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| Subject: | CHARLESTON SC DAILY PORT UPDATE | | Date: | Monday, July 18, 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:
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 30'00" Low water / Salt
Wando Terminal - Max draft 43'00 MLW - tide neede for anything deeper than
43'01" 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
Veterans Terminal 35' MLW tidal restricted
Nucor - Max draft 25'00 (movements daylight & tidal restricted), Max LOA
550', 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:
KMI4 - E PIONEER - ETA 7/20/11
KMI4 - ISE PRINCESS - ETA 7/21/11
KMI4 - LIAN AN HU - ETA 7/22/11
KMI4 - BOW CHAIN - ETA 7/25/11
KMI4 - SELENDANG RATNA - ETA 7/30/11
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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:
New emission standards for ships
Cargo vessels will be affected by U.N. mandate
BY ARTHUR MAX and THOMAS WAGNER
Associated Press
Saturday, July 16, 2011
LONDON -- The U.N. agency regulating international shipping decided Friday
that the global merchant marine, which ferries most of the world's trade,
must meet energy efficiency standards and cut carbon pollution.
The decision by a powerful committee of the International Maritime
Organization attacks a growing source of greenhouse gases and is the first
measure on climate change to apply equally to countries regardless of
whether they are from the industrial or developing world.
About 50,000 cargo ships carry 90 percent of world trade, and most ships
are powered by heavily polluting oil known as bunker fuels. The IMO said
shipping was responsible for 2.7 percent of global carbon emissions in
2007, but that would double or even triple by mid-century if no action is
taken.
Concluding a weeklong meeting, the IMO's Environment Protection Committee
resolved that all ships built in the future must reduce pollution from
today's average, according to an efficiency index for ships of varying
sizes and types.
The new regulations say it will be up to the ship builders to decide how
they would meet the new standards.
"As long as the required energy-efficiency level is attained, ship
designers and builders would be free to use the most cost-efficient
solutions for the ship to comply with the regulations," the resolution said.
But in a concession to developing countries, it deferred the measure for at
least four years after it takes effect, probably next year or 2013.
In a further step to win support, it included a provision to promote the
transfer of clean ship building technology to developing countries.
The committee also approved a new mechanism to monitor fleet performance to
ensure compliance.
The IMO has 169 members, but fewer than half were eligible to vote on the
pollution measures, which were adopted by 48-5 with several abstentions.
"This is a very positive and important first step for a truly global,
binding measure to reduce CO2 emissions," Connie Hedegaard, the European
commissioner on climate action, said from Brussels.
The European Commission said the new standards would apply to about 70
percent of all emissions from new ships.
Some environmentalists were lukewarm about the accord. The vote was
"bittersweet," said Jacqueline Savitz, of the nonprofit Oceana. "There will
be no change to existing ships, which are currently pumping a billion tons
of CO2 each year," she said, and it will take another dozen years before
the agreement delivers benefits with new ships.
Mark Lutes, who observed the proceedings for the Worldwide Fund for Nature,
said industrial countries and most developing countries favored the
measures, but a hoped-for consensus proved elusive with objections from
major countries like Brazil, China and India.
Small island states that lend their flags to merchant ships also were
reluctant, since one way toward greater efficiency is to build larger ships
that could prove too big for their port
facilities.
"This is the first globally applied rule that the international community
has come up with that regulates greenhouse gas emissions," said Lutes.
But some countries were concerned that the universal application of the
shipping rules undermined a cardinal principle of climate change
negotiations that assigns greater responsibility to the wealthy countries
whose industries created the global warming problem in the first place.
Under the new rules, ships contracted in the first five years after 2015
would have to improve fuel efficiency by 10 percent, and the standard would
be tightened every subsequent five years. By 2030, a 30 percent reduction
rate would be set for most types of ships, based on the average of those
built between 1999 to 2009.
The committee also debated measures to charge ships for carbon emissions
for shipping, but delegations differed on how the tax would be used and
whether it would apply to all countries. The problem is compounded by the
fact that many ships fly flags of convenience and true ownership often is
difficult to trace.
Jo Espinoza-Ferry, the IMO's policy planning chief, says any financial
measure would probably add less than 1 percent to transportation costs.
He said on the sidelines of a climate conference in Germany in April that
several market-based options were being considered, including a direct tax,
an emissions trading scheme or a combination of incentives.
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CURRENT ISSUES:
07/19/11 - SCSPA BOARD MEETING
FUTURE/ONGOING ISSUES:
07/28/11 - 0800 - NAVOPS MEETING
08/03/11 - 0830 - MARSEC 3 TRAINING EXCERCISE
09/20/11 - 1145 - CWIT Luncheon
10/20/11 - 1800 - CWIT Annual Auction
2018 - ETA FOR NEW CHARLESTON PORT TERMINAL TO BE COMPLETED
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SECURITY LEVEL: MARSEC 1
CURRENT HURRICANE STATUS - 4 - T/S BRET
TROPICAL STORM BRET ADVISORY NUMBER 3
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL022011
500 AM EDT MON JUL 18 2011
...BRET CENTERED JUST NORTHWEST OF GREAT ABACO ISLAND...EXPECTED TO BEGIN
MOVING NORTH-NORTHEASTWARD LATER TODAY...
