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| Subject: | CHARLESTON SC DAILY PORT UPDATE | | Date: | Monday, October 10, 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
Wando Terminal - Max draft 43'00 MLW - tide needed 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'
Pier J Max Draft 30 FT
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 - PETROCHEM SUPPLIER - ETA 10/12/11
HELLESPONT CHARGER - ETA 10/15/11
BP - TUG RESOLVE & 650-3 - IN ETD 1300/11TH
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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:
Cruise ship 'threat' a bit much
This whole "Charleston is in grave danger" schtick is getting pretty tiresome.
Not to mention ridiculous.
Last week, the World Monuments Fund put the city on its 2012 Watch List
because of the increase of cruise ships calling on our port. The New
York-based nonprofit organization said the ships "obstruct views both of
the harbor and the town."
You mean kind of like pricey, multistory condominium complexes built at the
water's edge? No, that's not a fair comparison -- you can move the cruise
ships.
And the World Monuments Fund said "the potential for hundreds of thousands
of passengers to disembark in the town" is a grave threat to a livable
city. Well, what about the 4 million coming in by car?
The WMF said it hopes that including the city on its watch list will
encourage the city to implement a balanced and sustainable plan for
tourism. Maybe they don't watch PBS, but it's a well-established fact that
folks in Charleston don't cotton to Yankees telling us what to do.
Just right
Helen Hill, executive director of the Charleston Area Convention and
Visitors Bureau, is among those not particularly happy with our new watch
list designation.
The National Trust for Historic Preservation said “expanding cruise ship
tourism could jeopardize the historic character of the city, historic
downtown Charleston and its surrounding neighborhoods.”
She questions how the WMF could make an educated decision about this
without ever contacting city or tourism officials to ask exactly what the
city's plans are. (Uh, they can't.)
Truth is, the CVB's position is so reasonable that it doesn't really make
either side real happy. The Bureau's opinion is that we don't need more
cruise ships, or less -- we've got it just right. Cruise ship passengers
are less than 5 percent of Charleston's tourists, meaning they are a blip
-- just one piece of a larger, diverse puzzle.
"One of the reasons we're so successful is that we are authentic," Hill
said. "We're a city, not a gated community."
Truth is, there is no danger. Ships aren't the only things blowing smoke
around here.
Speed 2?
Hill is right, we don't need to drag our family business out of state.
And we don't need billboards on the interstate that depict huge cruise ship
smokestacks towering over the city (by the way, the stack looks enough like
a Carnival ship's that the company might win a lawsuit).
Perhaps the cruise ships should use shoreside power when they are in port
-- other cities require it, and it would cut down on pollution.
And if the State Ports Authority believes we are not likely to attract
hundreds more of these cruise ships (probably an accurate assessment), they
could put into writing some reasonable ceiling on the number of ships that
can call on Charleston.
But sue 'em and they don't get real eager to please.
As with everything else these days, the sides are so polarized there seems
no room for needed compromise.
But honestly, the biggest danger to this city from cruise ships is if
Willem Dafoe hijacks one and plows it into The Battery. That's the plot of
a really bad movie, oddly enough with the subtitle "Cruise Control."
And it's about as plausible as all this sky-is-falling rhetoric.
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CURRENT ISSUES:
10/11/11 – 1700 – Monthly Pilot Commission
FUTURE/ONGOING ISSUES: 10/18/11 – 0930 – SPA Monthly meeting
10/20/11 – 0800 – Seafarer’s Breakfast
10/20/11 - 1800 - CWIT ANNUAL AUCTION
10/27/11 – 0745 – Nav Ops monthly meeting
11/15/11 - TBA - PROPELLER CLUB - STATE OF THE PORT DINNER
2018 - ETA FOR NEW CHARLESTON PORT TERMINAL TO BE COMPLETED
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SECURITY LEVEL: MARSEC 1
CURRENT HURRICANE STATUS - 4 TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
200 AM EDT MON OCT 10 2011
FOR THE NORTH ATLANTIC...CARIBBEAN SEA AND THE GULF OF MEXICO...
1. A NON-TROPICAL LOW PRESSURE AREA CENTERED INLAND OVER EAST-CENTRAL
FLORIDA CONTINUES TO PRODUCE GALE FORCE WINDS ALONG THE EAST COAST OF
NORTHERN FLORIDA AND OVER PORTIONS OF THE WESTERN ATLANTIC.
CLOUDINESS AND SHOWERS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SYSTEM HAVE BECOME LESS
ORGANIZED DURING THE PAST FEW HOURS AND THE CHANCE OF DEVELOPMENT INTO A
SUBTROPICAL CYCLONE IS DECREASING SINCE THE LOW WILL BE MOVING OVER THE
FLORIDA PENINSULA TODAY. THIS SYSTEM HAS A LOW CHANCE...20 PERCENT...OF
BECOMING A SUBTROPICAL CYCLONE DURING THE NEXT 48 HOURS AS IT MOVES
GENERALLY NORTHWESTWARD AT 5 TO 10 MPH. REGARDLESS OF DEVELOPMENT...STRONG
GUSTY WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL ARE EXPECTED ALONG PORTIONS OF THE
COAST OF THE SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES THROUGH TONIGHT. FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING WATCHES OR WARNINGS...PLEASE
SEE STATEMENTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE.
