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Houston, Galveston, Texas City, & Freeport, TX - Daily Port Update 01/31/2017 Normal
Houston, Galveston, Texas City, & Freeport, TX - Daily Port Update 01/30/2017 Normal
Houston, Galveston, Texas City, & Freeport, TX - Daily Port Update 01/29/2017 Normal
Houston, Galveston, Texas City, & Freeport, TX - Daily Port Update 01/28/2017 Normal
Houston, Galveston, Texas City, & Freeport, TX - Daily Port Update 01/27/2017 Normal
Houston, Galveston, Texas City, & Freeport, TX - Daily Port Update 01/26/2017 Normal
Houston, Galveston, Texas City, & Freeport, TX - Daily Port Update 01/25/2017 Normal
Houston, Galveston, Texas City, & Freeport, TX - Daily Port Update 01/24/2017 Normal
Houston, Galveston, Texas City, & Freeport, TX - Daily Port Update 01/23/2017 Normal
Houston, Galveston, Texas City, & Freeport, TX - Daily Port Update 01/22/2017 Normal
Houston, Galveston, Texas City, & Freeport, TX - Daily Port Update 01/21/2017 Normal
Houston, Galveston, Texas City, & Freeport, TX - Daily Port Update 01/20/2017 Normal
Houston, Galveston, Texas City, & Freeport, TX - Daily Port Update 01/19/2017 Normal
Houston, Galveston, Texas City, & Freeport, TX - Daily Port Update 01/18/2017 Normal
Houston, Galveston/TX City, Freeport - Update 01/18/2017 Normal
Houston, TX - Update 01/18/2017 Normal
Houston, Galveston, Texas City, & Freeport, TX - Daily Port Update 01/17/2017 Normal
Houston Ship Channel Update01/17/2017 Normal
Houston, Galveston, Texas City, & Freeport, TX - Daily Port Update 01/16/2017 Normal
Houston, Galveston, Texas City, & Freeport, TX - Port Update01/15/2017 Normal
Houston, Galveston, Texas City, & Freeport, TX - Daily Port Update 01/15/2017 Normal
Houston, Galveston, Texas City, & Freeport, TX - Daily Port 01/14/2017 Normal
Houston, Galveston, Texas City, & Freeport, TX - Daily Port Update 01/14/2017 Normal
Houston Ship Channel // Galveston/Texas City Update01/13/2017 Normal
Houston, Galveston, Texas City, & Freeport, TX - Daily Port Update 01/13/2017 Normal
Houston, Galveston, Texas City, & Freeport, TX - Daily Port Update 01/12/2017 Normal
Houston, Galveston, Texas City, & Freeport, TX - Daily Port Update 01/11/2017 Normal
Houston, Galveston, Texas City, & Freeport, TX - Daily Port Update 01/10/2017 Normal
Houston, Galveston, Texas City, & Freeport, TX - Daily Port Update 01/09/2017 Normal
Houston, Galveston, Texas City, & Freeport, TX - Daily Port Update 01/08/2017 Normal
Houston, Galveston, Texas City, & Freeport, TX - Daily Port Update 01/07/2017 Normal
Houston, Galveston, Texas City, & Freeport, TX - Daily Port Update 01/06/2017 Normal
Houston, Galveston, Texas City, & Freeport, TX - Daily Port Update 01/05/2017 Normal
Houston, Galveston, Texas City, & Freeport, TX - Daily Port Update 01/04/2017 Normal
Houston, Galveston, Texas City, & Freeport, TX - Daily Port Update 01/03/2017 Normal
Houston, Galveston, Texas City, & Freeport, TX - Daily Port Update 01/02/2017 Normal
Houston, Galveston, Texas City, & Freeport, TX - Daily Port Update 01/01/2017 Normal

Daily Port Update

Subject:Houston, Galveston, Texas City, & Freeport, TX - Daily Port Update
Date:Friday, January 13, 2017
Priority:Normal
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Houston, Galveston, Texas City, & Freeport, TX - Daily Port Update  

