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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Houston, Galveston, Texas City, & Freeport, TX - Daily Port Update
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Houston Ship Channel is open to all traffic // Pilots resumed boarding outbound traffic at 0530/22nd March & resumed
boarding inbound traffic at 0800/22nd March
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">03/09
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">1120 Pilots suspended boarding Inbound and outbound traffic due to fog
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">1250 USCG VTS reported the accident and directed no vessel movements on the HSC between Lt Buoy 86 and the Morgan’s Point power lines
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2102 USCG established a safety zone from the Fred Hartman Bridge to LT Buoy 86 due to the vessel accident and spill. No vessel may transit the safety zone
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">03/10
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">0710 Houston ship Channel opened (above and below the safety zone)
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">03/11
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">1856 COTP established a new safety zone from Light Buoy 86 to Morgan’s Point Power Lines due to ship collision
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">03/12
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">0930 MT Carla Maersk shifted from accident site to Barbour’s Cut Turning Basin and anchored
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">1000 USCG lifted safety zone and all commercial traffic allowed to transit the former safety zone, pilots commenced boarding outbound traffic
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">1405 Pilots suspended all boardings due to fog
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">1645 HSC Open to all traffic / Pilots remain suspending all boardings – allowing barge traffic to transit uninhibited
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">03/13
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">0830 Pilots resumed boarding all traffic
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">1000 Pilots suspend all traffic due to fog
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">1240 Pilots resumed boarding inbound vessels and outbound traffic remains suspended
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2230 Pilots resumed boarding outbound vessels only and suspended inbound traffic
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">03/14
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">0635 Pilots resumed boarding inbound vessels and remains boarding outbound traffic // open to all traffic
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">03/17
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Pilots suspend all traffic due to fog
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">1430 Pilots resumed boarding outbound vessels only
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">1930 Pilots suspend all traffic due to fog
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2120 Pilots resumed boarding outbound vessels only
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">03/18
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">0025 Pilots suspend all traffic due to fog
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">1230 Pilots resumed boarding outbound vessels only
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2100 Pilots suspend all traffic due to fog
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">03/19
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">1500 Pilots resumed boarding outbound vessels only
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">1800 Pilots suspend all traffic due to fog
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">03/20
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">1035 Pilots resumed boarding inbound vessels only
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2135 Pilots suspend all traffic due to fog
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">03/21
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">1040 Pilots resumed boarding inbound vessels only
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">1655 Pilots resumed boarding outbound traffic only / Inbound traffic suspended
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2130 Pilots suspended outbound traffic
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">03/22
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">0300 Pilots boarded only 1 vessel and proceeding inbound
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">0520 Pilots resumed boarding outbound traffic
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">0800 Pilots resumed boarding inbound traffic
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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">03/13
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">0150 Pilots suspended boarding all traffic due to fog
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">0630 Pilots resumed boarding all traffic
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">03/17
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">0720 Pilots suspended boarding all traffic due to fog
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">03/18
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">1600 Pilots resumed boarding all traffic
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2230 Pilots suspended boarding all traffic due to fog
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">03/20
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">0330 Pilots resumed boarding all traffic
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2210 Pilots suspended boarding all traffic due to fog
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">03/21
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">0930 Pilots resumed boarding all traffic
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Freeport
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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">Sunday
<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Mostly Cloudy
<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Currently 72° F
<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">High 82° F
<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Humidity 63%
<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Barometer 30.19 in / 1022.6 mb
<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Dewpoint 63° 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 S 14 mph, gusts up to 22 mph
<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Sunday
<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Fair
<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Currently 72° F
<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">High 73° F
<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Humidity 82%
<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Barometer 30.22 in / 1023.2 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 10 miles
<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Wind S 14 mph
<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Sunday
<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Mostly cloudy and breezy
<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Currently 72° F
<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">High 75° F
<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Humidity 76%
<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Barometer 30.20 in / 1022.5 mb
<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Dewpoint 63° F
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<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Wind S 21 mph, gusts up to 22 mph
This Afternoon: Mostly sunny, with a high near 82. South wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Tonight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 63. South wind 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Monday: A 10 percent chance of showers after 8am. Partly sunny, with a high near 81. South wind 5 to 10 mph.
Monday Night: A 10 percent chance of showers before 8pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 63. South wind 5 to 10 mph.
Tuesday: A 20 percent chance of showers after 8am. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 82. South wind 5 to 10 mph.
Tuesday Night: A slight chance of showers, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 8pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 64. Chance of precipitation is 50%.
