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| Subject: | CHARLESTON SC DAILY PORT UPDATE | | Date: | Tuesday, July 19, 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 - LIAN AN HU - ETA 7/20/11
KMI4 - E PIONEER - ETA 7/21/11
KMI4 - ISE PRINCESS - ETA 7/22/11
KMI4 - BOW CHAIN - ETA 7/24/11
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:
It's full-speed ahead for SPA cruise plan: Agency unveils development
details despite opposition
By David Slade
dslade@postandcourier.com
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
The State Ports Authority plans to start construction before the end of
this year on the $35 million cruise ship passenger terminal planned at
Union Pier in downtown Charleston, launching a redevelopment of the port
property.
The SPA is pressing ahead despite some opposition to cruise ships, the
location of the new terminal and a lawsuit against the SPA's primary
cruise ship customer, Carnival Cruise Lines.
Detailed design plans and images of the new $35 million cruise ship
terminal planned at Union Pier were presented Monday afternoon by the
South Carolina Ports Authority. Nautical themes and building materials
common in historic areas of Charleston will be used in the passenger
terminal, which is seen as the first step in a broader redevelopment of
the Union Pier property.
Detailed plans for the new terminal were presented Monday afternoon at
the last in a series of three meetings on the design of the building. The
passenger terminal would be created from an existing warehouse and would
replace a roughly 40-year-old terminal at the south end of Union Pier
near Market Street.
The cruise terminal is seen as the first step in redeveloping the Union
Pier property, which until recently was an active cargo terminal and
remains a vast expanse of asphalt dotted with industrial buildings, criss-
crossed by rail lines and surrounded by barbed wire. In an
acknowledgement that the plan is controversial and that opponents want
few cruise ships or none at all operating from Union Pier, SPA President
and CEO Jim Newsome said repeatedly that without the new passenger
terminal there would be no Union Pier redevelopment.
It's an all-or-nothing deal, the way the SPA presents the plan. Either
keep Union Pier as it is now, or embrace cruise ships and the new
terminal.
Charleston Mayor Joe Riley reiterated that position Monday as he spoke in
support of the terminal design and the cruise ship business.
He praised the Union Pier plan as "creating something extraordinary, of
value to all citizens of the city for all time" and said the design
process had been a model of citizen engagement.
"This is possible because we are building a new cruise terminal," Riley
said. "It would be something ... weird ... if a city with this harbor
allowed you to unload cars and equipment but not people."
The mayor and Newsome each described the lawsuit against Carnival Cruise
Lines as "outrageous."
"We will do everything in our power to defeat it," Newsome said.
"Don't even get me started on that," Riley said after raising the subject
himself during his remarks. He compared the lawsuit to an unpopular
National Labor Relations Board action against Boeing Corp.
The June lawsuit against Carnival Cruise Lines by the Coastal
Conservation League, Preservation Society of Charleston and the
Ansonborough and Charlestowne neighborhoods claims Carnival, the world's
largest cruise ship operator, "is violating numerous laws" dealing with
zoning and aesthetic issues such as building height and the size of
signs, as well as the South Carolina Pollution Control Act.
The suit seeks a judgment that it is illegal for Carnival to use Union
Pier, although some of the groups behind the complaint insist they are
not trying to drive away cruise ships.
Katie Zimmerman of the Coastal Conservation League and Carrie Agnew,
chairwoman of Historic Ansonborough Neighborhood Association Cruise Ship
Committee, attended the SPA's design meeting Monday and said later that
the legal action against Carnival is aimed at clarifying whether
Charleston's zoning laws apply to cruise ships.
Zimmerman said there's a fairness issue involved, in a city where the
size and appearance of hotels is tightly regulated, if huge cruise ships
carrying thousands of passengers can operate outside the rules.
In addition to objecting to the height and size of cruise ships and the
frequency of their visits, opponents have accused the ships of polluting
the air and water, creating traffic jams downtown and damaging
Charleston's reputation by catering to passengers of lower socioeconomic
status.
The SPA earlier relocated cargo business from Union Pier to the Columbus
Street Terminal in anticipation of the new cruise passenger facility.
Design plans call for reopening Concord Street through the port property
when the passenger building opens and creating a landscaped parking area
that would appear less industrial than the current site. The
redevelopment also would improve public access to the water and public
views of the water.