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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Houston //  Closed to all traffic – due to fog

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<span-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Houston Pilots WEB Site presently is off line

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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Recent HSC Closures

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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">01/01

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">0220       Pilots suspended outbound traffic / inbound traffic remains suspended – due to fog

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">1130       Pilots resumed boarding outbound / inbound traffic remains suspended

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">1550       Pilots resumed boarding inbound traffic / outbound traffic remains open

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2118       Pilots suspended boarding inbound traffic / outbound traffic suspended – due to fog

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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">01/02

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">0620       Pilots resumed boarding inbound and outbound traffic

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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">01/12

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">0250     Pilots suspended boarding inbound traffic due to fog / remains boarding outbound traffic

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">0415     Pilots suspended boarding outbound traffic and inbound traffic remains suspended due to fog

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">0842     Pilots resumed boarding inbound and outbound traffic

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2000     Pilots suspended inbound and outbound traffic due to fog

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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Galveston / Texas City // Open to all traffic   

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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Freeport // Open to all traffic

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<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">High          79° F

Wind Chill NR<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">° F

<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Humidity   97%

<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Barometer  30.29 in / 1026.1 mb

<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Dewpoint   66° F

<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Visibility     0.75  miles

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<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Friday  

<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Fog

<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Currently   67° F

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Wind Chill NR<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">° F

<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Humidity   97° F

<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Barometer  30.30 in / 1025.9 mb

<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Dewpoint   66° F

<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Visibility      0.25 miles

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Overcast

<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Currently   70° F

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Wind Chill NR<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">° F

<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Humidity   93° F

<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Barometer  30.28 in  / 1025.2 mb

<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Dewpoint   68° F

<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Visibility       7 miles

<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Wind SE 9 mph

<span-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Today: <span-family:"Arial",sans-serif">A 20 percent chance of showers. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with a high near 79. Southeast wind 5 to 10 mph.

Tonight: A 20 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 64. East wind 5 to 10 mph.

Saturday: A 20 percent chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 76. East wind 5 to 10 mph.

Saturday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 62. East wind 5 to 10 mph.

Sunday: A chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 9am. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 74. Southeast wind 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Sunday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 65.

M.L.King Day: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 76.

Monday Night: Showers and thunderstorms likely. Cloudy, with a low around 61. Chance of precipitation is 70%.

Tuesday: Showers and thunderstorms likely. Cloudy, with a high near 71. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Tuesday Night: A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Cloudy, with a low around 56.

Wednesday: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 67.

Wednesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 52.

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Today: A 20 percent chance of showers before 9am. Areas of dense fog before 9am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with a high near 72. East wind 10 to 15 mph.

Tonight: A 20 percent chance of showers after midnight. Patchy fog after midnight. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a low around 62. East wind around 10 mph.

Saturday: Patchy fog. Otherwise, partly sunny, with a high near 69. East wind around 10 mph.

Saturday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers. Areas of fog after midnight. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a low around 61. East wind around 10 mph.

Sunday: A slight chance of showers before 9am, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms between 9am and noon, then a slight chance of showers after noon. Patchy fog before 9am, then patchy fog after noon. Otherwise, partly sunny, with a high near 70. East wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Sunday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Patchy fog. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a low around 63.

M.L.King Day: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Patchy fog. Otherwise, partly sunny, with a high near 70.

Monday Night: Showers and thunderstorms likely. Cloudy, with a low around 60. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Tuesday: Showers and thunderstorms likely. Cloudy, with a high near 68. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Tuesday Night: Showers and thunderstorms likely. Cloudy, with a low around 57. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Wednesday: A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 64.

Wednesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 56.

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<span-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Today: <span-family:"Arial",sans-serif">A 20 percent chance of showers. Areas of dense fog before 9am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with a high near 75. East wind around 10 mph.