ELSEWHERE...TROPICAL CYCLONE FORMATION IS NOT EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 48
HOURS.
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Tides for Charleston (Customhouse Wharf) starting with July 21, 2011.
Day High Tide Height Sunrise Moon Time % Moon
/Low Time Feet Sunset Visible
M 10 Low 1:12 AM 0.5 7:20 AM Set 6:01 AM 95
10 High 7:20 AM 6.0 6:53 PM Rise 5:56 PM
10 Low 1:40 PM 0.7
10 High 7:45 PM 5.8
Tu 11 Low 1:50 AM 0.5 7:21 AM Set 6:55 AM 98
11 High 8:00 AM 6.1 6:52 PM Rise 6:26 PM
11 Low 2:20 PM 0.7
11 High 8:23 PM 5.7
W 12 Low 2:26 AM 0.5 7:22 AM Set 7:49 AM 99
12 High 8:37 AM 6.2 6:51 PM Rise 6:58 PM
12 Low 2:59 PM 0.8
12 High 9:00 PM 5.6
Th 13 Low 3:00 AM 0.5 7:22 AM Set 8:44 AM 99
13 High 9:13 AM 6.1 6:50 PM Rise 7:33 PM
13 Low 3:36 PM 0.9
13 High 9:35 PM 5.4
F 14 Low 3:35 AM 0.6 7:23 AM Set 9:39 AM 97
14 High 9:47 AM 6.1 6:48 PM Rise 8:12 PM
14 Low 4:12 PM 1.0
14 High 10:10 PM 5.2
Sa 15 Low 4:10 AM 0.7 7:24 AM Set 10:33 AM 93
15 High 10:21 AM 6.0 6:47 PM Rise 8:56 PM
15 Low 4:49 PM 1.1
15 High 10:44 PM 5.1
Su 16 Low 4:47 AM 0.8 7:24 AM Set 11:26 AM 87
16 High 10:58 AM 5.9 6:46 PM Rise 9:44 PM
16 Low 5:28 PM 1.3
16 High 11:20 PM 4.9
M 17 Low 5:27 AM 0.9 7:25 AM Set 12:17 PM 80
17 High 11:39 AM 5.8 6:45 PM Rise 10:37 PM
17 Low 6:12 PM 1.4
Tu 18 High 12:02 AM 4.8 7:26 AM Set 1:04 PM 72
18 Low 6:14 AM 1.0 6:44 PM Rise 11:34 PM
18 High 12:27 PM 5.8
18 Low 7:02 PM 1.4
W 19 High 12:54 AM 4.8 7:27 AM Set 1:48 PM 63
19 Low 7:08 AM 1.0 6:43 PM
19 High 1:22 PM 5.7
19 Low 7:57 PM 1.3
Th 20 High 1:54 AM 4.9 7:28 AM Rise 12:34 AM 52
20 Low 8:09 AM 1.0 6:41 PM Set 2:28 PM
20 High 2:23 PM 5.8
20 Low 8:57 PM 1.2
F 21 High 3:00 AM 5.1 7:28 AM Rise 1:36 AM 42
21 Low 9:14 AM 0.8 6:40 PM Set 3:06 PM
21 High 3:26 PM 5.9
21 Low 9:57 PM 0.9
Sa 22 High 4:04 AM 5.5 7:29 AM Rise 2:40 AM 31
22 Low 10:20 AM 0.6 6:39 PM Set 3:43 PM
22 High 4:27 PM 6.0
22 Low 10:54 PM 0.5
Su 23 High 5:05 AM 6.0 7:30 AM Rise 3:46 AM 21
23 Low 11:23 AM 0.3 6:38 PM Set 4:19 PM
23 High 5:25 PM 6.2
23 Low 11:48 PM 0.1
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OFFSHORE WEATHER FORECAST:
Columbus Day: Frequent showers and possibly a thunderstorm. Some of the
storms could produce heavy rainfall. High near 75. Windy, with a east wind
between 25 and 28 mph, with gusts as high as 40 mph. Chance of
precipitation is 100%. New rainfall amounts between 1 and 2 inches possible.
Tonight: Frequent showers and possibly a thunderstorm. Some of the storms
could produce heavy rainfall. Low around 69. Breezy, with a east wind
between 13 and 23 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts
between 1 and 2 inches possible.
Tuesday: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm. Mostly cloudy, with a
high near 77. East wind between 8 and 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is
70%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Tuesday Night: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm. Mostly cloudy,
with a low around 72. East wind 7 to 9 mph becoming south. Chance of
precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch,
except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Wednesday: A chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 78. West
wind between 5 and 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
Wednesday Night: A slight chance of showers. Partly cloudy, with a low
around 66. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Thursday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 80.
Thursday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 65.
Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 79.
Friday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 61.
Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 77.
Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 61.
Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 77.
| | Notice posted on Monday, October 10, 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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