"This is something our great-grandchildren will benefit from," Riley
said.
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CURRENT ISSUES:
07/19/11 - 1000 - 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 7
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL022011
500 AM EDT TUE JUL 19 2011
...BRET WEAKENS A LITTLE MORE...
SUMMARY OF 500 AM EDT...0900 UTC...INFORMATION
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LOCATION...29.3N 76.4W
ABOUT 205 MI...330 KM NNE OF GREAT ABACO ISLAND ABOUT 410 MI...660 KM S
OF CAPE HATTERAS NORTH CAROLINA MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...50 MPH...85
KM/H PRESENT MOVEMENT...NNE OR 25 DEGREES AT 7 MPH...11 KM/H MINIMUM
CENTRAL PRESSURE...1000 MB...29.53 INCHES
WATCHES AND WARNINGS
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THERE ARE NO COASTAL WATCHES OR WARNINGS IN EFFECT.
DISCUSSION AND 48-HOUR OUTLOOK
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AT 500 AM EDT...0900 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM BRET WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 29.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE 76.4 WEST. BRET IS MOVING TOWARD
THE NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 7 MPH...11 KM/H. A TURN TOWARD THE NORTHEAST
AND AN INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED ARE EXPECTED IN THE NEXT DAY OR TWO. ON
THE FORECAST TRACK...THE CENTER OF BRET IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN WELL
OFFSHORE OF THE SOUTHEASTERN COAST OF THE UNITED STATES.
DATA FROM AN AIR FORCE RESERVE HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT INDICATE THAT
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO NEAR 50 MPH...85 KM/H ...WITH
HIGHER GUSTS. GRADUAL WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT
48 HOURS.
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 50 MILES...85 KM FROM THE
CENTER.
THE LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE MEASURED BY THE AIRCRAFT WAS 1000
MB...29.53 INCHES.
HAZARDS AFFECTING LAND
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NONE.
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Tides for Charleston (Customhouse Wharf) starting with July 19, 2011.
Day High Tide Height Sunrise Moon Time % Moon
/Low Time Feet Sunset Visible
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
M 1 Low 3:42 AM -0.3 6:33 AM Rise 8:36 AM 1
1 High 9:48 AM 5.7 8:18 PM Set 9:26 PM
1 Low 3:55 PM -0.5
1 High 10:04 PM 6.4
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OFFSHORE WATERS FORECAST
NWS OCEAN PREDICTION CENTER WASHINGTON DC
500 AM EDT TUE JUL 19 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.
ANZ088-191500-
CAPE FEAR TO 31N OUT TO 32N 73W TO 31N 74W
500 AM EDT TUE JUL 19 2011
TROPICAL STORM WARNING
TODAY
SE PORTION...E TO NE WINDS 15 TO 25 KT INCREASING TO 25
TO 35 KT...EXCEPT OVER FAR S PART TO 35 TO 50 KT LATE. SEAS
BUILDING TO 8 TO 15 FT...HIGHEST FAR SE. NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND
TSTMS. NW PORTION...N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT INCREASING TO 15
TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT BUILDING TO 5 TO 8 FT. HIGHEST WINDS
AND SEAS SE. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS.
TONIGHT
E OF 1000 FM...SHIFTING WINDS 25 TO 40 KT...EXCEPT
OVER SE PART 40 TO 60 KT. SEAS BUILDING TO 12 TO 20 FT. NUMEROUS
SHOWERS AND TSTMS. W OF 1000 FM...WINDS SHIFTING TO W TO NW 15
TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 10 FT. HIGHEST WINDS AND SEAS E. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND TSTMS.
WED
E OF 75W...SHIFTING WINDS 40 TO 55 KT EARLY...BECOMING W
TO SW AND DIMINISHING TO 20 TO 30 KT LATE. SEAS SUBSIDING TO 7
TO 14 FT LATE...HIGHEST E. W OF 75W...SW WINDS DIMINISHING TO 10
TO 20 KT. SEAS SUBSIDING TO 4 TO 7 FT. HIGHEST WINDS AND SEAS E.
WED NIGHT
WINDS DIMINISHING TO SW 10 KT 15 KT THROUGHOUT.
SEAS SUBSIDING TO 3 TO 5 FT.
THU THROUGH SAT
SW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
| | Notice posted on Tuesday, July 19, 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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