Tonight: A 20 percent chance of showers. Patchy fog after midnight. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a low around 63. East wind around 10 mph.

Saturday: Patchy fog. Otherwise, partly sunny, with a high near 73. East wind 10 to 15 mph.

Saturday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers. Areas of fog after midnight. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a low around 62. East wind around 10 mph.

Sunday: A slight chance of showers before 9am, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms between 9am and noon, then a slight chance of showers after noon. Patchy fog before 9am, then patchy fog after noon. Otherwise, partly sunny, with a high near 71. Southeast wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Sunday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Patchy fog. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a low around 65.

M.L.King Day: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Patchy fog. Otherwise, partly sunny, with a high near 73.

Monday Night: A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Cloudy, with a low around 62.

Tuesday: Showers and thunderstorms likely. Cloudy, with a high near 70. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Tuesday Night: A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Cloudy, with a low around 57.

Wednesday: A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 67.

Wednesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 55.

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  Hazardous Weather Outlook<span-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 436 AM CST FRI JAN 13 2017   TXZ163-164-176>179-195>200-210>214-226-227-235>238-141045- AUSTIN-BRAZORIA-BRAZOS-BURLESON-CHAMBERS-COLORADO-FORT BEND- GALVESTON-GRIMES-HARRIS-HOUSTON-JACKSON-LIBERTY-MADISON-MATAGORDA- MONTGOMERY-POLK-SAN JACINTO-TRINITY-WALKER-WALLER-WASHINGTON- WHARTON- 436 AM CST FRI JAN 13 2017   THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS..   .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT   AREAS OF SEA FOG WILL LINGER NEAR THE COAST TODAY. VISIBILITIES WILL VARY GREATLY...RANGING BETWEEN 1 AND 6 MILES. LOCALLY DENSE FOG WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG THE BARRIER ISLANDS WITH VISIBILITY DROPPING BELOW A 1/2 MILE AT TIMES.   .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY   AN APPROACHING UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM WILL BRING INCREASING SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM CHANCES MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND A FEW STRONG STORMS POSSIBLE DURING THIS TIME.   .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...   SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.   $$  
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<span-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Dense Fog Advisory URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 731 AM CST FRI JAN 13 2017   ...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH 11 AM CST...   .DENSE SEA FOG HAS MOVED INLAND AND VISIBILITIES HAVE DROPPED TO A 1/4 MILE AT GALVESTON AND ELLINGTON FIELD. WEB CAMERAS SHOW HIGHWAY 146 AND HIGHWAY 225 WITH VISIBILITY REDUCTIONS IN DENSE FOG.   TXZ213-214-238-131700- /O.NEW.KHGX.FG.Y.0003.170113T1331Z-170113T1700Z/ CHAMBERS-GALVESTON-HARRIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANAHUAC...FRIENDSWOOD...GALVESTON... HOUSTON...HUMBLE...KATY...LEAGUE CITY...MONT BELVIEU...PASADENA... TEXAS CITY...TOMBALL...WINNIE 731 AM CST FRI JAN 13 2017   ...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM CST THIS MORNING...   THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HOUSTON/GALVESTON HAS ISSUED A DENSE FOG ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM CST THIS MORNING.   * EVENT...DENSE FOG.   * TIMING...THROUGH MID-MORNING.   * IMPACT...MOTORISTS SHOULD DRIVE WITH EXTREME CAUTION AND ALLOW   ADDITIONAL TRAVEL TIME. USE LOW BEAMS...REDUCE DRIVING   SPEED...AND ALLOW FOR PLENTY OF ROOM BETWEEN YOU AND OTHER CARS.   YOU CAN OVERTAKE ANOTHER VEHICLE QUICKLY IN POOR   VISIBILITIES...SO SLOW DOWN AND DRIVE DEFENSIVELY.   PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...   A DENSE FOG ADVISORY MEANS VISIBILITIES WILL FREQUENTLY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE. IF DRIVING...SLOW DOWN... USE YOUR HEADLIGHTS...AND LEAVE PLENTY OF DISTANCE AHEAD OF YOU.   &&   $$   <span-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> 

