Freeport

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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Tuesday      February 3, 2015

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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Houston, Galveston, Texas City, and Freeport are open to all traffic

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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Houston Ship Channel is open to all traffic since 0905/1st February  

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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     Inbound & outbound traffic suspended due to fog

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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">01/03

0515       <span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> Pilots resumed boarding - Inbound & outbound traffic

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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">01/11

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">1720     Inbound & outbound traffic suspended due to fog         

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

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">1000     Pilots resumed boarding - Inbound & outbound traffic

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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">01/20

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">0315     Inbound & outbound traffic suspended due to fog

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">1355     Resumed inbound only

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">1500     Outbound traffic resumed / suspended inbound traffic

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">1755     Inbound & outbound traffic suspended due to fog

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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">01/21

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2130     Resumed outbound traffic only

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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">1/22

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">0001     Resumed two way traffic

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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">01/28

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2205     Inbound & outbound traffic suspended due to fog

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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">01/29

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">0925     Resumed inbound traffic only

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">1025     Resumed outbound traffic and remain open to inbound traffic    

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

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">0800     Inbound & outbound traffic suspended due to fog

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">0905     Pilots resumed boarding - Inbound & outbound traffic

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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Galveston/Texas City is open to all traffic since 1930/21st January <span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">

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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     Inbound & outbound traffic suspended due to fog

01/03

0430       <span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> Pilots resumed boarding - Inbound & outbound traffic

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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">01/11

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2100     Inbound & outbound traffic suspended due to fog

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

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">0900     Pilots resumed boarding - Inbound & outbound traffic

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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">01/20

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">0333     Inbound & outbound traffic suspended due to fog

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">1200     Resumed inbound & outbound traffic

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2135     Inbound & outbound traffic suspended due to fog

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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">01/21

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">1930     Resumed inbound & outbound traffic

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

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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 & Aframax

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">1115     Inbound & outbound traffic suspended due to fog

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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">01/03

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">0700     Open to inbound & outbound traffic

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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">01/05

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">1400     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">01/06

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">0700     Open to all 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">0655     Inbound & outbound traffic suspended due to fog

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

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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Following from Freeport Pilots

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

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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">FIRST PILOT BOARDING TIME 0700  *  LAST PILOT BOARDING TIME 1700

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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">SUN MAR 08 DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME BEGINS:

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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">FIRST PILOT BOARDING TIME 0730  *  LAST PILOT BOARDING TIME 1830

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

<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Currently     48° F

<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">High           48° F

<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Humidity     71%

<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Barometer 30.35 in / 1028.1 mb

<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Dewpoint    39° 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 E 8 mph

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

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

<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Currently     49° F

<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">High           46° F

<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Humidity     77%

<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Barometer 30.34. in / 1027.4 mb

<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Dewpoint    42° 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 E 12 mph

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

<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Currently    45° F

<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">High          48° F

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

<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Barometer 30.33 in / 1027.1 mb

<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Dewpoint    43° 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 N 7 mph

This Afternoon: Scattered showers. Cloudy, with a high near 48. East wind around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%.

Tonight: Scattered showers. Cloudy, with a low around 42. East wind around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Wednesday: A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly before noon. Cloudy, with a high near 62. East wind around 5 mph.

Wednesday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 48. East wind around 5 mph becoming north after midnight.

Thursday: Partly sunny, with a high near 58. North wind 5 to 10 mph.

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

Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 61.

Friday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 48.

Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 72.

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

Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 74.

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

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This Afternoon: Showers likely, mainly after 1pm. Cloudy, with a high near 46. East wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Tonight: Showers likely, mainly before 1am. Cloudy, with a low around 45. East wind around 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Wednesday: Scattered showers, mainly before 1pm. Cloudy, with a high near 55. East wind around 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%.

Wednesday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers before 7pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 49. Northeast wind around 10 mph.

Thursday: Partly sunny, with a high near 56. North wind 10 to 15 mph.

Thursday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 45.

Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 56.

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

Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 68.

Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 58.

Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 70.

Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 54.