Wednesday: Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly after 8am. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 78. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
Wednesday Night: Showers and thunderstorms likely. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 66. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
Thursday: A 20 percent chance of showers. Mostly sunny, with a high near 82.
Thursday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 67.
Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 84.
Friday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 64.
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This Afternoon: Mostly sunny, with a high near 73. South wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Tonight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 66. South wind 10 to 15 mph.
Monday: Partly sunny, with a high near 75. South wind 5 to 10 mph.
Monday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 66. Southeast wind 5 to 10 mph.
Tuesday: A 20 percent chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 76. South wind 5 to 10 mph.
Tuesday Night: A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 66.
Wednesday: Showers and thunderstorms likely. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 73. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
Wednesday Night: A chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 67. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Thursday: A 20 percent chance of showers. Mostly sunny, with a high near 75.
Thursday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 68.
Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 78.
Friday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 66.
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This Afternoon: Mostly sunny, with a high near 75. Breezy, with a south wind 15 to 20 mph.
Tonight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 66. South wind 10 to 15 mph.
Monday: Partly sunny, with a high near 76. South wind 5 to 10 mph.
Monday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 65. South wind 5 to 10 mph.
Tuesday: A 20 percent chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 77. South wind 5 to 10 mph.
Tuesday Night: A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 65.
Wednesday: Showers and thunderstorms likely. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 74. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
Wednesday Night: A slight chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 66. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Thursday: A 20 percent chance of showers. Mostly sunny, with a high near 76.
Thursday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 67.
Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 78.
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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) @ 1056 hrs
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Morgan’s Point
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">-0.3 ft Steady = 44’09”
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Eagle Point
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">0.2 ft Steady = 45’02”
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Galveston Bay Entrance
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">0.8 ft Rising = 45’08”
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Pier 21
<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 @ 1056 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">10 knots from S, gusts to 17 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">20 knots from SSW, gusts to 24 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"">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"">901 AM CDT SUN MAR 29 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"">GMZ300-300230-
<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"">901 AM CDT SUN MAR 29 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"">THE TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT BETWEEN EASTERN U.S. HIGH PRESSURE AND
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">LOWER TEXAS PANHANDLE PRESSURE WILL MAINTAIN A MODERATE ONSHORE WIND
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">THROUGH THE DAY. THE MID WEEK APPROACH AND PASSAGE OF AN UPPER LEVEL
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">TROUGH WILL INCREASE THE CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND STORMS.
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">GMZ335-300230-
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">GALVESTON BAY-
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">901 AM CDT SUN MAR 29 2015
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.TODAY...SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS. BAY WATERS SLIGHTLY CHOPPY.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.TONIGHT...SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS. BAY WATERS SMOOTH.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.MONDAY...SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS. BAY WATERS SMOOTH.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.MONDAY NIGHT...SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS. BAY WATERS SMOOTH.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.TUESDAY...SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS. BAY WATERS SMOOTH. A SLIGHT
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">CHANCE OF SHOWERS.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.TUESDAY NIGHT...SOUTH 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"">.WEDNESDAY...SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS. BAY WATERS SMOOTH.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS. BAY WATERS SMOOTH.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">A CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE EVENING...THEN A SLIGHT CHANCE OF
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.THURSDAY...SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS INCREASING TO 10 TO
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">15 KNOTS IN THE AFTERNOON. BAY WATERS SMOOTH BECOMING SLIGHTLY
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">CHOPPY IN THE AFTERNOON. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">MORNING.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.THURSDAY NIGHT...SOUTH WINDS AROUND 10 KNOTS. BAY WATERS SMOOTH
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">TO SLIGHTLY CHOPPY.
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">GMZ330-300230-
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">MATAGORDA BAY-
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">901 AM CDT SUN MAR 29 2015
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">...SMALL CRAFT SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION TODAY...
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.TODAY...SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KNOTS
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">IN THE AFTERNOON. BAY WATERS SLIGHTLY CHOPPY BECOMING CHOPPY IN
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">THE AFTERNOON.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.TONIGHT...SOUTH 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...SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS INCREASING TO 10 TO 15 KNOTS
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">IN THE AFTERNOON. BAY WATERS SMOOTH BECOMING SLIGHTLY CHOPPY IN
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">THE AFTERNOON.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.MONDAY NIGHT...SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS. BAY WATERS SMOOTH.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.TUESDAY...SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS BECOMING SOUTHEAST 10 TO
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">15 KNOTS IN THE AFTERNOON. BAY WATERS SMOOTH BECOMING SLIGHTLY
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">CHOPPY IN THE AFTERNOON. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.TUESDAY NIGHT...SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 10 KNOTS. BAY WATERS
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">SMOOTH TO SLIGHTLY CHOPPY. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.WEDNESDAY...SOUTH WINDS AROUND 10 KNOTS. BAY WATERS SMOOTH TO
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">SLIGHTLY CHOPPY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...SOUTH WINDS AROUND 10 KNOTS. BAY WATERS SMOOTH
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">TO SLIGHTLY CHOPPY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.THURSDAY...SOUTH 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"">.THURSDAY NIGHT...SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS. BAY WATERS SLIGHTLY
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">CHOPPY.
