<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">January 4, 2016 Monday
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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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Houston // Open to all traffic
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VTS HOUSTON/GALVESTON DIRECTS NO MEETING OR OVERTAKING BETWEEN SHIPS AS WELL AS BETWEEN SHIPS AND WIDE TOWS FROM HOUSTON SHIP CHANNEL LIGHT 125 TO LIGHT 127 UNTIL 0700, MONDAY, JANUARY 4, 2015 DUE TO DREDGING
OPERATIONS.
Respectfully,
Albert Hernandez
Watch Supervisor
Vessel Traffic Service
CG Sector Houston-Galveston
281-464-4837
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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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Currently 43° F
High 59° F
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68%
Barometer 30.26 in / 1025.1
mb Dewpoint 33° F
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Currently 47° F
High 58° F
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77° F
Barometer 30.26 in / 1024.7
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Dewpoint 40° F
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Wind N 8 mph
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Currently 36° F
High 58° F
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Humidity 93° F
Barometer 30.26 in / 1024.5 mb
Dewpoint 34° F
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<span-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Sunny, with a high near 59. Northeast wind around 5 mph.
Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 37. East wind 5 to 10 mph.
Tuesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 52. East wind around 10 mph.
Tuesday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers. Cloudy, with a low around 46. East wind around 10 mph.
Wednesday: A 50 percent chance of showers. Cloudy, with a high near 61. East wind 10 to 15 mph.
Wednesday Night: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm. Cloudy, with a low around 56. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
Thursday: A 40 percent chance of showers, mainly before noon. Partly sunny, with a high near 71.
Thursday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 51.
Friday: Sunny, with a high near 69.
Friday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers after midnight. Partly cloudy, with a low around 52.
Saturday: A 40 percent chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 63.
Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 44.
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<span-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Today:
<span-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Sunny, with a high near 58. Northeast wind 10 to 15 mph.
Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 45. Northeast wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Tuesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 54. East wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Tuesday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers. Cloudy, with a low around 51. East wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Wednesday: A 50 percent chance of showers. Cloudy, with a high near 62. East wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Wednesday Night: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm. Cloudy, with a low around 59. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
Thursday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before noon, then a slight chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 67. Chance of precipitation is 50%.
Thursday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 57.
Friday: Sunny, with a high near 66.
Friday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers after midnight. Partly cloudy, with a low around 58.
Saturday: A 40 percent chance of showers. Mostly sunny, with a high near 63.
Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 50.
Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 57.
<span-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Today:
<span-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Sunny, with a high near 58. Northeast wind around 10 mph.
Tonight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 45. Northeast wind 10 to 15 mph.
Tuesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 56. Northeast wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Tuesday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers. Cloudy, with a low around 51. East wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Wednesday: Showers likely, mainly after noon. Cloudy, with a high near 65. East wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
Wednesday Night: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm. Cloudy, with a low around 58. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
Thursday: A 40 percent chance of showers, mainly before noon. Partly sunny, with a high near 69.
Thursday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 56.
Friday: Sunny, with a high near 68.
Friday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers after midnight. Partly cloudy, with a low around 56.
Saturday: A 40 percent chance of showers. Mostly sunny, with a high near 64.
Saturday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 47.
