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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Houston, Galveston, Texas City, & Freeport, TX - Daily Port Update
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Houston // Open to all 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">Freeport // Open to all traffic
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<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">NOAA HOUSTON
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<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Saturday
<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 47 F
<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">High 50° F
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<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 30.43 in / 1030.7 mb
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<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Wind NE 8 mph
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<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Currently 47° F
<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">High 50° F
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<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Humidity 69° F
<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Barometer 30.43 in / 1030.3 mb
<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Dewpoint 37° F
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<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Wind NE 17 mph
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<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Currently 47° F
<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">High 50° F
<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Wind Chill 40° F
<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Humidity 69° F
<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Barometer 30.43 in / 1030.3 mb
<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Dewpoint 37° F
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<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Wind NE 17 mph
<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Today:
<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">A 30 percent chance of rain. Cloudy, with a high near 50. North wind 5 to 10 mph.
Tonight: A 40 percent chance of rain. Cloudy, with a low around 40. North wind around 5 mph.
Sunday: Cloudy through mid morning, then gradual clearing, with a high near 57. Northwest wind around 5 mph.
Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 39. Northwest wind around 5 mph.
Monday: Sunny, with a high near 58. Northeast wind 5 to 10 mph.
Monday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 38.
Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 52.
Tuesday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 44.
Wednesday: A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Cloudy, with a high near 59.
Wednesday Night: Showers and thunderstorms likely. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 54. Chance of precipitation is 70%.
Thursday: A 40 percent chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 65.
Thursday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 51.
Friday: Sunny, with a high near 69.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Today:
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">A 40 percent chance of rain. Cloudy, with a high near 50. North wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Tonight: A 50 percent chance of rain. Cloudy, with a low around 44. North wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Sunday: Cloudy through mid morning, then gradual clearing, with a high near 54. North wind 10 to 15 mph.
Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 46. North wind 10 to 15 mph.
Monday: Sunny, with a high near 57. Northeast wind 10 to 15 mph.
Monday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 44.
Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 53.
Tuesday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 50.
Wednesday: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after noon. Cloudy, with a high near 61.
Wednesday Night: Showers and thunderstorms likely. Cloudy, with a low around 58. Chance of precipitation is 70%.
Thursday: A 50 percent chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 63.
Thursday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 56.
Friday: Sunny, with a high near 65.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Today:
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">A 40 percent chance of rain. Cloudy, with a high near 50. North wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Tonight: A 50 percent chance of rain. Cloudy, with a low around 44. North wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Sunday: Cloudy through mid morning, then gradual clearing, with a high near 54. North wind 10 to 15 mph.
Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 46. North wind 10 to 15 mph.
Monday: Sunny, with a high near 57. Northeast wind 10 to 15 mph.
Monday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 44.
Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 53.
Tuesday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 50.
Wednesday: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after noon. Cloudy, with a high near 61.
Wednesday Night: Showers and thunderstorms likely. Cloudy, with a low around 58. Chance of precipitation is 70%.
Thursday: A 50 percent chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 63.
Thursday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 56.
Friday: Sunny, with a high near 65.
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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">NOAA USGULF Offshore Waters 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) @ 1004 hrs
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Morgan’s Point
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">0.6 ft Steady = 45’06”
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Eagle Point
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">1.1 ft Steady = 46’01”
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Galveston Bay Entrance
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">1.9 ft Rising = 46’09”
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Pier 21
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">1.3 ft Steady = 46’03”
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Winds – Houston / Galveston Bay PORTS, NOAA/NOS @ 1004 hrs
<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Morgan’s Point
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<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">13 knots from NE, gusts to 17 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
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">UPPER TEXAS COASTAL WATERS FROM HIGH ISLAND TO THE MATAGORDA SHIP
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">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"">GMZ300-030415-
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">908 AM CST SAT JAN 2 2016
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.SYNOPSIS FOR HIGH ISLAND TO MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL OUT 60 NM...
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">WIND SPEEDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH TODAY AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">INTO TEXAS. MODERATE EASTERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP LATE TUESDAY
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">INTO WEDNESDAY AS A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE FORMS ALONG THE COAST.
