM -0.4 7:18 AM Rise 7:04 AM 1
7 High 7:59 AM 7.0 6:57 PM Set 6:38 PM
7 Low 2:15 PM -0.4
7 High 8:15 PM 6.5
F 8 Low 2:30 AM -0.5 7:19 AM Rise 8:15 AM 0
8 High 8:51 AM 7.2 6:55 PM Set 7:18 PM
8 Low 3:08 PM -0.4
8 High 9:05 PM 6.3
Sa 9 Low 3:18 AM -0.4 7:20 AM Rise 9:26 AM 1
9 High 9:42 AM 7.1 6:54 PM Set 8:02 PM
9 Low 3:59 PM -0.2
9 High 9:54 PM 6.1
Su 10 Low 4:06 AM -0.2 7:20 AM Rise 10:34 AM 6
10 High 10:33 AM 6.9 6:53 PM Set 8:51 PM
10 Low 4:51 PM 0.1
10 High 10:43 PM 5.8
M 11 Low 4:55 AM 0.1 7:21 AM Rise 11:38 AM 12
11 High 11:26 AM 6.6 6:52 PM Set 9:45 PM
11 Low 5:43 PM 0.5
11 High 11:34 PM 5.5
Tu 12 Low 5:45 AM 0.4 7:22 AM Rise 12:36 PM 21
12 High 12:20 PM 6.3 6:51 PM Set 10:42 PM
12 Low 6:36 PM 0.8
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Hazardous marine condition(s):
Gale Warning
SEAS GIVEN AS SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT...WHICH IS THE AVERAGE
HEIGHT OF THE HIGHEST 1/3 OF THE WAVES. INDIVIDUAL WAVES MAY BE
MORE THAN TWICE THE SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT.
ANZ089-301500-
500 AM EDT THU SEP 30 2010
.SYNOPSIS FOR MID ATLC WATERS...A SERIES OF LOW PRES CENTERS
WILL DEVELOP ALONG A STATIONARY FRONT EXTENDING N TO S ALONG THE
COAST TODAY INTO FRI NIGHT. EACH LOW WILL PULL THE FRONT FARTHER
E ACROSS THE WATERS. THE FRONT WILL EXIT THE AREA FRI NIGHT AND
STALL JUST SE OF THE AREA SAT INTO MON. HIGH PRES WILL BUILD
ACROSS THE AREA SAT INTO MON.
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SEAS GIVEN AS SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT...WHICH IS THE AVERAGE
HEIGHT OF THE HIGHEST 1/3 OF THE WAVES. INDIVIDUAL WAVES MAY BE
MORE THAN TWICE THE SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT.
ANZ088-301500-
CAPE FEAR TO 31N OUT TO 32N 73W TO 31N 74W
500 AM EDT THU SEP 30 2010
GALE WARNING
TODAY
E OF 77W...S TO SE WINDS 35 TO 45 KT DIMINISHING TO 25
TO 35 KT. SEAS 15 TO 22 FT. W OF 77W...W TO NW WINDS 15 TO 25
KT. SEAS 11 TO 15 FT. NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND TSTMS THROUGHOUT...
TAPERING TO SCATTERED LATE.
TONIGHT
E OF 75W...S TO SE WINDS BECOMING 25 TO 30 KT.
SEAS SUBSIDING TO 13 TO 17 FT...HIGHEST N. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
TSTMS. W OF 75W...NW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 9 TO 13 FT.
FRI
WINDS BECOMING W TO NW 10 TO 15 KT THROUGHOUT. SEAS
BECOMING 8 TO 12 FT. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND TSTMS.
FRI NIGHT
NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT SHIFTING TO NE. SEAS SUBSIDING
TO 7 TO 9 FT.
SAT
NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 5 TO 8 FT...HIGHEST E.
SUN
NE WINDS INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS BUILDING TO 7 TO
10 FT.
MON
NE WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS BUILDING TO 10 TO 14 FT.
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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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