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">GMZ355-300230-
<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"">901 AM CDT SUN MAR 29 2015
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.TODAY...SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS. SEAS 2 TO 3 FEET.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.TONIGHT...SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS. SEAS 2 TO 3 FEET.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.MONDAY...SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS. SEAS 2 TO 3 FEET.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.MONDAY NIGHT...SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS. SEAS 2 TO 3 FEET.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.TUESDAY...SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS. SEAS 2 TO 3 FEET. A SLIGHT
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">CHANCE OF SHOWERS.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.TUESDAY NIGHT...SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 10 KNOTS. SEAS 2 TO
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">3 FEET. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.WEDNESDAY...SOUTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS. SEAS 2 TO 3 FEET.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...SOUTH WINDS AROUND 10 KNOTS. SEAS 2 TO 4 FEET.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">A CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE EVENING...THEN A SLIGHT CHANCE OF
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.THURSDAY...SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS. SEAS 3 TO 4 FEET.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.THURSDAY NIGHT...SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS. SEAS 3 TO 4 FEET.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">$$
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">GMZ350-300230-
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">WATERS FROM FREEPORT TO THE MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL OUT 20 NM-
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">901 AM CDT SUN MAR 29 2015
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">...SMALL CRAFT SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION TODAY...
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.TODAY...SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS. SEAS 3 TO 4 FEET.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.TONIGHT...SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS. SEAS 3 TO 4 FEET.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.MONDAY...SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS. SEAS 3 FEET.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.MONDAY NIGHT...SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS. SEAS 2 TO 3 FEET.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.TUESDAY...SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS. SEAS 2 TO 3 FEET. A
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.TUESDAY NIGHT...SOUTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS. SEAS 3 FEET. A
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.WEDNESDAY...SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS. SEAS 3 TO 4 FEET.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...SOUTH WINDS AROUND 10 KNOTS. SEAS 3 TO 4 FEET.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.THURSDAY...SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS. SEAS 4 FEET.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.THURSDAY NIGHT...SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS. SEAS 4 FEET.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">$$
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">GMZ375-300230-
<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"">901 AM CDT SUN MAR 29 2015
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.TODAY...SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS. SEAS 2 TO 4 FEET.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.TONIGHT...SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS. SEAS 3 TO 4 FEET.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.MONDAY...SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS. SEAS 3 FEET.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.MONDAY NIGHT...SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS. SEAS 3 FEET.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.TUESDAY...SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS. SEAS 3 FEET.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.TUESDAY NIGHT...SOUTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS. SEAS 3 TO
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">4 FEET. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.WEDNESDAY...SOUTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS. SEAS 3 TO 4 FEET.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY IN THE MORNING...THEN A CHANCE
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS. SEAS 3 TO 4 FEET.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">A CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE EVENING...THEN A SLIGHT CHANCE OF
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.THURSDAY...SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS. SEAS 4 FEET.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.THURSDAY NIGHT...SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS. SEAS 4 FEET.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">$$
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">GMZ370-300230-
<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"">901 AM CDT SUN MAR 29 2015
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">...SMALL CRAFT SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION THROUGH EARLY MONDAY
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">MORNING...
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.TODAY...SOUTH WINDS 15 TO 20 KNOTS. SEAS 3 TO 5 FEET.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.TONIGHT...SOUTH 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"">.MONDAY...SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS DECREASING TO 5 TO 10 KNOTS
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 TO 4 FEET.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.MONDAY NIGHT...SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS. SEAS 3 FEET.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.TUESDAY...SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 10 KNOTS. SEAS 3 FEET.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.TUESDAY NIGHT...SOUTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS. SEAS 3 TO
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">4 FEET. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.WEDNESDAY...SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS. SEAS 3 TO 4 FEET.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY IN THE MORNING...THEN A CHANCE
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS. SEAS 3 TO 4 FEET.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.THURSDAY...SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS. SEAS 4 FEET.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.THURSDAY NIGHT...SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS. SEAS 4 FEET.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">$$
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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">
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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">
<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;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
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Brazos Harbor Pilots
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