Freeport

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Friday                January 2, 2015

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HAPPY NEW YEAR !!!!<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#4472C4">

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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Houston Ship Channel <span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">is open to all traffic since 1030/29th December

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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">12/18

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">1510     Inbound & outbound traffic suspended due to fog

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">1555     Pilots resumed boarding - Inbound & outbound traffic

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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">12/23

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">0035     Inbound & outbound traffic suspended due to fog

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">0930     Pilots resumed boarding - Inbound traffic only

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">1030     Pilots resumed boarding - Inbound & outbound traffic

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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">12/27

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">0143     Inbound & outbound traffic suspended due to fog

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">1300     Pilots resumed boarding outbound traffic only

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">1655     Pilots resumed boarding inbound traffic // open to two way traffic

12/29

0320       <span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> Inbound & outbound traffic suspended due to fog

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">0900     Open to inbound traffic only

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">1030     Open to all traffic / Two way traffic

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

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">0730     <span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Inbound & outbound traffic suspended due to fog

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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Galveston/Texas City <span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">is open to all traffic since 0935/06th December

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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">12/23

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">0113     Inbound & outbound traffic suspended due to fog

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">1200     Pilots will resume boarding vessels

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

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">0835     <span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Inbound & outbound traffic suspended due to fog

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Freeport <span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">is open to all traffic since 1300/23rd December

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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">12/23

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">0600     Inbound & outbound traffic suspended due to fog

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">1300     Open to inbound & outbound traffic

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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">12/29

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">0700     Inbound & outbound traffic suspended due to fog

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">1400     Open to inbound & outbound traffic

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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">12/31

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">0700     Closed – due to strong current and wind

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">1500     Open to all traffic

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

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">1530     Closed to Aframax – due to ICW lateral current & dredge located at on channel & ICW

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

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">0900     open to crude 7 Aframax

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Expected to close soon due to fog

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

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Currently     51° F

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">High           52° F

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Humidity     96%

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Barometer 30.11 in / 1020.2 mb

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Dewpoint    50° F

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Visibility     9 miles

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Wind NE 8 mph

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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Currently    50° F

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">High           58° F

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Humidity     100%

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Barometer 30.13 in / 1020.2 mb

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Dewpoint    50° F

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

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Wind NE 13 mph

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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Currently    50° F

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">High          56° F

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Humidity    100%

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Barometer 30.10 in / 1019.3 mb

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Dewpoint    50° F

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Visibility     6 miles

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Wind NE10 mph

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Today: Showers. High near 52. Northeast wind around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%.

Tonight: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm before midnight, then showers and thunderstorms after midnight. Areas of fog after midnight. Low around 51. North wind 5 to 10 mph becoming south after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 90%.

Saturday: Showers likely, mainly before noon. Areas of fog before 9am. Otherwise, cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with a high near 61. West wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 45. West wind around 5 mph.

Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 51. North wind 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 34.

Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 49.

Monday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 39.

Tuesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 57.

Tuesday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 42.

Wednesday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 52.

Wednesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 33.

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Today: Showers likely, mainly after noon. Cloudy, with a high near 58. North wind around 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%.

Tonight: Showers likely, then showers and thunderstorms after midnight. Areas of fog after midnight. Low around 58. East wind 10 to 15 mph becoming southwest after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%.

Saturday: Showers and thunderstorms before noon, then a chance of showers. Areas of fog before 9am. High near 60. Southwest wind 10 to 15 mph becoming northwest in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%.

Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 50. Northwest wind 5 to 10 mph.

Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 53. Breezy, with a north wind 10 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 41.

Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 49.

Monday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 46.

Tuesday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 57.

Tuesday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 49.

Wednesday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 53.

Wednesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 39.

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Today: Showers likely. Cloudy, with a high near 56. Northeast wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%.

Tonight: Showers likely, then showers and thunderstorms after midnight. Areas of fog after midnight. Low around 56. Northeast wind 5 to 10 mph becoming southwest after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 80%.

Saturday: Showers likely, mainly before noon. Areas of fog before 9am. Otherwise, cloudy, with a high near 60. Northwest wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 46. North wind 5 to 10 mph.

Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 54. Breezy, with a north wind 10 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 38.

Monday: Partly sunny, with a high near 50.

Monday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 41.

Tuesday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 56.

Tuesday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 47.

Wednesday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 54.

Wednesday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 38.

Thursday: Partly sunny, with a high near 52.

 

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Special Weather Statement<span-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 849 AM CST FRI JAN 2 2015   TXZ163-164-176>179-195>200-210>214-226-227-235>238-030000- HOUSTON-TRINITY-MADISON-WALKER-SAN JACINTO-POLK-BURLESON-BRAZOS- WASHINGTON-GRIMES-MONTGOMERY-LIBERTY-COLORADO-AUSTIN-WALLER- HARRIS-CHAMBERS-WHARTON-FORT BEND-JACKSON-MATAGORDA-BRAZORIA- GALVESTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROCKETT...TRINITY...GROVETON... MADISONVILLE...HUNTSVILLE...SHEPHERD...COLDSPRING...LIVINGSTON... CORRIGAN...ONALASKA...CALDWELL...LAKE SOMERVILLE... COLLEGE STATION...BRYAN...BRENHAM...NAVASOTA...THE WOODLANDS... CONROE...WILLIS...LIBERTY...CLEVELAND...DAYTON...COLUMBUS... EAGLE LAKE...WEIMAR...SEALY...BELLVILLE...HEMPSTEAD... PRAIRIE VIEW...BROOKSHIRE...HOUSTON...PASADENA...KATY...TOMBALL... HUMBLE...WINNIE...MONT BELVIEU...ANAHUAC...EL CAMPO...WHARTON... PIERCE...SUGAR LAND...MISSOURI CITY...RICHMOND...ROSENBERG... EDNA...BAY CITY...PALACIOS...PEARLAND...LAKE JACKSON...ALVIN... ANGLETON...FREEPORT...LEAGUE CITY...TEXAS CITY...FRIENDSWOOD... GALVESTON 849 AM CST FRI JAN 2 2015   ... AREAS OF DENSE FOG POSSIBLE TODAY ...   AREAS OF FOG... LOCALLY DENSE... WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO BELOW A MILE AT TIMES. MOTORISTS SHOULD PREPARE FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING VISIBILITIES IF DRIVING THIS MORNING. ALONG THE COAST SEA FOG HAS ALSO FORMED AHEAD OF VERY HIGH SURFACE DEW POINTS THANKS TO A WARM FRONT OVER THE WATERS. VISIBILITIES WILL FLUCTUATE TODAY AND THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.   WHERE VISIBILITIES ARE LOW TAKE CAUTION. IF DRIVING... SLOW DOWN... USE YOUR LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS... AND LEAVE PLENTY OF DISTANCE AHEAD OF YOU.     $$

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<span-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Dense Fog Advisory URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 858 AM CST FRI JAN 2 2015   ...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR GALVESTON COUNTY...   .AREAS OF DENSE FOG WITH VISIBILITIES REDUCED TO 1/4 MILE OR LESS AT TIMES.   TXZ238-030000- /O.NEW.KHGX.FG.Y.0001.150102T1500Z-150103T0000Z/ GALVESTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FRIENDSWOOD...GALVESTON...LEAGUE CITY... TEXAS CITY 858 AM CST FRI JAN 2 2015   ...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING...   THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HOUSTON/GALVESTON HAS ISSUED A DENSE FOG ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING.   * EVENT...AREAS OF DENSE FOG ALONG THE COAST THIS MORNING WILL   CONTINUE TO BRING VISIBILITIES DOWN TO A 1/4 MILE OR LESS.   WEBCAMS FROM GALVESTON ISLAND SHOW VISIBILITIES NEAR ZERO IN   SOME PLACES THIS MORNING.   * TIMING...THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON.     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 LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS...AND LEAVE PLENTY OF DISTANCE AHEAD OF YOU.   &&   $$  