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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) @ 0628 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 Falling = 45’03”
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Eagle Point
<span-size:10.0pt;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">0.8 ft Steady = 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 Steady = 45’04”
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Winds – Houston / Galveston Bay PORTS, NOAA/NOS @ 0628 hrs
<span-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Morgan’s Point
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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"">316 AM CST MON JAN 4 2016
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">UPPER TEXAS COASTAL WATERS FROM HIGH ISLAND TO THE MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL
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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
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">GMZ300-042145-
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">316 AM CST MON JAN 4 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"">LIGHT TO MODERATE NORTHEAST WINDS TODAY WILL SHIFT TO THE EAST ON TUESDAY
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">AND TUESDAY NIGHT AND STRENGTHEN. WINDS AND SEAS COULD APPROACH CAUTION
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">LEVELS. EXPECT TO SEE INCREASING RAIN CHANCES WITH THE AREA'S MID WEEK
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">STORM SYSTEM...ESPECIALLY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">A BRIEF PERIOD OF WEAK NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS ALONG WITH LOWER SEAS
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">AT THE END OF THE WEEK...FOLLOWED BY MODERATE TO STRONG OFFSHORE WINDS
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">GMZ330-335-042145-
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.TODAY...NORTHEAST WINDS AROUND 10 KNOTS. BAY WATERS SMOOTH TO
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.TONIGHT...NORTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS. BAY WATERS SLIGHTLY CHOPPY.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.TUESDAY...EAST WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS. BAY WATERS SLIGHTLY CHOPPY.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.TUESDAY NIGHT...EAST WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS. BAY WATERS SLIGHTLY CHOPPY.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.WEDNESDAY...EAST WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS. BAY WATERS SLIGHTLY CHOPPY.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">A CHANCE OF SHOWERS.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...EAST WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS DECREASING TO 5 TO 10 KNOTS
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">AFTER MIDNIGHT. BAY WATERS SLIGHTLY CHOPPY BECOMING SMOOTH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.THURSDAY...NORTH WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS BECOMING NORTHWEST IN THE AFTERNOON.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">BAY WATERS SMOOTH. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">THE MORNING...THEN A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 5 KNOTS.
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.FRIDAY NIGHT...SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 5 KNOTS. BAY WATERS SMOOTH.
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">GMZ350-355-042145-
<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"">316 AM CST MON JAN 4 2016
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.TODAY...NORTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS. SEAS 2 TO 3 FEET.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.TONIGHT...NORTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS. SEAS 2 TO 4 FEET.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.TUESDAY...EAST WINDS 15 TO 20 KNOTS. SEAS 3 TO 5 FEET. A SLIGHT CHANCE
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">OF SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.TUESDAY NIGHT...EAST WINDS 15 TO 20 KNOTS. SEAS 3 TO 5 FEET. A SLIGHT
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE EVENING...THEN A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.WEDNESDAY...EAST 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 4 FEET. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">MORNING...THEN SHOWERS LIKELY IN THE AFTERNOON.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...EAST WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS. SEAS 2 TO 4 FEET.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">SHOWERS LIKELY AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.THURSDAY...NORTH WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS BECOMING NORTHWEST IN THE AFTERNOON.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">SEAS 2 TO 3 FEET. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">THE MORNING...THEN A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.THURSDAY NIGHT...SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS. SEAS 2 FEET.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.FRIDAY...SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS. SEAS 1 TO 2 FEET.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.FRIDAY NIGHT...SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS. SEAS 1 TO 2 FEET.
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">GMZ370-375-042145-
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">WATERS FROM FREEPORT TO THE MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL 20 NM TO 60 NM-
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.TODAY...NORTHEAST WINDS AROUND 15 KNOTS. SEAS 3 TO 4 FEET.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.TONIGHT...NORTHEAST WINDS AROUND 15 KNOTS. SEAS 3 TO 4 FEET.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.TUESDAY...EAST WINDS 15 TO 20 KNOTS. SEAS 4 TO 6 FEET WITH OCCASIONAL
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">SEAS UP TO 7 FEET. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.TUESDAY NIGHT...EAST WINDS 15 TO 20 KNOTS. SEAS 5 TO 6 FEET WITH OCCASIONAL
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">SEAS UP TO 7 FEET. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.WEDNESDAY...EAST WINDS 15 TO 20 KNOTS BECOMING SOUTHEAST 10 TO 15 KNOTS
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 TO 6 FEET WITH OCCASIONAL SEAS UP TO 7 FEET.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">A CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE MORNING...THEN SHOWERS LIKELY IN THE AFTERNOON.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...SOUTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS BECOMING SOUTH AFTER
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FEET. SHOWERS LIKELY AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.THURSDAY...WEST WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS BECOMING NORTHWEST IN THE AFTERNOON.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">SEAS 3 TO 4 FEET. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">IN THE MORNING...THEN A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.THURSDAY NIGHT...WEST WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS. SEAS 3 FEET.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.FRIDAY...SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS. SEAS 2 TO 3 FEET.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">.FRIDAY NIGHT...SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS INCREASING TO 10 TO 15 KNOTS
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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">Power Lines
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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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