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| Subject: | CHARLESTON SC DAILY PORT UPDATE | | Date: | Wednesday, November 24, 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:
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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. 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: (11/24) Firm eyeing Cooper River site
Norway transportation company looks to expand
A Scandinavian transportation business is looking to reactivate a dormant
marine terminal on the Cooper River and create as many 29 jobs in
establishing an East Coast beachhead.
The company, which was previously identified publicly by the code
name "Project Jena," is a U.S. subsidiary of Norway's Odfjell SE.
Odfjell Holdings (U.S.) Inc. is eyeing the purchase of an inactive, 20-
acre private shipping terminal at 1003 Virginia Ave. in North Charleston
for a proposed new Southeast import operation.
Local officials began contemplating a tax-incentive package this month to
lure Project Jena to Charleston County. The company also is considering
one other unidentified site in the Southeast.
David Ellis, president of Odfjell's U.S, business, cautioned that the
expansion is still being reviewed by upper management.
"We haven't decided whether we're going to proceed ... or not," he said
Tuesday.
Ellis said a decision would likely be made either next month or in early
2011.
Odfjell is in the business of transporting and storing bulk liquid
chemicals, acids, edible oils and other special products. It owns and
operates tanker ships and port terminals around the world. Its presence
in the United States is limited to Houston.
Charleston County has said the company would initially invest $30 million
on improvements, including the construction of a new dock on the site,
which is served by CSX and Norfolk Southern rail lines. The company plans
also would create 12 jobs paying an average of $37,000 a year.
Odfjell also is considering a future expansion within three to four years
that would raise the value of the project to $70 million and add 17 more
employees, according to the county. That would bring its total North
Charleston payroll to $1 million, or an average of about $34,500 per job.
The county has estimated that the two expansions would generate $5
million to $9 million in public revenue over 20 years. County Council is
scheduled to take up the proposed incentive agreement on Dec. 7.
The port property, which is on deep water and has 500 feet of frontage
along the Cooper River shipping channel, was on the block for $12 million
about a year ago, according to an online listing on LoopNet.
The current owner, Charleston Cement Co,, is an affiliate of Atlanta-
based Thomas Concrete of Georgia.
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CURRENT ISSUES:
12/01/10 - 1700 - SAVANNAH MARITIME AFTER HOURS SOCIAL
12/02/10 - 0800 - NAV OPS MEETING
FUTURE/ONGOING ISSUES:
12/09/10 - 1900 - CHARLESTON PROP CLUB HOLIDAY SOCIAL
2014 - ETA FOR NEW CHARLESTON PORT TERMINAL TO BE COMPLETED
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SECURITY LEVEL: MARSEC 1 -
HURRICANE STATUS - 4 - SEASONAL - NO STORMS EXPECTED
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Tides for Charleston (Customhouse Wharf) starting with November 24, 2010.
