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STATE OF THE WATERWAY - 2016
U. S. PORT RANKINGS 2015 (by total tonnage) (Millions of Short Tons – 2015 ACOE data) 1 Port of S. Louisiana, LA 2 Houston, TX 3 New York, NY and NJ New Orleans, LA Beaumont, TX Corpus Christi, TX Long Beach, CA Baton Rouge, LA Los Angeles, CA Mobile, AL Port of Virginia Lake Charles, LA Plaquemines, LA Cincinnati-Northern, KY Texas City, TX Huntington– Tristate Baltimore, MD Tampa, FL Port Arthur, TX 259.1 240.9 126.6 87.8 87.1 85.6 78.1 68.7 60.1 58.5 57.7 56.6 53.5 44.9 42.9 42.7 39.4 35.9 35.7 Savanna, GA St Louis, MO/Il Duluth/Superior, MN/WI Richmond, CA Valdez, AK Pascagoula, MS Pittsburgh, PA Port Everglades, FL Tacoma, WA Seattle, WA Paulsboro, NJ Charleston, SC Freeport, TX Philadelphia, PA Portland, OR Jacksonville, FL Oakland, CA Boston, MA Chicago, IL 35.2 34.9 33.3 28.5 26.7 26.5 26.3 23.0 22.6 22.4 21.8 21.1 19.9 18.6 17.5 16.8 16.7 So why is the SHG AOR so important? It contains 5 of the nation’s top 25 busiest ports & 7 of the top 50. You can see the port rankings here based on 2014 data. Its not my intend to debate the stats but merely to impress upon you the importance of this region to the entire nation.
VTS Total Transits – 2016 Tug / Tow 56,054 53,298 -0.50% 2015 2016 %Change Tug / Tow 56,054 53,298 -0.50% Tanker 3,601 3770 0.04% Freighter 1,346 1,389 0.03% Gas 291 442 34.16% Other 375 310 -0.17% Total 61,667 59,209 -0.039%
Total Transits 2008 – 2016
TRANSIT SUMMARY by Percentage – 2016
2016 TYPICAL DAY IN THE VTSA Transits TANKER TRANSITS 10.3 FREIGHTER TRANSITS 3.8 TOW TRANSITS 146.0 GAS CARRIER 1.2 OSV / OTHER TRANSITS 0.8
INCIDENT SUMMARY – 2016 Incidents by Reported Cause: 8 COLLISIONS 9 ALLISIONS 7 GROUNDINGS 10 MECHANICAL FAILURES 11 MISCELLANEOUS 4 Wake Damages 4 Near Miss 3 Breakaway _______ 45 Total Incidents by Vessel Type: 11 Ship Incidents 33 Boat and Tow Incidents 1 Other _______ 45 Total
Total Incidents 2008-2016
(Allisions, Collisions, Groundings and Wake Damages only) Transits per Navigation Incident by Month 2016 (Allisions, Collisions, Groundings and Wake Damages only)
Ship Transits per Incident 2008-2016 (Allisions, Collisions, Groundings and Wake Damages only)
Tow Transits per Incident 2008-2016 (Allisions, Collisions, Groundings and Wake Damages only)
COLLISIONS 2016: 8 Total Collisions 6 Tows 1 Ship 1 Other
Collisions 2014 Collisions 2016 Beaumont Orange Port Neches Tows Ships MARK L / MEGAN E. DUPRE CHARLES ALFRED / ALBERT Port Neches KIRBY 10084 / SMI 30028 GRACIE RENEE DEVALL / GEORGE ALLEN FRANK GOLEMI / BARGE Tows Ships Port Arthur PRINCE I / MANDY R. SETTOON Other ELEANOR HADLEY / APACHE Sabine HOLLY CROSS / MISSION Collisions 2014 Collisions 2016
ALLISIONS 9 Tows 2016: 9 Total Allisions
Allisions 2016 Beaumont Orange Port Neches Tows Port Arthur Sabine SPINDLETOP MARCIA LYNN BIG JOE MAVERICK J Port Neches TOMMY ANDREW SPIRIT MATT DEVALL Tows Port Arthur NATURES WAY CHALLENGER / SEABEE HELEN MORAN Sabine Allisions 2016
GROUNDINGS 2016: 7 Total Groundings 4 Tows 2 Ships 1 Other
Groundings 2016 Beaumont Orange Port Neches Tows Ships Port Arthur ELLIS DAVIS Port Neches MARY DUPRE TEXAS STAR SAVIOUR Tows Ships Port Arthur Other ANDREW ANTRAINER Sabine SABINE PILOT II Groundings 2016 KAVO AETOS
2016 Sabine-Neches Delays (in vessel hours)
2016 Total Vessel Delays by Month (in vessel hours)
2016 INCIDENT HIGHLIGHTS 7 Breakaways/Wake Damage: 2 Wake Damage (+8 Wake Complaints) 4 Breakaways 1 Breakaway resulting in Collision 7 ATON Knockdowns 4 Near Miss Situations: 1 Anchor Dragging 2 Fishing Vessels impeding vessel and blocking channel 1 UTV drifted out of channel at Sabine Pass Jetties 3 Significant Collisions: 1 UTVS @ MM 311 1 UTVS in Sabine Neches Canal
2016 CHALLENGES Planning for Deepening Project. Preparing for Energy Renaissance and resulting increase in ship traffic.
VTS/WATERWAYS CONTACTS Scott Whalen, Director VTS Port Arthur, and Operation and Training Manager (409) 719-5086 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
Mark Your Calendars Upcoming SETWAC Meetings Working Group Meeting Thursday, April 13, 2017 10:00 am Sabine-Neches Navigation District Office Full Committee Meeting Wednesday, April 26, 2017 MSU Port Arthur