Steven W. Nerheim Director, VTS Houston/Galveston State of the Waterway 2013 Steven W. Nerheim Director, VTS Houston/Galveston April 18, 2013 U.S. Department of Homeland Security United States Coast Guard

U.S. Port Rankings - 2010 (Millions of short tons and % of change from 2009 ACOE data.) 1 Port of S Louisiana, LA 236.3 +11.1% 15 Norfolk, VA 41.6 +2.5% 2 Houston, TX 227.1 +7.5% 16 Baltimore, MD 39.6 +31.3% 3 New York, NY and NJ 139.2 -3.8% 17 Pascagoula, MS 37.3 +1.8% 4 Beaumont, TX 77.0 +13.6% 18 Duluth, MN 36.6 +21.1% 5 Long Beach, CA 75.4 +4.0% 19 Savannah, GA 34.7 +7.2% 6 Corpus Christi, TX 73.7 +7.9% 20 Tampa, FL 34.2 -2.0% 7 New Orleans, LA 72.4 +6.2% 21 Philadelphia, PA 34.0 8 Los Angeles, CA 62.4 +6.8% 22 Pittsburg, PA 33.8 +2.9% 9 Huntington-Tristate, WV 61.5 23 Valdez, AK 31.9 -7.5% 10 Texas City, TX 56.6 24 St. Louis, MO 30.8 -1.8% 11 Plaquemines, LA 55.8 +9.7% 25 Port Arthur, TX 30.2 -10.6% 12 Mobile, AL 55.7 +6.7% ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 13 Baton Rouge, LA 55.5 +7.0% 27 Freeport, TX 26.7 -2.3% 14 Lake Charles, LA 50.9 -20.2% 41 Galveston, TX 13.9 +42.3%

U.S. Port Rankings – 2011 (Millions of short tons and % of change from 2010 ACOE data.) 1 Port of S Louisiana, LA 246.5 +4.3% 15 Norfolk, VA 47.4 +13.9% 2 Houston, TX 237.8 +4.7% 16 Baltimore, MD 44.9 +13.2% 3 New York, NY and NJ 139.2 0.0% 17 Pascagoula, MS 36.9 -1.1% 4 Long Beach, CA 80.3 +6.4% 18 St. Louis, MO and IL 36.5 +18.6% 5 New Orleans, LA 77.2 +6.6% 19 Savannah, GA 35.5 +2.2% 6 Beaumont, TX 73.7 -4.3% 20 Duluth-Superior, MN and WI 35.1 -4.1% 7 Corpus Christi, TX 70.5 -4.2% 21 Pittsburg, PA 33.8 -0.1% 8 Los Angeles, CA 65.0 +4.2% 22 Tampa, FL 31.4 -8.2% 9 Huntington – Tristate 58.6 -4.8% 23 Philadelphia, PA 30.6 -10.0% 10 Baton Rouge, LA 57.9 24 Port Arthur, TX 30.3 +0.1% 11 Texas City, TX 57.8 +2.1% 25 Valdez, AK 29.8 -6.5% 12 Mobile, AL 55.6 -0.3% ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 13 Lake Charles, LA 54.2 -0.7% 31 Freeport, TX 23.3 -12.6% 14 Plaquemines, LA 54.1 -3.1% 41 Galveston, TX 13.7 -1.5%

VTS Movements - 2012 Tug/Tow 134,318 +4.25% Ships 22,906 -0.77% Other 7,543 -15.06% Public 2,026 -9.71% Total Users 166,793 +2.30% Ferries 108,360 Total 274786

Transit Summary

2012 Typical Day in the VTSA Average High 40 Tanker Transits 64 22 Freighter Transits 1 Cruise Ship Transits 10 368 Tow Transits 472 6 Public Vessel Transits 33 297 Ferry Transits 315 21 75 OSV / Other Transits Ships in Port 91

2012 Monthly Transits

Monthly Comparison: 2008 - 2012

1998 – 2012 Transits Trend line represents 5 year moving average. 30.31% increase over 15 years Trend line represents 5 year moving average.

Deep Draft Movements Draft restricted to 43’ 06” August 31 – November 7

Incident Summary - 2012 11 Collisions -15.4% 6 Allisions -50% 142 Incidents (130 for 2011) up 9.2% 73 Vessel Casualties +12.3% 34 Groundings +47.8% 11 Collisions -15.4% 6 Allisions -50% 18 Other +5.9% Wake/Surge, Pollution/Spill, Person in Water, Fire, Medical, Construction, Weather

Transit to Incident Ratio

Vessel Casualties - Year to Year 73 Total Vessel Casualties 47 Ship 25 Tow 1 Other

Ship Casualties

Tow Casualties

Groundings – Year to Year Reported causal factors: Current Operator Error AtoN Wind Surge by another vessel Weather Shoaling Unknown 1 Ferry Grounding

Allisions 6 Allisions 3 involving tows 2 involving ships 1 involving Supply Vessel

Collisions 11 Collisions 5 ship/tow 6 tow/tow

Channel Closures

Hotspots Grounding Allision Collision

Reports of Unsafe Moorings (Slack Lines) Increase of 2.9% Average speed of vessel reported causing damage or parted lines 5.8 kts with no vessel speed greater than 6.8 kts

ATON Knockdowns - 2012 50% - Wind/Current 40% - Traffic Density 97 Total knockdowns 34 Self-reported knockdowns (35% of total knockdowns) Leading Causes: 50% - Wind/Current 40% - Traffic Density 20% - Operator Error

ATON Cost / Recovered

Industry Involvement NavOps Committee Waterways Safety Fleeting BRIAR Slack Line Waterways Safety Lay Berth Anchorage Drafts Additional Anchorages Dredging Coordination Education and Outreach Salvage Coordination

On the Horizon Expanding traffic (both size and volume) New / expanded facilities Change in workforce demographics Move to Ellington

Contacts VTS Houston/Galveston www.uscg.mil/vtshouston Vessel Traffic Center Watch Supervisor (24 hrs) 713.671.5103 houstontraffic@uscg.mil Director: Steve Nerheim 713.678.9090 steven.w.nerheim@uscg.mil Deputy Director: Warner Welch 713.671.5136 richard.w.welch@uscg.mil Operations Officer LT Randy Scott 713.671.5155 michael.r.scott@uscg.mil

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