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STATE OF THE WATERWAY - 2013. U. S. PORT RANKINGS 2011 (by total tonnage). (Millions of Short Tons and % of change from 2010 – 2011 ACOE data). 1. Port of S Louisiana, LA 2. Houston, TX 3. New York, NY and NJ 4. Long Beach, CA, 5. New Orleans, LA 6. Beaumont, TX 7.
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STATE OF THE WATERWAY - 2013
U. S. PORT RANKINGS 2011 (by total tonnage) (Millions of Short Tons and % of change from 2010 – 2011 ACOE data) 1.Port of S Louisiana, LA 2. Houston, TX 3. New York, NY and NJ 4. Long Beach, CA, 5. New Orleans, LA 6. Beaumont, TX 7. 8. Los Angeles, CA 9. Huntington-Tri-State 10. Baton Rouge, LA 11. Texas City, TX 12. Mobile, AL 13. Lake Charles, LA 14. Plaquemines, LA 15. Norfolk, VA 246.5 4.3% 237.8 4.7% 139.2 0.0% 80.3 6.4% 77.2 6.6% 73.7 - 4.3% 70.5 - 4.2% 65.0 4.2% 58.6 - 4.8% 57.9 4.2% 57.8 2.1% 55.6 - 0.3% 54.2 - 0.7% 54.1 - 3.1% 47.4 13.9% 16.Baltimore, MD 17. Pascagoula, MS 18. St. Louis/Illinois 19. Savannah, GA 20. Duluth-Superior 21. Pittsburgh, PA 22. Tampa, FL 23. Philadelphia, PA 24. Port Arthur, TX 25. Valdez, AK --------------- 31. Freeport, TX 41. Galveston, TX 44.9 13.2% 36.9 - 1.1% 36.5 18.6% 35.5 2.2% 35.1 - 4.1% 33.8 - 0.1% 31.4 - 8.2% 30.6 - 10.0% 30.3 - 0.1% 29.8 - 6.5% 23.3 - 12.6% 13.7 + 1.5% Corpus Christi, TX
2013 TYPICAL DAY IN THE VTSA Transits TANKER TRANSITS 12.1 FREIGHTER TRANSITS 3.8 TOW TRANSITS 142.8 OSV / OTHER TRANSITS 2.5
Incidents by Reported Cause: 3 COLLISIONS 10 ALLISIONS 5 GROUNDINGS 18 MECHANICAL FAILURES 2 MISCELLANEOUS 2 Wake Damages _______ 38 Total INCIDENT SUMMARY – 2013 Incidents by Vessel Type: 9 Ship Incidents 27 Boat and Tow Incidents 2 Other _______ 38 Total
Transits per Navigation Incident by Month 2013 (Allisions, Collisions, Groundings and Wake Damages only)
Ship Transits per Incident 2006-2013 • (Allisions, Collisions, Groundings and Wake Damages only)
Tow Transits per Incident 2006-2013 • (Allisions, Collisions, Groundings and Wake Damages only)
COLLISIONS 2013: 3 Total Collisions • 2 Tows • 1 Ships • 0 Others
Tows Ships Beaumont Orange Port Neches Port Arthur Sabine Collisions 2013
ALLISIONS • 8 Tows • 1 Ships • 1 Others 2013: 10 Total Allisions
Beaumont Orange Port Neches Tows Ships Port Arthur Other Sabine Allisions 2013
GROUNDINGS 2013: 5 Total Groundings • 4 Tows • 1 Ships
Tows Ships Beaumont Orange Port Neches Port Arthur Sabine Groundings 2013
2013 SIGNIFICANT INCIDENTS July 7, 2013: Drowning, fishing boat and tow collision, Sabine Lake. October 12, 2013: Grounding, tank ship at Mesquite Point. December 21, 2013: Allision with fender works, tow at West Port Arthur bridge.
CURRENT INITIATIVES • Addressing traffic congestion at Neches River intersection. • Reducing ship/tow overtaking in Sabine-Neches Canal.
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/vtsportarthur • Homeport Website – http://homeport.uscg.mil