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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">NOAA Houston/Galveston Weather

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">http://www.srh.noaa.gov/hgx/

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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">NOAA USGULF Offshore Waters Weather

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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">KHOU WEATHER

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<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">MARSEC LEVEL 1

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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Maximum Deep Drafts - Houston / Galveston Bay

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">PORTS NOAA/NOS Water Levels (above MLLW) @ 0828 hrs

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Morgan’s Point

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">1.6 ft Falling = 46’06”

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Eagle Point

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">1.7 ft Falling = 46’07”

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Galveston Bay Entrance

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">0.4 ft Falling = 45’04”

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Pier 21

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">0.8 ft Falling = 45’08”

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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Winds – Houston / Galveston Bay PORTS, NOAA/NOS @ 0828 hrs 

<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Morgan’s Point

<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">7 knots from E, gusts to 9 knots

<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Eagle Point

<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">4 knots from ESE, gusts to 5 knots

<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Galveston Bay Entrance

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Please visit our WEB Site<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> www.moranshipping.com<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> for port tide tables

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<span-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">NOAA Weather Galveston Bay & Matagorda Bay

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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">FZUS54 KHGX 131310

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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">COASTAL WATERS FORECAST

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX

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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">UPPER TEXAS COASTAL WATERS FROM HIGH ISLAND TO THE MATAGORDA SHIP

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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">SEAS ARE PROVIDED AS A RANGE OF THE AVERAGE HEIGHT OF THE HIGHEST

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">1/3 OF THE WAVES...ALONG WITH THE OCCASIONAL HEIGHT OF THE AVERAGE

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">HIGHEST 10 PERCENT OF THE WAVES.

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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">SYNOPSIS FOR HIGH ISLAND TO THE MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL OUT 60

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">NAUTICAL MILES INCLUDING GALVESTON AND MATAGORDA BAYS

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">710 AM CST FRI JAN 13 2017

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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.SYNOPSIS FOR HIGH ISLAND TO MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL OUT 60 NM...

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">LIGHT TO OCCASIONALLY MODERATE SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL PREVAIL THE NEXT

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">FEW DAYS. INCREASING CHANCES FOR MORE WIDESPREAD DENSE SEA FOG WILL

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">OCCUR OVER THE BAYS AND NEARSHORE WATERS THROUGH SUNDAY. WITH LITTLE

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">CHANGE IN THE OVERALL WEATHER PATTERN...ANY DENSE SEA FOG COULD

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">PERSIST WELL INTO THE LATE MORNING OR EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS. 

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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">GMZ335-140215-

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">GALVESTON BAY-

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">710 AM CST FRI JAN 13 2017

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New""> 

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY...

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New""> 

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.REST OF TODAY...EAST WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS. BAY WATERS SMOOTH.

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">AREAS OF DENSE FOG WITH VISIBILITY 1 NM OR LESS EARLY IN THE

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">MORNING. AREAS OF FOG IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. A SLIGHT

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">CHANCE OF SHOWERS.

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.TONIGHT...EAST WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS. BAY WATERS SMOOTH. AREAS OF

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">FOG IN THE EVENING. PATCHY FOG AFTER MIDNIGHT. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">SHOWERS.

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.SATURDAY...EAST WINDS AROUND 10 KNOTS. BAY WATERS SMOOTH TO

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">SLIGHTLY CHOPPY. PATCHY FOG.

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.SATURDAY NIGHT...EAST WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS. BAY WATERS SMOOTH.

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">AREAS OF FOG. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS.

