This summary of restrictions in place for the Houston/Galveston COTP Zone will be updated as warranted.
* Galveston Bay Entrance Channel, Outer Bar Channel, Inner Bar Channel and Bolivar Roads Channel are open 24/7.
* Galveston Harbor is open 24/7.
* Texas City is open 24/7.
* Bolivar Roads Anchorages are open 24/7 - Short duration use for bunkering, inspections and other husbandry.
* The Houston Ship Channel is open 24/7 with draft and other restrictions;
-Entrance Channel to Baytown Highlines - maximum 42';
-Baytown Highlines to Shell - maximum 41';
-Shell to Houston Cement West - maximum 40';
-Houston Cement West to Sidney Sherman Bridge - maximum 36'
-The Houston Ship channel above the Sidney Sherman Bridge is open daylight only to one-way traffic for all vessels as limited by 90' beam/33' draft with prior coordination
between Houston Pilots Association and VTS Houston/Galveston, and 24/7 for single tows as coordinated with VTS and the diving supervisor on SW Shipyard drydock salvage project.
* Intracoastal Waterway Open 24/7 High Island to but not through the Colorado River locks.
* Port of Freeport is open 24/7 to maximum 38' draft.