Notice - Port of Houston - 2024-07-06

Port Alert

Port of Houston

July 06, 2024

Notices

Active Storm Advisory “ Beryl “

Current Channel Status

Whiskey: Set when gale force winds are expected to arrive at the port within 72 hours. Port remains open to all commercial traffic,

but oceangoing ships and barges must report their intention to remain in port or depart. If they are departing, they must do so within

12 hours of gale-force winds.

CURRENT CHANNEL STATUS

X-Ray: Gale force winds are expected within 48 hours. The rules are similar to port condition Whiskey.

Yankee: Gale force winds predicted within 24 hours. Vessels seeking to depart must arrange immediate departure. Cargo

operations must cease with 18 kilometre per hour (kph) winds. Transfer hoses must be disconnected with 22 kph winds.

Ships seeking to arrive in port should seek an alternate destination.

Zulu: Gale force winds within 12 hours. The port is closed.

HURRICANE WATCH IN EFFECT

1700 CDT Sat Jul 6
Location: 23.9°N 93.0°W
Moving: NW at 11 mph
Min pressure: 997 mb
Max sustained: 60 mph

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Houston - Daily Port Update

Current Status: OPEN

USCG HOUSTON COC INSPECTIONS

USCG Sector Houston will no longer accept COC exam requests seeking a date more than 10 calendar days in advance. Additionally, SHG will normally not accept new requests made less than 24 hours advance.

OFF-SIGNERS:

CBP Houston does not permit off-signers to stay in hotel to await their flights home. They must go direct for vessel to IAH for their flights.

Valid C1-D USA visa is required for all off-signers by CBP Houston, on very rare occasions will exception be made by CBP Houston.

Galveston/Texas City Port Information

Current Status: OPEN

Galveston pilots:

http://galvestonpilots.com/

Draft Information:

For current draft information, please contact local Moran agent.

281-534-2501 (24 Hours)
Gal@MoranShipping.com

2023 Port Galveston Closures:

Please note that closure updates are prone to change, and will be updated upon notification of closures.

For Historical Port closure information please contact local Moran agent. Please see contact info above.

Weather / Marine Zone Forecast

Weather report:

Tide Report:

https://marineweather.net/tide/galveston-bay-entrance-south-jetty-tx-tides

Port Galveston Report:

Galveston Offshore Lightering area:

Port / Terminal Restrictions

Galveston pilot restrictions:

Vessels must commence at least (2) hours before sunset, and not before sunrise.

Galveston Bar to ports of Galveston County:

Vessels over 120,000 DWT

(Daylight hours only) for arrivals and sailings, but may be shifted or turned at night within Galveston or Texas City
May sail from Bolivar Roads at night
A second pilot is required

Vessels with draft over 40 feet

Daylight hours only

Vessels with LOA of 860 feet or more a second pilot is required

Galveston Bar to Bolivar Roads:

LNG tankers shall be daylight only coming into Bolivar Roads.
They may sail from Bolivar Roads at night.

Galveston Bar to Port of Texas City:

The maximum length limit of any vessel handled in the Texas City main basin shall be 1,000 feet.
Ships, seagoing barges, and other large vessels are restricted from passing each other in the Texas City Channel or the Carbide Canal.
Vessel coming out of Houston has priority over vessel leaving Texas City at the same time.

CDC : https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-nCoV/index.html

USCG : https://www.uscg.mil/Coronavirus/

CBP : https://www.dhs.gov/coronavirus

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE

https://www.weather.gov/

NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER

https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/

NOAA US GULF OFFSHORE WATER WEATHER

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/MIAOFFNT4.shtml

GALVESTON WEB CAMS

https://www.galveston.com/webcams/

KEMAH, TX WEB CAMS

https://saltwater-recon.com/kemah-seabrook/

https://www.weatherbug.com/weather-camera/

BAYTOWN WEB CAMS

https://www.weatherbug.com/weather-camera/

https://www.meteoblue.com/en/weather/forecast/webcams/baytown_united-states-of-america_4672731

U.S. Coast Guard

SECTOR HOUSTON-GALVESTON

SECTOR HOUSTON-GALVESTON (08-37170)

13411 HILLARD ST.

HOUSTON TX

Primary Phone: 281-464-4800

Emergency Phone: 281-464-4800

Fax Number: 281-464-4814

Rescue 21 VHF DSC MMSI Number: 003669915

Response Phone: 281-464-4851

Incident Mgmt. Phone: 281-464-4898

Enforcement Phone: 281-464-4862

Prevention Phone: 281-464-4700

Inspection Phone: 281-464-4732/4733

Investigations Phone: 281-464-4709

Waterways Management Phone: 281-464-4891/4890

Prep/Planning Phone: 281-464-4720

Facilities Branch Phone: 409-978-2711

Commercial Fishing Vessel Phone: 281-464-4732

Facility Inspection Branch Phone: 281-464-4709

National Response Center Number: 800-424-8802 - Contact the NRC for oil spills, hazmat releases.

Area of Responsibility

Sector Houston-Galveston encompasses an area extending from the east bank of the Colorado River in southwest Texas to 60 miles east of Lake Charles, Louisiana.

The Sector’s northern boundary aligns with the Texas- Oklahoma border and encompasses Lake Texoma. The southern border extends 200 miles offshore to the seaward

extent of the U.S. exclusive economic zone. The unit includes two separate Captain of the Port (COTP) zones and major maritime centers including Houston, Beaumont,

Lake Charles, Texas City, Port Arthur, Freeport and Galveston.

Attachments

MSIB_17-24_Port_Condition_XRAY_Hurricane_Beryl (2).pdf(308 KB )

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