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<span-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Special Weather Statement SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 849 AM CST FRI JAN 2 2015   TXZ163-164-176>179-195>200-210>214-226-227-235>238-030000- HOUSTON-TRINITY-MADISON-WALKER-SAN JACINTO-POLK-BURLESON-BRAZOS- WASHINGTON-GRIMES-MONTGOMERY-LIBERTY-COLORADO-AUSTIN-WALLER- HARRIS-CHAMBERS-WHARTON-FORT BEND-JACKSON-MATAGORDA-BRAZORIA- GALVESTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROCKETT...TRINITY...GROVETON... MADISONVILLE...HUNTSVILLE...SHEPHERD...COLDSPRING...LIVINGSTON... CORRIGAN...ONALASKA...CALDWELL...LAKE SOMERVILLE... COLLEGE STATION...BRYAN...BRENHAM...NAVASOTA...THE WOODLANDS... CONROE...WILLIS...LIBERTY...CLEVELAND...DAYTON...COLUMBUS... EAGLE LAKE...WEIMAR...SEALY...BELLVILLE...HEMPSTEAD... PRAIRIE VIEW...BROOKSHIRE...HOUSTON...PASADENA...KATY...TOMBALL... HUMBLE...WINNIE...MONT BELVIEU...ANAHUAC...EL CAMPO...WHARTON... PIERCE...SUGAR LAND...MISSOURI CITY...RICHMOND...ROSENBERG... EDNA...BAY CITY...PALACIOS...PEARLAND...LAKE JACKSON...ALVIN... ANGLETON...FREEPORT...LEAGUE CITY...TEXAS CITY...FRIENDSWOOD... GALVESTON 849 AM CST FRI JAN 2 2015   ... AREAS OF DENSE FOG POSSIBLE TODAY ...   AREAS OF FOG... LOCALLY DENSE... WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO BELOW A MILE AT TIMES. MOTORISTS SHOULD PREPARE FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING VISIBILITIES IF DRIVING THIS MORNING. ALONG THE COAST SEA FOG HAS ALSO FORMED AHEAD OF VERY HIGH SURFACE DEW POINTS THANKS TO A WARM FRONT OVER THE WATERS. VISIBILITIES WILL FLUCTUATE TODAY AND THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.   WHERE VISIBILITIES ARE LOW TAKE CAUTION. IF DRIVING... SLOW DOWN... USE YOUR LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS... AND LEAVE PLENTY OF DISTANCE AHEAD OF YOU.     $$

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<span-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Special Weather Statement SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 849 AM CST FRI JAN 2 2015   TXZ163-164-176>179-195>200-210>214-226-227-235>238-030000- HOUSTON-TRINITY-MADISON-WALKER-SAN JACINTO-POLK-BURLESON-BRAZOS- WASHINGTON-GRIMES-MONTGOMERY-LIBERTY-COLORADO-AUSTIN-WALLER- HARRIS-CHAMBERS-WHARTON-FORT BEND-JACKSON-MATAGORDA-BRAZORIA- GALVESTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROCKETT...TRINITY...GROVETON... MADISONVILLE...HUNTSVILLE...SHEPHERD...COLDSPRING...LIVINGSTON... CORRIGAN...ONALASKA...CALDWELL...LAKE SOMERVILLE... COLLEGE STATION...BRYAN...BRENHAM...NAVASOTA...THE WOODLANDS... CONROE...WILLIS...LIBERTY...CLEVELAND...DAYTON...COLUMBUS... EAGLE LAKE...WEIMAR...SEALY...BELLVILLE...HEMPSTEAD... PRAIRIE VIEW...BROOKSHIRE...HOUSTON...PASADENA...KATY...TOMBALL... HUMBLE...WINNIE...MONT BELVIEU...ANAHUAC...EL CAMPO...WHARTON... PIERCE...SUGAR LAND...MISSOURI CITY...RICHMOND...ROSENBERG... EDNA...BAY CITY...PALACIOS...PEARLAND...LAKE JACKSON...ALVIN... ANGLETON...FREEPORT...LEAGUE CITY...TEXAS CITY...FRIENDSWOOD... GALVESTON 849 AM CST FRI JAN 2 2015   ... AREAS OF DENSE FOG POSSIBLE TODAY ...   AREAS OF FOG... LOCALLY DENSE... WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO BELOW A MILE AT TIMES. MOTORISTS SHOULD PREPARE FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING VISIBILITIES IF DRIVING THIS MORNING. ALONG THE COAST SEA FOG HAS ALSO FORMED AHEAD OF VERY HIGH SURFACE DEW POINTS THANKS TO A WARM FRONT OVER THE WATERS. VISIBILITIES WILL FLUCTUATE TODAY AND THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.   WHERE VISIBILITIES ARE LOW TAKE CAUTION. IF DRIVING... SLOW DOWN... USE YOUR LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS... AND LEAVE PLENTY OF DISTANCE AHEAD OF YOU.     $$

