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Subject:CHARLESTON DAILY PORT UPDATE
Date:Tuesday, February 22, 2011
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 38'00
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 38'00 or less may transit at anytime Drafts of 38'01 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:
HESS - ELKA DELOS - IN - ETD 1000/22ND
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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: (2/21/11) Port Georgialina dead on arrival
•Saturday, Feb. 19, 2011
SC ports chief says Jasper terminal on hold
CHARLESTON, S.C. — South Carolina's ports chief is putting the brakes on
funding for a new terminal on the Savannah River, the Post and Courier of
Charleston reported Saturday.
State Ports Authority Chairman Bill Stern wrote a letter Friday saying
there was no need for South Carolina to put more money into the joint
project with Georgia until the issue of dredging at Savannah Harbor is
resolved.

The two states own a 1,500-acre site on the South Carolina side of the
Savannah River that has been proposed as a location for a new port.

•Link: http://www.postandcourier.com
Georgia has used the site for years to dump spoils from dredging Savannah
Harbor. South Carolina officials say a new plan to deepen that waterway
would put the Jasper County site out of commission for at least 50 years.

"Until we have clarity on the SHEP issues, we stand to flounder in the
uncertainty, spending money and time in vain on plans that would likely
have to receive repeated and substantial changes, or that might be
completely thwarted, all at the expense of our respective states," Stern
wrote in the letter to the Georgia Ports Authority.

Georgia ports executive director Curtis Foltz said Friday that the letter
came as a surprise. A meeting on the Jasper port project had been set for
early next month.

"This region demands three successful long-term ports," Foltz said. "When
you look out at the next 20, 30, 40 years, we're going to need all the
capacity a built-out Charleston, a built-out Savannah and a built-out
Jasper can offer."

Foltz says dumping the dredge materials from the Savannah River deepening
would actually be a boost to the Jasper port site - lifting it out of the
flood plain at a cost savings to both states.

"It will save at least $300 million," Foltz said.

South Carolina lawmakers passed a resolution last week to oppose
expanding the Savannah River if it doesn't provide economic benefits to
both states. Lawmakers and others worry the quality of the soil that will
be dumped at the Jasper site may make it unfit for use for decades.

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CURRENT ISSUES:
02/23/2011 - PORT SECURITY EXERCISE 0900-1200
02/24/2011 - NAV/OPS MEETING 0800
02/24/2011 - CHARLESTON PROP CLUB OYSTER ROAST

FUTURE/ONGOING ISSUES:
03/08/2011 - COMMISSIONERS OF PILOTAGE MEETING
03/08/2011 - CWIT LUNCHEON

04/12/2011 - CWIT ANNUAL BANQUET
2014 - ETA FOR NEW CHARLESTON PORT TERMINAL TO BE COMPLETED

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SECURITY LEVEL: MARSEC 1
HURRICANE STATUS - 5 - OUT OF SEASON

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Tides for Charleston (Customhouse Wharf) starting with February 22, 2011.
Day High Tide Height Sunrise Moon Time % Moon
/Low Time Feet Sunset Visible

Tu 22 Low 4:54 AM -0.7 6:56 AM Set 9:23 AM 82
22 High 10:52 AM 5.4 6:11 PM Rise 11:31 PM
22 Low 5:06 PM -0.7
22 High 11:34 PM 5.9

W 23 Low 5:51 AM -0.3 6:55 AM Set 10:07 AM 72
23 High 11:46 AM 5.1 6:12 PM
23 Low 6:00 PM -0.4

Th 24 High 12:34 AM 5.7 6:53 AM Rise 12:37 AM 62
24 Low 6:51 AM 0.0 6:12 PM Set 10:55 AM
24 High 12:44 PM 4.7
24 Low 6:59 PM -0.1

F 25 High 1:38 AM 5.4 6:52 AM Rise 1:39 AM 51
25 Low 7:54 AM 0.3 6:13 PM Set 11:48 AM
25 High 1:47 PM 4.5
25 Low 8:04 PM 0.1