Day High Tide Height Sunrise Moon Time % Moon
/Low Time Feet Sunset Visible
W 24 Low 2:58 AM 0.0 6:58 AM Set 9:41 AM 94
24 High 9:14 AM 6.3 5:15 PM Rise 8:03 PM
24 Low 3:46 PM 0.4
24 High 9:37 PM 5.0
Th 25 Low 3:46 AM 0.0 6:59 AM Set 10:28 AM 89
25 High 10:00 AM 6.2 5:14 PM Rise 9:09 PM
25 Low 4:33 PM 0.4
25 High 10:27 PM 5.0
F 26 Low 4:38 AM 0.1 7:00 AM Set 11:10 AM 81
26 High 10:51 AM 6.1 5:14 PM Rise 10:15 PM
26 Low 5:24 PM 0.4
26 High 11:24 PM 5.1
Sa 27 Low 5:35 AM 0.2 7:01 AM Set 11:48 AM 71
27 High 11:47 AM 5.9 5:14 PM Rise 11:21 PM
27 Low 6:18 PM 0.4
Su 28 High 12:27 AM 5.2 7:02 AM Set 12:22 PM 61
28 Low 6:37 AM 0.4 5:14 PM
28 High 12:46 PM 5.7
28 Low 7:15 PM 0.3
M 29 High 1:32 AM 5.4 7:02 AM Rise 12:27 AM 49
29 Low 7:43 AM 0.4 5:14 PM Set 12:56 PM
29 High 1:47 PM 5.6
29 Low 8:14 PM 0.2
Tu 30 High 2:37 AM 5.6 7:03 AM Rise 1:33 AM 38
30 Low 8:51 AM 0.4 5:13 PM Set 1:30 PM
30 High 2:49 PM 5.5
30 Low 9:12 PM 0.0
W 1 High 3:40 AM 6.0 7:04 AM Rise 2:39 AM 27
1 Low 9:55 AM 0.2 5:13 PM Set 2:06 PM
1 High 3:49 PM 5.4
1 Low 10:09 PM -0.2
Th 2 High 4:39 AM 6.3 7:05 AM Rise 3:46 AM 17
2 Low 10:56 AM 0.0 5:13 PM Set 2:45 PM
2 High 4:47 PM 5.4
2 Low 11:04 PM -0.4
F 3 High 5:34 AM 6.5 7:06 AM Rise 4:53 AM 10
3 Low 11:52 AM -0.1 5:13 PM Set 3:28 PM
3 High 5:42 PM 5.4
3 Low 11:56 PM -0.5
Sa 4 High 6:27 AM 6.6 7:07 AM Rise 6:00 AM 4
4 Low 12:44 PM -0.2 5:13 PM Set 4:17 PM
4 High 6:33 PM 5.4
Su 5 Low 12:46 AM -0.5 7:07 AM Rise 7:04 AM 0
5 High 7:16 AM 6.6 5:13 PM Set 5:12 PM
5 Low 1:34 PM -0.2
5 High 7:23 PM 5.3
M 6 Low 1:34 AM -0.4 7:08 AM Rise 8:02 AM 0
6 High 8:04 AM 6.5 5:13 PM Set 6:10 PM
6 Low 2:21 PM -0.1
6 High 8:10 PM 5.2
Tu 7 Low 2:21 AM -0.2 7:09 AM Rise 8:53 AM 1
7 High 8:50 AM 6.3 5:13 PM Set 7:11 PM
7 Low 3:07 PM 0.0
7 High 8:56 PM 5.1
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OFFSHORE WATERS FORECAST
NWS OCEAN PREDICTION CENTER WASHINGTON DC
400 AM EST WED NOV 24 2010
W CENTRAL N ATLC CONTINENTAL SHELF AND SLOPE WATERS BEYOND 20
NM...TO 250 NM OFFSHORE...INCLUDING S OF GEORGES BANK FROM 1000
FM TO...250 NM OFFSHORE.
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.
ANZ088-241500-
CAPE FEAR TO 31N OUT TO 32N 73W TO 31N 74W
400 AM EST WED NOV 24 2010
TODAY
W TO NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING NE 15 TO 25 KT.
SEAS 3 TO 4 FT...BUILDING TO 5 TO 8 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
TSTMS BECOMING ISOLATED.
TONIGHT
E TO NE WINDS DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 8
FT...HIGHEST E.
THU
WINDS BECOMING S TO SE 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT.
ISOLATED SHOWERS AND TSTMS.
THU NIGHT
S TO SW WINDS INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO
7 FT.
FRI
SW WINDS 20 TO 30 KT...BECOMING N TO NW AND DIMINISHING
TO 15 TO 20 KT LATE. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT...EXCEPT E OF 76W BUILDING
TO 7 TO 11 FT.
SAT
N TO NE WINDS DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS SUBSIDING
TO 2 TO 5 FT.
SUN
NE TO E WINDS INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 5 FT.
| | Notice posted on Wednesday, November 24, 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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