SUMMARY OF 500 AM EDT...0900 UTC...INFORMATION
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LOCATION...27.2N 77.7W
ABOUT 65 MI...105 KM NW OF GREAT ABACO ISLAND MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...50
MPH...85 KM/H PRESENT MOVEMENT...E OR 90 DEGREES AT 3 MPH...6 KM/H MINIMUM
CENTRAL PRESSURE...1001 MB...29.56 INCHES
WATCHES AND WARNINGS
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CHANGES WITH THIS ADVISORY...
NONE.
SUMMARY OF WATCHES AND WARNINGS IN EFFECT...
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR...
* GRAND BAHAMA ISLAND AND THE ABACO ISLANDS IN THE NORTHWEST BAHAMAS
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED
SOMEWHERE WITHIN THE WARNING AREA...IN THIS CASE WITHIN THE NEXT FEW HOURS.
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Tides for Charleston (Customhouse Wharf) starting with July 15, 2011.
Day High Tide Height Sunrise Moon Time % Moon
/Low Time Feet Sunset Visible
M 18 Low 4:50 AM 0.1 6:24 AM Set 9:39 AM 92
18 High 10:50 AM 5.1 8:27 PM Rise 10:23 PM
18 Low 4:57 PM 0.5
18 High 11:15 PM 5.5
Tu 19 Low 5:29 AM 0.2 6:25 AM Set 10:34 AM 87
19 High 11:33 AM 5.0 8:27 PM Rise 10:52 PM
19 Low 5:40 PM 0.7
19 High 11:54 PM 5.3
W 20 Low 6:07 AM 0.3 6:25 AM Set 11:29 AM 79
20 High 12:16 PM 5.0 8:26 PM Rise 11:20 PM
20 Low 6:25 PM 1.0
Th 21 High 12:33 AM 5.0 6:26 AM Set 12:23 PM 71
21 Low 6:45 AM 0.4 8:26 PM Rise 11:50 PM
21 High 1:01 PM 5.0
21 Low 7:11 PM 1.2
F 22 High 1:16 AM 4.8 6:27 AM Set 1:17 PM 62
22 Low 7:25 AM 0.5 8:25 PM
22 High 1:47 PM 5.0
22 Low 8:02 PM 1.3
Sa 23 High 2:02 AM 4.6 6:27 AM Rise 12:22 AM 53
23 Low 8:09 AM 0.6 8:25 PM Set 2:12 PM
23 High 2:37 PM 5.1
23 Low 8:57 PM 1.4
Su 24 High 2:52 AM 4.4 6:28 AM Rise 12:57 AM 43
24 Low 8:58 AM 0.6 8:24 PM Set 3:08 PM
24 High 3:29 PM 5.2
24 Low 9:55 PM 1.3
M 25 High 3:45 AM 4.4 6:29 AM Rise 1:37 AM 34
25 Low 9:51 AM 0.5 8:23 PM Set 4:05 PM
25 High 4:23 PM 5.4
25 Low 10:51 PM 1.2
Tu 26 High 4:40 AM 4.4 6:29 AM Rise 2:23 AM 25
26 Low 10:45 AM 0.4 8:23 PM Set 5:00 PM
26 High 5:16 PM 5.6
26 Low 11:46 PM 1.0
W 27 High 5:34 AM 4.5 6:30 AM Rise 3:15 AM 17
27 Low 11:39 AM 0.2 8:22 PM Set 5:53 PM
27 High 6:08 PM 5.8
Th 28 Low 12:36 AM 0.7 6:31 AM Rise 4:12 AM 9
28 High 6:27 AM 4.7 8:21 PM Set 6:43 PM
28 Low 12:32 PM 0.0
28 High 6:58 PM 6.1
F 29 Low 1:25 AM 0.4 6:31 AM Rise 5:15 AM 4
29 High 7:18 AM 4.9 8:21 PM Set 7:29 PM
29 Low 1:23 PM -0.3
29 High 7:45 PM 6.3
Sa 30 Low 2:11 AM 0.1 6:32 AM Rise 6:21 AM 1
30 High 8:08 AM 5.2 8:20 PM Set 8:10 PM
30 Low 2:14 PM -0.4
30 High 8:32 PM 6.4
Su 31 Low 2:57 AM -0.1 6:33 AM Rise 7:29 AM 0
31 High 8:58 AM 5.4 8:19 PM Set 8:49 PM
31 Low 3:04 PM -0.5
31 High 9:18 PM 6.5
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OFFSHORE WATERS FORECAST
Synopsis...HIGH PRESSURE WILL EXTEND ACROSS THE WATERS THROUGH LATE WEEK.
TROPICAL STORM BRET IS FORECAST TO PASS WELL EAST OF THE WATERS TUESDAY.
REFER TO THE LATEST ADVISORY ON BRET ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER.
Today...NE winds 10 to 15 kt...becoming E in the afternoon. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
Tonight...E winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft...subsiding to 2 to 3 ft after
midnight.
Tue...Variable winds less than 5 kt...becoming S 10 kt in the afternoon.
Seas 2 to 3 ft.
Tue Night...SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft.
Wed...SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft.
Wed Night...S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft.
Thu...SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft... Building to 3 to 4 ft.
Fri...SW winds 10 to 15 kt...becoming S 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. A
slight chance of showers and tstms.
| | Notice posted on Monday, July 18, 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.
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