2. STATE OF THE
WATERWAY

3. 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
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.

4. VTS Total Transits – 2016 Tug / Tow 56,054 53,298 -0.50%
%Change
Tug / Tow , , %
Tanker , %
Freighter , , %
Gas %
Other %
Total , , %

5. Total Transits – 2016

6. TRANSIT SUMMARY by Percentage – 2016

7. 2016 TYPICAL DAY IN THE VTSA Transits TANKER TRANSITS 10.3
FREIGHTER TRANSITS
TOW TRANSITS
GAS CARRIER
OSV / OTHER TRANSITS

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

9. Total Incidents

10. (Allisions, Collisions, Groundings and Wake Damages only)
Transits per Navigation Incident by Month
2016
(Allisions, Collisions, Groundings and Wake Damages only)

11. Ship Transits per Incident
(Allisions, Collisions, Groundings and Wake Damages only)

12. Tow Transits per Incident
(Allisions, Collisions, Groundings and Wake Damages only)

13. COLLISIONS
2016: 8 Total Collisions
6 Tows
1 Ship
1 Other

14. Collisions 2014 Collisions 2016 Beaumont Orange Port Neches Tows Ships
MARK L / MEGAN E. DUPRE
CHARLES ALFRED / ALBERT
Port Neches
KIRBY / 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

15. ALLISIONS
9 Tows
2016: Total Allisions

16. 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

17. GROUNDINGS
2016: Total Groundings
4 Tows
2 Ships
1 Other

18. 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

19. 2016 Sabine-Neches Delays (in vessel hours)

20. 2016 Total Vessel Delays by Month (in vessel hours)

21. 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 MM 311
1 UTVS in Sabine Neches Canal

22. 2016 CHALLENGES Planning for Deepening Project.
Preparing for Energy Renaissance and
resulting increase in ship traffic.

23. VTS/WATERWAYS CONTACTS
Scott Whalen, Director VTS Port Arthur, and Operation and Training Manager
(409)
Vessel Traffic Center, Watch Supervisor 24hrs
(409)
VTS Webpage –
Homeport Website –

25. 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