Sa 26 High 2:43 AM 5.3 6:51 AM Rise 2:35 AM 40
26 Low 8:58 AM 0.4 6:14 PM Set 12:44 PM
26 High 2:52 PM 4.4
26 Low 9:09 PM 0.2

Su 27 High 3:47 AM 5.2 6:50 AM Rise 3:25 AM 30
27 Low 9:59 AM 0.4 6:15 PM Set 1:43 PM
27 High 3:55 PM 4.5
27 Low 10:12 PM 0.2

M 28 High 4:45 AM 5.3 6:49 AM Rise 4:08 AM 21
28 Low 10:54 AM 0.3 6:16 PM Set 2:41 PM
28 High 4:52 PM 4.6
28 Low 11:08 PM 0.1

Tu 1 High 5:35 AM 5.3 6:48 AM Rise 4:46 AM 14
1 Low 11:42 AM 0.2 6:17 PM Set 3:39 PM
1 High 5:43 PM 4.8
1 Low 11:58 PM 0.0

W 2 High 6:20 AM 5.4 6:47 AM Rise 5:19 AM 8
2 Low 12:26 PM 0.0 6:17 PM Set 4:35 PM
2 High 6:28 PM 5.1

Th 3 Low 12:43 AM -0.1 6:45 AM Rise 5:50 AM 3
3 High 7:01 AM 5.4 6:18 PM Set 5:30 PM
3 Low 1:06 PM -0.1
3 High 7:09 PM 5.2

F 4 Low 1:24 AM -0.1 6:44 AM Rise 6:18 AM 0
4 High 7:38 AM 5.4 6:19 PM Set 6:24 PM
4 Low 1:43 PM -0.2
4 High 7:47 PM 5.3

Sa 5 Low 2:02 AM -0.1 6:43 AM Rise 6:45 AM 0
5 High 8:14 AM 5.3 6:20 PM Set 7:18 PM
5 Low 2:17 PM -0.1
5 High 8:23 PM 5.4

Su 6 Low 2:39 AM 0.0 6:42 AM Rise 7:13 AM 0
6 High 8:48 AM 5.2 6:20 PM Set 8:12 PM
6 Low 2:50 PM -0.1
6 High 8:56 PM 5.4

M 7 Low 3:14 AM 0.1 6:40 AM Rise 7:42 AM 3
7 High 9:21 AM 5.0 6:21 PM Set 9:06 PM
7 Low 3:22 PM 0.0
7 High 9:28 PM 5.4




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OFFSHORE WATERS FORECAST
NWS OCEAN PREDICTION CENTER WASHINGTON DC
400 AM EST TUE FEB 22 2011
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.
ANZ088-221500-
CAPE FEAR TO 31N OUT TO 32N 73W TO 31N 74W
400 AM EST TUE FEB 22 2011

TODAY
W TO SW WINDS 20 TO 30 KT...EXCEPT N PORTION SHIFTING
TO N 20 TO 25 KT LATE. SEAS BECOMING 6 TO 9 FT SUBSIDING TO 4 TO
8 FT...EXCEPT E OF 1000 FM 9 TO 13 FT SUBSIDING TO 8 TO 11 FT. A
CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS.

TONIGHT
WINDS BECOMING N TO NE 15 TO 20 KT THROUGHOUT. SEAS
BECOMING 6 TO 9 FT...EXCEPT FAR SW PART 3 TO 6 FT. A CHANCE OF
SHOWERS AND TSTMS.

WED
N TO NE WINDS DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS BECOMING 4
TO 7 FT THROUGHOUT.

WED NIGHT
E TO NE WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 6 FT.

THU
E TO SE WINDS 10 KT BECOMING S AND INCREASING TO 20 TO 25
KT LATE. SEAS 3 TO 6 FT.

FRI
S TO SW WINDS INCREASING TO 25 TO 30 KT...THEN BECOMING
NW TO N AND DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 20 KT LATE. SEAS BUILDING TO 5
TO 10 FT...HIGHEST E.

SAT
N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT BECOMING S TO SW LATE. SEAS
SUBSIDING TO 2 TO 4 FT.


Notice posted on Tuesday, February 22, 2011

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.