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">GMZ330-335-030415-
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.REST OF TODAY...NORTH WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS. BAY WATERS SLIGHTLY
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">CHOPPY. A CHANCE OF RAIN.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.TONIGHT...NORTH WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS. BAY WATERS SLIGHTLY
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">CHOPPY. A CHANCE OF RAIN.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.SUNDAY...NORTH WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS. BAY WATERS SMOOTH.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.SUNDAY NIGHT...NORTH WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS. BAY WATERS SMOOTH.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.MONDAY...NORTHEAST WINDS AROUND 10 KNOTS. BAY WATERS SMOOTH TO
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">SLIGHTLY CHOPPY.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.MONDAY NIGHT...NORTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS. BAY WATERS
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">SLIGHTLY CHOPPY.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.TUESDAY...NORTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS. BAY WATERS SLIGHTLY
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">CHOPPY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.TUESDAY NIGHT...NORTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS. BAY WATERS
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">SLIGHTLY CHOPPY. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.WEDNESDAY...EAST WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS. BAY WATERS SLIGHTLY
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">CHOPPY. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...EAST WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS BECOMING SOUTHEAST
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">5 TO 10 KNOTS AFTER MIDNIGHT. BAY WATERS SLIGHTLY CHOPPY BECOMING
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">SMOOTH AFTER MIDNIGHT. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY.
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">GMZ350-355-030415-
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">WATERS FROM FREEPORT TO THE MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL OUT 20 NM-
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">...SMALL CRAFT SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION...
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.REST OF TODAY...NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 20 KNOTS. SEAS 3 TO
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">5 FEET. A CHANCE OF RAIN.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.TONIGHT...NORTH WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS. SEAS 2 TO 4 FEET. RAIN
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">LIKELY IN THE EVENING...THEN A CHANCE OF RAIN AFTER MIDNIGHT.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.SUNDAY...NORTH WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS. SEAS 2 TO 3 FEET.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.SUNDAY NIGHT...NORTH WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS. SEAS 2 TO 3 FEET.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.MONDAY...NORTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS. SEAS 2 TO 3 FEET.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.MONDAY NIGHT...NORTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS. SEAS 2 TO 3 FEET.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.TUESDAY...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. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.TUESDAY NIGHT...EAST WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS. SEAS 3 TO 5 FEET. A
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.WEDNESDAY...EAST WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS. SEAS 3 TO 5 FEET. A
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...SOUTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS. SEAS 4 TO
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">6 FEET WITH OCCASIONAL SEAS UP TO 7 FEET. SHOWERS AND
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">GMZ370-375-030415-
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY...
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.REST OF TODAY...NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 20 KNOTS. SEAS 5 TO 7 FEET
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">WITH OCCASIONAL SEAS UP TO 8 FEET. RAIN LIKELY.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.TONIGHT...NORTH WINDS 15 TO 20 KNOTS. SEAS 3 TO 5 FEET. RAIN
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">LIKELY IN THE EVENING...THEN A CHANCE OF RAIN AFTER MIDNIGHT.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.SUNDAY...NORTH WINDS 15 TO 20 KNOTS DECREASING TO 10 TO 15 KNOTS
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 TO 5 FEET.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.SUNDAY NIGHT...NORTH WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS. SEAS 2 TO 3 FEET.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.MONDAY...NORTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS. SEAS 2 TO 3 FEET.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.MONDAY NIGHT...NORTHEAST WINDS AROUND 15 KNOTS. SEAS 2 TO
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.TUESDAY...NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 20 KNOTS. SEAS 3 TO 4 FEET. A
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.TUESDAY NIGHT...EAST WINDS 15 TO 20 KNOTS. SEAS 4 TO 5 FEET WITH
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">OCCASIONAL SEAS UP TO 6 FEET. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.WEDNESDAY...EAST 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. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...SOUTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 20 KNOTS BECOMING SOUTH
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FEET WITH OCCASIONAL SEAS UP TO
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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
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<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">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
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#051423">The Galveston Ship Channel is approximately miles from GB Buoy
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#051423">The ACOE project draft for the GSC is 45’00” FW. The narrowest point is approximately 1,200 ft wide with no air draft restrictions.
At the POGA berths the maximum deep draft varies from 32’00” to 40’00” at MLT,
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<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Port of Freeport is located three miles from deep water, the channel is 400 ft wide and ACOE project maximum deep draft at MLW is
45’00”.
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<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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