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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 MLW) @ 1029 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">0.3 ft Falling = 45’03”

<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">0.6 ft Falling = 45’06”

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

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">0.6 ft Rising = 45’06”

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

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

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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Winds – Houston / Galveston Bay PORTS, NOAA/NOS @ 1029 hrs 

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<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">10 knots, from ENE, gusts to 11 knots

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<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">9 knots, from ENE, gusts to 11 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:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> www.moranshipping.com<span-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> for port tide tables

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

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">835 AM CST FRI JAN 2 2015

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

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">CHANNEL OUT 60 NAUTICAL MILES INCLUDING GALVESTON AND MATAGORDA BAYS

<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.

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">GMZ300-030315-

<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"">835 AM CST FRI JAN 2 2015

<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"">SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE COASTAL WATERS

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">TODAY INTO SATURDAY AS SEVERAL SYSTEMS CROSS THE REGION...WITH THE

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">BEST CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS LATE TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING. A

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">WARM FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE COASTAL WATERS FRIDAY AND MAY INCREASE

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">THE CHANCE FOR AREAS OF FOG. ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL PUSH INTO THE

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">COASTAL WATERS ON SATURDAY...WITH A STRONGER REINFORCING COLD FRONT

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">INCREASING OFFSHORE WINDS AND WAVES ON SUNDAY. SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">SETTLING INTO THE REGION ON MONDAY WILL CAUSE OFFSHORE WINDS TO

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

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

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">GMZ335-030315-

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

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">835 AM CST FRI JAN 2 2015

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING...

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

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

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

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

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

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

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">MIDNIGHT. AREAS OF FOG. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.

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

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.SATURDAY...WEST WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS BECOMING NORTHWEST IN THE

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">AFTERNOON. BAY WATERS SLIGHTLY CHOPPY. AREAS OF FOG EARLY IN THE

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

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

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

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

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.SUNDAY...NORTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 20 KNOTS. BAY WATERS CHOPPY.

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

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

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

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

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

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

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.TUESDAY...NORTH WINDS AROUND 5 KNOTS BECOMING NORTHEAST IN THE

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

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

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

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

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">GMZ350-030315-

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

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">835 AM CST FRI JAN 2 2015

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.REST OF TODAY...NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS. SEAS 2 TO 4 FEET.

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

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">MORNING AND AFTERNOON. RAIN LIKELY EARLY IN THE MORNING. SHOWERS

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

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

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FEET. AREAS OF FOG. SHOWERS. THUNDERSTORMS

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

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.SATURDAY...NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS. SEAS 2 TO 4 FEET.

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

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

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.SATURDAY NIGHT...NORTH WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS. SEAS 3 TO 4 FEET.

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.SUNDAY...NORTH WINDS 15 TO 20 KNOTS. SEAS 4 TO 6 FEET WITH

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">OCCASIONAL SEAS UP TO 7 FEET.

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.SUNDAY NIGHT...NORTH WINDS 15 TO 20 KNOTS. SEAS 3 TO 5 FEET.

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.MONDAY...NORTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS. SEAS 2 TO 4 FEET.

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.MONDAY NIGHT...NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS. SEAS 2 TO 3 FEET.

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.TUESDAY...NORTH WINDS AROUND 5 KNOTS BECOMING EAST IN THE

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">AFTERNOON. SEAS 1 TO 2 FEET.