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.SUNDAY...SOUTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS. BAY WATERS SLIGHTLY

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">CHOPPY. PATCHY FOG EARLY IN THE MORNING. PATCHY FOG IN THE

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">AFTERNOON. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">LATE IN THE MORNING.

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.SUNDAY NIGHT...SOUTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS. BAY WATERS

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">SLIGHTLY CHOPPY. PATCHY FOG. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">THUNDERSTORMS.

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.MONDAY...SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS. BAY WATERS SLIGHTLY CHOPPY.

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">PATCHY FOG. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.MONDAY NIGHT...SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS DECREASING TO 5 TO

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">10 KNOTS AFTER MIDNIGHT. BAY WATERS SLIGHTLY CHOPPY BECOMING

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">SMOOTH AFTER MIDNIGHT. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY.

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.TUESDAY...SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS. BAY WATERS SMOOTH. SHOWERS

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY.

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.TUESDAY NIGHT...SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS BECOMING NORTHWEST

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">AFTER MIDNIGHT. BAY WATERS SMOOTH. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">LIKELY.

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New""> 

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">$$

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New""> 

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">GMZ330-140215-

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">MATAGORDA BAY-

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">710 AM CST FRI JAN 13 2017

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New""> 

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.REST OF TODAY...SOUTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS. BAY WATERS

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">SLIGHTLY CHOPPY. AREAS OF DENSE FOG WITH VISIBILITY 1 NM OR LESS

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">EARLY IN THE MORNING. AREAS OF FOG IN THE LATE MORNING AND

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">AFTERNOON. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS.

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.TONIGHT...EAST WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS. BAY WATERS SLIGHTLY CHOPPY.

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">AREAS OF FOG IN THE EVENING...THEN PATCHY FOG AFTER MIDNIGHT. A

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT.

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.SATURDAY...EAST WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS. BAY WATERS SLIGHTLY

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">CHOPPY. PATCHY FOG. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS.

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.SATURDAY NIGHT...EAST WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS. BAY WATERS SLIGHTLY

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">CHOPPY. AREAS OF FOG. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS.

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.SUNDAY...SOUTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS. BAY WATERS SLIGHTLY

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">CHOPPY. PATCHY FOG EARLY IN THE MORNING. PATCHY FOG IN THE

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">AFTERNOON. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">THE MORNING.

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.SUNDAY NIGHT...SOUTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS. BAY WATERS

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">SLIGHTLY CHOPPY. PATCHY FOG. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">THUNDERSTORMS.

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.MONDAY...SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS. BAY WATERS SLIGHTLY CHOPPY.

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">PATCHY FOG. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.MONDAY NIGHT...SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS. BAY WATERS SLIGHTLY

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">CHOPPY. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.TUESDAY...SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS BECOMING WEST IN THE

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">AFTERNOON. BAY WATERS SMOOTH. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY.

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.TUESDAY NIGHT...NORTH WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS. BAY WATERS SMOOTH. A

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New""> 

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">$$

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New""> 

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">GMZ355-140215-

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">COASTAL WATERS FROM HIGH ISLAND TO FREEPORT OUT 20 NM-

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">710 AM CST FRI JAN 13 2017

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New""> 

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY...

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New""> 

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.REST OF TODAY...EAST WINDS AROUND 10 KNOTS. SEAS 3 TO 4 FEET. A

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS EARLY IN THE MORNING. AREAS OF DENSE FOG

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">WITH VISIBILITY 1 NM OR LESS EARLY IN THE MORNING...THEN AREAS OF

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">FOG IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.TONIGHT...EAST WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS. SEAS 3 TO 4 FEET. AREAS OF

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">FOG.

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.SATURDAY...EAST WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS. SEAS 3 TO 4 FEET. PATCHY

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">FOG.

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.SATURDAY NIGHT...EAST WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS. SEAS 3 TO 4 FEET.

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">AREAS OF FOG. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS.

