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STATE OF THE WATERWAY - 2008

STATE OF THE WATERWAY - 2008 U. S. PORT RANKINGS 2007 (by total tonnage) (Millions of Short Tons and % of change from 2006 – 2007 ACOE data) 1 Port of S Louisiana, LA 2 Houston, TX 3 New York, NY and NJ 4 Long Beach, CA 5 Beaumont, TX 6 Corpus Christi, TX

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STATE OF THE WATERWAY - 2008

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  1. STATE OF THE WATERWAY - 2008

  2. U. S. PORT RANKINGS 2007(by total tonnage) (Millions of Short Tons and % of change from 2006 – 2007 ACOE data) 1Port of S Louisiana, LA 2 Houston, TX 3 New York, NY and NJ 4 Long Beach, CA 5 Beaumont, TX 6 Corpus Christi, TX 7 Huntington-Tri-state 8 New Orleans, LA 9 Los Angeles, CA 10 Mobile, AL 11 Lake Charles, LA 12 Plaquemines, LA 13 Texas City, TX 14 Baton Rouge, LA 15 Tampa. FL 229.0 + 1.6% 216.1 - 2.7% 157.2 - 0.3% 85.9 + 1.8% 81.4 + 2.4% 81.1 + 4.5% 76.5 - 0.9% 76..0 - 1.1% 65.5- 0.7% 64.5 + 7.8% 64.2 + 10.0% 58.8 + 5.2% 56.8 + 16.2% 54.6 - 3.1% 46.9 + 1.4% 16 Duluth-Superior 17 Baltimore, MD 18 Norfolk, VA 19 Pittsburg, PA 20 Paulsboro, NJ 21 Valdez, AK 22 Savannah, GA 23 Pascagoula, MS 24 Philadelphia, PA 25 St. Louis, MO --------------- 27 Freeport, TX 28 Port Arthur, TX 54 Galveston, TX 46.5 - 1.0% 41.3 - 2.8% 39.7 +16.0% 38.1 - 9.3% 38.0 - 3.2% 37.8 + 4.5% 36.5 + 7.4% 35.2 - 6.5% 35.1 - 8.9% 32.1 + 2.6% 29.6 - 7.9% 29.3 + 3.0% 9.8 + 4.6%

  3. VTS Total Transits – 2008 Tug/Tow 50,799 Ships 4,796 Other 1,477 Naval 59 Passenger 11 Total 57,142

  4. TRANSIT SUMMARY by Percentage – 2008

  5. 2008 TYPICAL DAY IN THE VTSA Transits TANKER TRANSITS 9.4 FREIGHTER TRANSITS 3.1 TOW TRANSITS 139 PUBLIC VESSEL TRANSITS 0.2 OSV / OTHER TRANSITS 4.0

  6. 2008 Total Transits by Month

  7. Total Transits by Month Comparison, 2006-2008

  8. Total Transits 2006 – 2008

  9. Incidents by Vessel Type: 50 Total Incidents 8 Ship Incidents 33 Boat and Tow Incidents 9 Other Incidents by Reported Cause: 2 MECHANICAL FAILURES 16 GROUNDINGS 13 MISCELLANEOUS Fire, Barges Adrift, Pollution Incidents, Wake Damages, dredge pipeline issues, Loss of life, Near Miss 16 COLLISIONS 16 ALLISIONS INCIDENT SUMMARY – 2008

  10. Total Incidents 2006-2008

  11. Total Transit to Incident Ratio2008

  12. Ship Transits to Incident Ratios2006-2008 • 1 Ship Incident per 295 Transits in 06 • 1 Ship Incident per 492 Transits in 07 • 1 Ship Incident per 607 Transits in 08

  13. Tow Transits to Incident Ratios, 2006-2008 • 1 Tow Incident per 998 Transits in 06 • 1 Tow Incident per 1,629 Transits in 07 • 1 Tow Incident per 1,339 Transits in 08

  14. GROUNDINGS 2008: 16 Total Groundings. • 14 Tow Groundings • 1 Ship Groundings • 1 OSV Grounding

  15. ALLISIONS 2008: 16 Total Allisions. • (11 Bridge Incidents)

  16. COLLISIONS 2008: 16 Total Collisions. • 14 Tow Collisions • 2 Ship Collisions

  17. 2008 Sabine-Neches Vessel Delays(in hours)

  18. Total Hours Hourly Costs* Ships: 3728.33 $1875.00 = $6,990,618.75 Tows: 3142.12 $ 333.00 = $1,046,325.00 Tugs: 211.04 $ 417.00 = $ 88,000.00 *Sources of Equipment Cost Data: -Ships $45,000 per day, Gerry Bemberg -Tows $ 8,000 per day, Raymond Butler -Tugs $10,000 per day, Steve Kelly 2008 FOG DELAYS FOR SABINE NECHES ($ COST TO VESSEL OPERATORS/CHARTERERS) Total $8,124,943.75

  19. Total Vessel Delays by Month(in hours)

  20. MAJOR EVENTS 2008 • Hurricane Ike – Sep 08. • Hurricane Gustav – Aug-Sep 08. • Tropical Storm Eduardo – Aug 08. • West Port Arthur Bridge Repair. • Multiple dredging projects. • LNG Terminal Construction. • East Jetty and Pleasure Island Repair Projects

  21. CURRENT INITIATIVES • SETWAC and Industry Partnerships: • Abandoned and Derelict Barge Committee. • Mariners Port Welfare Committee. • Port Coordination Team. • VTS Expansion to Lake Charles.

  22. VTS/WATERWAYS CONTACTS • Mike Measells, Director VTS Port Arthur (409) 719-5086 Michael.M.Measells@uscg.mil • Scott Whalen, Training Officer/Outreach (409) 719-5083 Scott.K.Whalen@uscg.mil • Vessel Traffic Center, Watch Supervisor 24hrs (409) 719-5070 msuportarthur-vtssup@uscg.mil • VTS Webpage – www.uscg.mil/d8/vts/portarhtur

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