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| Subject: | CHARLESTON SC DAILY PORT UPDATE | | Date: | Wednesday, January 11, 2012 | | 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 - ARIS - IN ETD 1600/11TH
XANTHOS - ETA 1300/12TH
SITEAM DISCOVERER - ETA 1/11/12 ??
CHEMTRANS OSTE - ETA 1/17/12
BP - TUG RESOLVE $ 650-3 - ETA 0100/14TH
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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:
Three vessels charged with violating Right Whale ship strike reduction rule
pay penalties
Speed restrictions in seasonal management areas reduce risk of death to
endangered whales
January 10, 2012
Three large commercial vessels who were assessed civil penalties this fall
for violating seasonal speed limits designed to protect one of the most
endangered whale species in the world have paid their penalties in full.
Cases against six other vessels for the same offense are still open.
The ship strike reduction rule, enacted in December 2008, restricts vessels
of 65 feet or greater to speeds of 10 knots or less in seasonal management
areas along the East Coast to reduce the chances of North Atlantic right
whales being injured or killed by ships.
Notices of Violation and Assessment (NOVAs) were issued Nov. 21 by the NOAA
Office of General Counsel’s enforcement section to owners and operators of
vessels that allegedly traveled multiple times through the seasonal
management areas at speeds well in excess of the 10 knots allowed under the
regulations.
The alleged violations occurred between November 2009 and January 2011
outside of New York City; Charleston, S.C.; Brunswick, King’s Bay and
Savannah, Ga.; and Mayport, Fla. One vessel was charged with 16 counts of
speeding. Vessels’ documented speeds ranged from 13 to 18 knots, and the
vessels traveled these speeds for as many as 26 nautical miles.
Each count in the NOVAs was assessed at $5,750, resulting in total penalty
assessments ranging from $11,500 to $92,000. None of the vessels receiving
NOVAs had prior violations.
The owners and operators had 30 days to respond either by paying the
penalty, seeking to have it modified, or requesting a hearing.
Compliance with this rule is critically important for preventing right
whale extinction. Ship strikes are the leading source of human-caused
mortality for right whales, and together with entanglements in nets, are
slowing the recovery of this critically endangered species.
Biologists believe that there are as few as 396 right whales left in the
North Atlantic Ocean. Right whales are protected by the Endangered Species
Act of 1973 and the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972. The death of even
one whale can be devastating to the right whale population. NOAA estimates
that a female right whale will need to give birth to four healthy calves
over her lifetime to successfully replace herself within the population.
The mission of NOAA’s Office of Law Enforcement is to ensure compliance
with the laws and regulations enacted to conserve and protect our nation's
marine resources. To report a suspected violation, contact Enforcement’s
national hotline at 1-800-853-1964.
For more information on the Right Whale Ship Strike Reduction Rule,
including a compliance guide with maps of the seasonal management areas and
dates they are in effect, visithttp://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/shipstrike/
NOAA’s mission is to understand and predict changes in the Earth's
environment, from the depths of the ocean to the surface of the sun, and to
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CURRENT ISSUES:
1/17/12 – 1100 SCSPA MONTHLY MEETING
1/17/12 – 1145 – CWIT monthly luncheon
FUTURE/ONGOING ISSUES:
1/19/12 – 1200 – PROP CLUB LUNCH
1/26/12 - 0815 - NAV OPS MEETING
2/10/12 - ANNUAL PORT MEETING
2/16/12 – PROP CLUB OYSTER ROAST
2018 - ETA FOR NEW CHARLESTON PORT TERMINAL TO BE COMPLETED
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SECURITY LEVEL: MARSEC 1
CURRENT HURRICANE STATUS - 5 / OFF SEASON
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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
W 11 Low 2:48 AM -0.6 7:23 AM Set 8:44 AM 97
11 High 8:59 AM 5.9 5:32 PM Rise 8:18 PM
11 Low 3:22 PM -0.3
11 High 9:23 PM 5.1
Th 12 Low 3:34 AM -0.5 7:23 AM Set 9:19 AM 92
12 High 9:39 AM 5.8 5:33 PM Rise 9:21 PM
12 Low 4:05 PM -0.4
12 High 10:08 PM 5.2
F 13 Low 4:23 AM -0.4 7:23 AM Set 9:54 AM 85
13 High 10:23 AM 5.6 5:34 PM Rise 10:25 PM
13 Low 4:50 PM -0.4
13 High 10:58 PM 5.3
Sa 14 Low 5:16 AM -0.3 7:22 AM Set 10:29 AM 77
14 High 11:11 AM 5.4 5:35 PM Rise 11:30 PM
14 Low 5:38 PM -0.4
14 High 11:53 PM 5.3
Su 15 Low 6:14 AM -0.1 7:22 AM Set 11:05 AM 67
15 High 12:05 PM 5.1 5:36 PM
15 Low 6:32 PM -0.3
M 16 High 12:55 AM 5.4 7:22 AM Rise 12:35 AM 56
16 Low 7:18 AM 0.1 5:37 PM Set 11:45 AM
16 High 1:05 PM 4.9
16 Low 7:32 PM -0.3
Tu 17 High 2:02 AM 5.4 7:22 AM Rise 1:42 AM 44
17 Low 8:25 AM 0.2 5:38 PM Set 12:29 PM
17 High 2:11 PM 4.8
17 Low 8:36 PM -0.3
W 18 High 3:11 AM 5.6 7:22 AM Rise 2:48 AM 33
18 Low 9:32 AM 0.1 5:39 PM Set 1:18 PM
18 High 3:18 PM 4.7
18 Low 9:41 PM -0.4
Th 19 High 4:17 AM 5.7 7:21 AM Rise 3:53 AM 23
19 Low 10:35 AM -0.1 5:40 PM Set 2:14 PM
19 High 4:24 PM 4.8
19 Low 10:43 PM -0.5
F 20 High 5:19 AM 5.9 7:21 AM Rise 4:53 AM 14
20 Low 11:34 AM -0.3 5:41 PM Set 3:14 PM
20 High 5:26 PM 4.9
20 Low 11:41 PM -0.7
Sa 21 High 6:15 AM 6.1 7:21 AM Rise 5:48 AM 7
21 Low 12:27 PM -0.5 5:41 PM Set 4:17 PM
21 High 6:22 PM 5.1
Su 22 Low 12:36 AM -0.8 7:20 AM Rise 6:36 AM 2
22 High 7:06 AM 6.2 5:42 PM Set 5:22 PM
22 Low 1:17 PM -0.6
22 High 7:14 PM 5.2
M 23 Low 1:26 AM -0.8 7:20 AM Rise 7:18 AM 0
23 High 7:54 AM 6.1 5:43 PM Set 6:25 PM
23 Low 2:03 PM -0.7
23 High 8:02 PM 5.3
Tu 24 Low 2:14 AM -0.8 7:19 AM Rise 7:55 AM 0
24 High 8:37 AM 6.0 5:44 PM Set 7:26 PM
24 Low 2:47 PM -0.6
24 High 8:47 PM 5.3
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OFFSHORE WATERS FORECAST
Synopsis...A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH ACROSS THE WATERS THIS AFTERNOON AND
EARLY EVENING...FOLLOWED BY ANOTHER COLD FRONT THURSDAY NIGHT. HIGH
PRESSURE WILL THEN BUILD IN FROM THE WEST OVER THE WEEKEND.
Today...SE winds 10 kt...becoming S 15 to 20 kt late this morning and
afternoon. Seas 2 to 3 ft...building to 4 to 6 ft this afternoon. A chance
of showers early this morning...then showers late this morning and
afternoon. A slight chance of tstms this afternoon.
Tonight...SW winds 20 to 25 kt...becoming W 15 to 20 kt after midnight.
Seas 4 to 6 ft...subsiding to 4 to 5 ft after midnight. A slight chance of
showers in the evening.
Thu...SW winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft.
Thu Night...W winds 20 to 25 kt with gusts to 30 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft.
Fri...W winds 20 to 25 kt...diminishing to 15 to 20 kt in the afternoon.
Seas 4 to 5 ft...subsiding to 3 to 4 ft in the afternoon.
Fri Night...W winds 15 to 20 kt with gusts to 25 kt. Seas 3 to 4
ft...subsiding to 2 to 3 ft after midnight.
Sat...W winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft.
Sat Night...W winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft.
Sun...W winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft.
Sun Night...N winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft.
| | Notice posted on Wednesday, January 11, 2012 | |
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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