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.SUNDAY...EAST WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS. SEAS 4 TO 5 FEET WITH

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">OCCASIONAL SEAS UP TO 6 FEET. PATCHY FOG. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">SHOWERS.

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.SUNDAY NIGHT...SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 15 KNOTS. SEAS 4 TO 5 FEET

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">WITH OCCASIONAL SEAS UP TO 6 FEET. PATCHY FOG. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.MONDAY...SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 15 KNOTS. SEAS 3 TO 5 FEET.

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">PATCHY FOG. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.MONDAY NIGHT...SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS. SEAS 3 TO 4 FEET. A

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.TUESDAY...SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS. SEAS 3 TO 5 FEET. SHOWERS

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY.

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.TUESDAY NIGHT...SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS BECOMING

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">NORTHWEST 5 TO 10 KNOTS AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FEET. SHOWERS

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY.

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New""> 

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">$$

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New""> 

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">GMZ350-140215-

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">COASTAL WATERS FROM FREEPORT TO THE MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL OUT

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">20 NM-

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">710 AM CST FRI JAN 13 2017

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New""> 

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.REST OF TODAY...EAST WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS. SEAS 4 TO 5 FEET WITH

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">OCCASIONAL SEAS UP TO 6 FEET. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS EARLY IN

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">THE MORNING. AREAS OF FOG.

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.TONIGHT...EAST WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS. SEAS 3 TO 5 FEET. AREAS OF

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">FOG.

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.SATURDAY...EAST WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS. SEAS 3 TO 5 FEET. PATCHY

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">FOG.

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.SATURDAY NIGHT...EAST WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS. SEAS 3 TO 5 FEET.

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">AREAS OF FOG. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS.

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.SUNDAY...SOUTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS INCREASING TO 15 TO

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">20 KNOTS IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 TO 6 FEET WITH OCCASIONAL SEAS

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">UP TO 7 FEET. PATCHY FOG. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS.

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.SUNDAY NIGHT...SOUTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 20 KNOTS. SEAS 5 TO 6 FEET

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">WITH OCCASIONAL SEAS UP TO 7 FEET. PATCHY FOG. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.MONDAY...SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 15 KNOTS. SEAS 4 TO 5 FEET WITH

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">OCCASIONAL SEAS UP TO 6 FEET. PATCHY FOG. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">THUNDERSTORMS.

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.MONDAY NIGHT...SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS. SEAS 3 TO 5 FEET. A

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.TUESDAY...SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS BECOMING SOUTHWEST 5 TO

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">10 KNOTS IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 TO 5 FEET WITH OCCASIONAL SEAS

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">UP TO 6 FEET. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY.

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.TUESDAY NIGHT...NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS BECOMING NORTH

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">10 TO 15 KNOTS AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 4 TO 5 FEET WITH OCCASIONAL

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">SEAS UP TO 6 FEET. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New""> 

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">$$

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New""> 

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">GMZ370-375-140215-

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">WATERS FROM FREEPORT TO THE MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL FROM 20 TO

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">60 NM-WATERS FROM HIGH ISLAND TO FREEPORT FROM 20 TO 60 NM-

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">710 AM CST FRI JAN 13 2017

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New""> 

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.REST OF TODAY...EAST WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS. SEAS 4 TO 5 FEET WITH

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">OCCASIONAL SEAS UP TO 6 FEET. PATCHY FOG EARLY IN THE MORNING.

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.TONIGHT...SOUTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS. SEAS 4 TO 5 FEET WITH

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">OCCASIONAL SEAS UP TO 6 FEET.

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.SATURDAY...EAST WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS. SEAS 4 TO 5 FEET WITH

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">OCCASIONAL SEAS UP TO 6 FEET.

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.SATURDAY NIGHT...EAST WINDS AROUND 15 KNOTS. SEAS 5 TO 6 FEET

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">WITH OCCASIONAL SEAS UP TO 7 FEET. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS.

