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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 // Open to all vessel traffic
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Recent port closures
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">03/08
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">1530 Pilots suspended boarding all vessel traffic due to fog
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">03/09
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">0400 Pilots resumed boarding outbound vessel traffic only
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2000 Pilots resumed boarding inbound vessel traffic and remains boarding outbound vessel traffic
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">03/10
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">1115 Pilots suspended boarding all vessel traffic due to fog
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">1300 Pilots resumed boarding outbound vessel traffic
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">1550 Pilots suspended boarding all vessel traffic due to fog
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2300 Pilots resumed boarding outbound vessel traffic only
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">03/11
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">0215 Pilots resumed boarding inbound vessel traffic and remains boarding outbound vessel traffic
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Galveston / Texas City // Open to all vessel traffic
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Freeport // Open to all vessel traffic
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<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">NOAA HOUSTON
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<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Monday
Fair
<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Currently 62° F
<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">High 86° 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 70%
<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Barometer 29.79 in / 1009.2 mb
<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Dewpoint 52° F
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<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Wind W 7 mph
<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Monday
Fair
<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Currently 67° F
<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">High 77° F
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<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Humidity 68° F
<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Barometer 29.81 in / 1009.4 mb
<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Dewpoint 56° F
<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Visibility 10 miles
<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Wind W 13 mph
<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Monday
Fair
<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Currently 63° F
<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">High 82° F
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<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Humidity 73° F
<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Barometer 29.81 in / 1009.3 mb
<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Dewpoint 54° F
<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Visibility 10 miles
<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Wind Variable 3 mph
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Today:
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Sunny, with a high near 86. Southwest wind 5 to 10 mph.
Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 63. South wind around 5 mph.
Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 86. South wind 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Tuesday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers after 1am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 61. South wind 5 to 10 mph becoming west after midnight.
Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 75. Breezy, with a northwest wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Wednesday Night: Clear, with a low around 53.
Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 77.
Thursday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 54.
Friday: Sunny, with a high near 77.
Friday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 59.
Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 81.
Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 66.
Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 84.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Today:
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Sunny, with a high near 77. West wind 10 to 15 mph becoming southwest in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph.
Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 71. South wind around 10 mph.
Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 79. South wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Tuesday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 68. South wind 10 to 15 mph becoming west after midnight.
Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 75. Breezy, with a northwest wind around 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.
Wednesday Night: Clear, with a low around 61. Breezy.
Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 75.
Thursday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 62.
Friday: Sunny, with a high near 72.
Friday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 66.
Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 77.
Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 71.
Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 80.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Today:
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Sunny, with a high near 82. West wind 10 to 15 mph becoming southwest in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph.
Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 69. South wind around 10 mph.
Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 81. South wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Tuesday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers after 1am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 64. South wind around 10 mph becoming west after midnight.
Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 75. Breezy, with a northwest wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.
Wednesday Night: Clear, with a low around 55.
Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 75.
Thursday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 59.
Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 74.
Friday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 62.
Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 78.
Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 69.
Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 80
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">NOAA Houston/Galveston 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) @ 0940 hrs
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Morgan’s Point
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">0.4 ft Falling = 45’04”
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Eagle Point
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">1.1 ft Rising = 46’01”
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Galveston Bay Entrance
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2.0 ft Rising = 47’00”
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Pier 21
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">1.5 ft Steady = 46’05”
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Winds – Houston / Galveston Bay PORTS, NOAA/NOS @ 0940 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">4 knots from W, gusts to 6 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">5 knots from WNW, gusts to 7 knots
<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Galveston Bay Entrance
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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"">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"">1/3 OF THE WAVES...ALONG WITH THE OCCASIONAL HEIGHT OF THE AVERAGE
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">GMZ300-032115-
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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"">WEST ARE EXPECTED TODAY AS A PACIFIC COLD FRONT MOVES OFF THE
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">COAST. HIGH PRESSURE SLIDES THROUGH AND OFF TO THE EAST EARLY
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">TUESDAY ALLOWING FOR SOUTHERLY FLOW TO RETURN AHEAD OF A STRONGER
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">COLD FRONT TUESDAY NIGHT OR EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. MODERATE TO
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">COLD FRONT FOR WEDNESDAY. MODERATE SOUTHERLY FLOW WILL PREVAIL
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">GMZ330-335-032115-
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.TODAY...WEST WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS BECOMING SOUTHWEST IN THE
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">AFTERNOON. BAY WATERS SMOOTH BECOMING SMOOTH TO SLIGHTLY CHOPPY
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.TONIGHT...SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS. BAY WATERS SLIGHTLY
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.TUESDAY...SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS. BAY WATERS SLIGHTLY
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.TUESDAY NIGHT...SOUTH WINDS AROUND 10 KNOTS BECOMING WEST AFTER
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">MIDNIGHT. BAY WATERS SMOOTH TO SLIGHTLY CHOPPY BECOMING SLIGHTLY
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">CHOPPY AFTER MIDNIGHT. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT.
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">15 KNOTS AFTER MIDNIGHT. BAY WATERS CHOPPY BECOMING SLIGHTLY
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">AFTERNOON. BAY WATERS SMOOTH.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.FRIDAY NIGHT...SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS. BAY WATERS SMOOTH.
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">GMZ350-355-032115-
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">20 NM-COASTAL WATERS FROM HIGH ISLAND TO FREEPORT OUT 20 NM-
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.TODAY...WEST WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS BECOMING SOUTHWEST IN THE
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 TO 4 FEET.
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FEET. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AFTER
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">25 KNOTS IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 TO 5 FEET.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...NORTH WINDS 15 TO 20 KNOTS. SEAS 3 TO 5 FEET.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.THURSDAY...NORTH WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS DECREASING TO 5 TO
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.THURSDAY NIGHT...EAST WINDS AROUND 5 KNOTS BECOMING NORTHEAST
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.FRIDAY NIGHT...SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS BECOMING SOUTH
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">GMZ370-375-032115-
<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-
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.TODAY...WEST WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS BECOMING SOUTHWEST IN THE
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 TO 6 FEET WITH OCCASIONAL SEAS UP TO 7 FEET.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.TONIGHT...SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS. SEAS 4 TO 5 FEET WITH
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.TUESDAY...SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS. SEAS 4 TO 5 FEET WITH
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.TUESDAY NIGHT...SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS BECOMING SOUTHWEST
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FEET. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.WEDNESDAY...NORTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 KNOTS BECOMING 20 TO
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">25 KNOTS IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 TO 6 FEET WITH OCCASIONAL SEAS
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">UP TO 7 FEET BUILDING TO 6 TO 8 FEET WITH OCCASIONAL SEAS UP TO
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...NORTH WINDS 20 TO 25 KNOTS DECREASING TO 15 TO
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">10 KNOTS IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 TO 4 FEET.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.THURSDAY NIGHT...NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS. SEAS 1 TO
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.FRIDAY...EAST WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS. SEAS 2 TO 3 FEET.
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Port of Houston Authority
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ACOE Project Depth for Houston Ship Channel
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<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">45 feet/13.72 meters up to Shell / Enterprise
<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 Barbour’s 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;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Sidney Sherman
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<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
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<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">
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<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;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Port of Galveston
http://www.portofgalveston.com/<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">
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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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Army Corp of Engineers
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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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