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This Afternoon: Showers likely. Cloudy, with a high near 48. East wind around 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Tonight: Showers likely, mainly before midnight. Cloudy, with a low around 45. East wind around 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Wednesday: A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly before noon. Cloudy, with a high near 57. East wind around 10 mph.

Wednesday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 48. Northeast wind 5 to 10 mph.

Thursday: Partly sunny, with a high near 57. North wind 5 to 15 mph.

Thursday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 44.

Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 58.

Friday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 51.

Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 68.

Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 57.

Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 70.

Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 53.

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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;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">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) @ 1058 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">0.5 ft Steady = 45’05”

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

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

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

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">0.3 ft Rising = 45’03”

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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Winds – Houston / Galveston Bay PORTS, NOAA/NOS @ 1058 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">8 knots from ENE, gusts to 10 knots

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<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">9 knots from E, gusts to 13 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:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">NOAA Weather Galveston Bay & Matagorda Bay

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

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

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">930 AM CST TUE FEB 3 2015

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

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

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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"">930 AM CST TUE FEB 3 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"">LIGHT TO MODERATE EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL PREVAIL TODAY AS HIGH

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">PRESSURE OVER TEXAS AND LOUISIANA AND LOWERING PRESSURES OVER THE

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">GULF SET UP. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE COASTAL WATERS THURSDAY

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">MORNING WITH NORTH WINDS DEVELOPING THEN STRENGTHEN IN THE WAKE OF

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">THE FRONT. CAUTION FLAGS ARE LIKELY BEHIND THIS FRONT...AND ADVISORIES

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">MIGHT BE NEEDED. HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE AREA THURSDAY RETREATS LATE

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">FRIDAY ALLOWING ONSHORE WINDS TO COVER THE REGION BY LATE FRIDAY.

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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">930 AM CST TUE FEB 3 2015

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

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

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

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

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">LIKELY IN THE EVENING...THEN SCATTERED SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT.

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

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

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

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

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

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.FRIDAY...EAST WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS BECOMING SOUTHEAST IN THE AFTERNOON.

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

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

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

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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">GMZ330-040415-

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

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">930 AM CST TUE FEB 3 2015

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

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

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

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

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">LIKELY IN THE EVENING...THEN SCATTERED SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT.

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

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

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

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.THURSDAY...NORTH WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS INCREASING TO 10 TO 15 KNOTS IN

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

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

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.FRIDAY...NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS BECOMING EAST IN THE AFTERNOON.

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

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

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

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

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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">GMZ350-355-040415-

<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"">WATERS FROM HIGH ISLAND TO FREEPORT OUT 20 NM-

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">930 AM CST TUE FEB 3 2015

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

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

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

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">IN THE EVENING...THEN SCATTERED SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT.

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.WEDNESDAY...NORTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS. SEAS 2 TO 3 FEET. A CHANCE

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

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...NORTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS. SEAS 2 TO 3 FEET.

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

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

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.FRIDAY...NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS BECOMING EAST IN THE AFTERNOON.

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

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.FRIDAY NIGHT...SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS. SEAS 1 TO 2 FEET.

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

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

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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">GMZ370-375-040415-

<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"">930 AM CST TUE FEB 3 2015

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.REST OF TODAY...NORTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS. SEAS 3 TO 4 FEET. SCATTERED

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

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

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

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.WEDNESDAY...NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 20 KNOTS. SEAS 3 TO 4 FEET. A CHANCE

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

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

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.THURSDAY...NORTH WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KNOTS

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 TO 5 FEET WITH OCCASIONAL SEAS UP TO 6 FEET.

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

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.FRIDAY...NORTHEAST WINDS AROUND 10 KNOTS BECOMING EAST IN THE AFTERNOON.

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

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

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

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

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.SATURDAY NIGHT...SOUTH WINDS 15 TO 20 KNOTS. SEAS 3 TO 4 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 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;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">HSC Air Drafts Restrictions

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<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;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;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,

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

<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

http://www.swg.usace.army.mil/<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">

http://www.swg.usace.army.mil/Missions/Navigation.aspx<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">

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

http://www.houston-pilots.com/<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">

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

http://galvestonpilots.com/galtexnew/<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#051423">

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

www.brazospilots.com

NOAA

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