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.SUNDAY...SOUTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 20 KNOTS. SEAS 5 TO 6 FEET WITH

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">OCCASIONAL SEAS UP TO 7 FEET. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">AFTERNOON.

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.SUNDAY NIGHT...SOUTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 20 KNOTS. SEAS 5 TO 7 FEET

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">WITH OCCASIONAL SEAS UP TO 8 FEET. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">THUNDERSTORMS.

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.MONDAY...SOUTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 20 KNOTS. SEAS 5 TO 6 FEET WITH

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">OCCASIONAL SEAS UP TO 7 FEET. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">THUNDERSTORMS.

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.MONDAY NIGHT...SOUTH WINDS 15 TO 20 KNOTS. SEAS 5 TO 7 FEET WITH

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">OCCASIONAL SEAS UP TO 8 FEET. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">THUNDERSTORMS.

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.TUESDAY...SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS. SEAS 5 TO 7 FEET WITH

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">OCCASIONAL SEAS UP TO 8 FEET. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">THUNDERSTORMS.

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.TUESDAY NIGHT...SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS BECOMING WEST

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FEET WITH OCCASIONAL SEAS UP TO

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">7 FEET. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY.

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New""> 

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">$$

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New""> 

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Port of Houston Authority

http://www.portofhouston.com/<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">

ACOE Project Depth for Houston Ship Channel

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> 

<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">45 feet/13.72 meters up to Shell Oiltanking

<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">40 feet/12.19 meters up to S.P. Slip

<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">36 feet/10.97 meters to the Turning Basin

<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">40 feet/12.19 meters Barbours Cut Channel

<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">40 feet/12.19 meters Bayport Channel

<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Please note the above information is based on the Corp of Engineers – Project draft for the Houston Ship Channel, if you have a question regarding deep draft in Houston Ship Channel or alongside a berth, please contact our operations department

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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> 

<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">HSC Air Drafts Restrictions

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;display:none"> 

<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Power Lines 

<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Power Lines

<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Fred Hartman

<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Power Lines

<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Jesse Jones

<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Power Lines

<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Sidney Sherman

<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">197’ (Morgan’s Point)

<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">197’ (below Fred Hartman Bridge – Baytown)

<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">175' (Baytown/LaPorte Bridge)

<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">197’ (Battleship Texas)

<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">175' (Beltway 8 Bridge)

<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">197’ (Power Plant)

<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">135' (Loop 610 Bridge)

<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Air drafts clearances are based on MHW // Vessels should allow an additional 10 feet clearance for the Power Lines

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> 

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> 

<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Port of Texas City

http://www.tctrr.com/<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">

<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> 

<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The Texas City Ship Channel is approximately 11 miles from GB Buoy

<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The ACOE project draft for the TXCSC is 45’00 FW at MLT from the GB BUOY to Valero Dock # 42, the channel above project draft is 40’00 FW at MLT.  The length on the final approach from the Houston, Galveston, Texas City tri-channel split is approximately 6 miles, the width is approximately a 400 ft bottom, the Turning Basin is approximately 4,200 ft long and 1,200 ft wide with a maximum deep draft of 45 ft FW at MLT, and is navigable day or night with no air draft restrictions.  Only TX City Docks with 45’00” maximum deep draft at MLT are TC # 11, 12, 41, & 42

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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> 

<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Port of Galveston

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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#051423">The Galveston Ship Channel is approximately    miles from GB Buoy

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#051423">The ACOE project draft for the GSC is 45’00” FW.  The narrowest point is approximately 1,200 ft wide with no air draft restrictions.  At the POGA berths the maximum deep draft varies from 32’00” to 40’00” at MLT,

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<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Port of Freeport is located three miles from deep water, the channel is 400 ft wide and ACOE project maximum deep draft at MLW is 45’00”.

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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Houston Pilots Association

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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#051423">Galveston Texas City Pilots

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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Brazos Harbor Pilots

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NOAA

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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.