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.TUESDAY NIGHT...EAST WINDS AROUND 5 KNOTS BECOMING NORTHEAST

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">10 TO 15 KNOTS AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FEET.

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

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">GMZ370-375-030315-

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">WATERS FROM FREEPORT TO THE MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL 20 NM TO 60 NM-

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

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">835 AM CST FRI JAN 2 2015

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.REST OF TODAY...NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS. SEAS 2 TO 4 FEET.

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

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">AFTERNOON. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS EARLY IN THE MORNING...THEN

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

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

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">20 KNOTS AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FEET. AREAS OF FOG. SHOWERS.

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

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.SATURDAY...WEST WINDS 15 TO 20 KNOTS BECOMING NORTHWEST IN THE

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 TO 4 FEET. AREAS OF FOG EARLY IN THE MORNING.

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

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

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

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.SUNDAY...NORTH WINDS 15 TO 20 KNOTS INCREASING TO 20 TO 25 KNOTS

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 5 TO 7 FEET WITH OCCASIONAL SEAS UP TO

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">8 FEET.

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.SUNDAY NIGHT...NORTH WINDS 15 TO 20 KNOTS. SEAS 4 TO 6 FEET WITH

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">OCCASIONAL SEAS UP TO 7 FEET.

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.MONDAY...NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 20 KNOTS DECREASING TO 10 TO

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">15 KNOTS IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 TO 5 FEET.

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.MONDAY NIGHT...EAST WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS. SEAS 2 TO 4 FEET.

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.TUESDAY...NORTH WINDS AROUND 5 KNOTS BECOMING NORTHEAST IN THE

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 TO 3 FEET.

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

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">10 TO 15 KNOTS AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FEET.

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

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">GMZ355-030315-

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

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">835 AM CST FRI JAN 2 2015

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING...

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.REST OF TODAY...NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS. SEAS 2 TO 3 FEET.

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

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">MORNING AND AFTERNOON. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS EARLY IN THE MORNING.

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

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.TONIGHT...SOUTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS BECOMING SOUTH AFTER

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FEET. AREAS OF FOG. SHOWERS. THUNDERSTORMS

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

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.SATURDAY...WEST WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS BECOMING NORTHWEST IN THE

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 TO 3 FEET. AREAS OF FOG EARLY IN THE MORNING.

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

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

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.SATURDAY NIGHT...NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS. SEAS 2 TO

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">3 FEET.

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.SUNDAY...NORTH WINDS 15 TO 20 KNOTS. SEAS 3 TO 5 FEET.

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.SUNDAY NIGHT...NORTH WINDS 15 TO 20 KNOTS. SEAS 2 TO 4 FEET.

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.MONDAY...NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 20 KNOTS DECREASING TO 10 TO

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">15 KNOTS IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 TO 4 FEET.

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.MONDAY NIGHT...NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS. SEAS 2 TO 3 FEET.

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.TUESDAY...NORTH WINDS AROUND 5 KNOTS BECOMING NORTHEAST IN THE

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">AFTERNOON. SEAS 1 TO 2 FEET.

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

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FEET.

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

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">GMZ330-030315-

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

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">835 AM CST FRI JAN 2 2015

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

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

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">MORNING AND AFTERNOON. RAIN LIKELY EARLY IN THE MORNING. SHOWERS

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

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.TONIGHT...NORTH WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS BECOMING SOUTHWEST AFTER

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

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

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

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">CHOPPY. SHOWERS LIKELY IN THE MORNING...THEN A CHANCE OF SHOWERS

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

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

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.SUNDAY...NORTH WINDS 15 TO 20 KNOTS. BAY WATERS CHOPPY.

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

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

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.MONDAY...NORTH WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS BECOMING NORTHEAST 5 TO

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

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

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.MONDAY NIGHT...NORTHEAST WINDS AROUND 5 KNOTS BECOMING NORTH

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

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.TUESDAY...NORTH WINDS AROUND 5 KNOTS BECOMING EAST IN THE

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

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.TUESDAY NIGHT...EAST WINDS AROUND 5 KNOTS BECOMING NORTHEAST

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

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

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

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

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

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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 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

http://www.portofgalveston.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;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;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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