1. 11 STATE OF THE WATERWAY – 2004 “Celebrating three decades of service” 1975-2005

2. 22 VTS HISTORY  February 4, 1975- VTS Commissioned (Pete Arredondo reported aboard…)  August 31, 1982- First HOGANSAC Charter (Tim Leitzell, Rudy Teichman and Ted Thorjoussen among the HOGANSAC Plankowners)  October 1994- VTS safely manages traffic during record flooding and high currents  June 2001- VTS safely manages traffic in the wake of Tropical Storm Allison

3. 33 1 Port of South Louisiana 2 Houston, TX 3 New York, NY and NJ 4 Beaumont, TX 5 New Orleans 6 Huntington, WV 7 Corpus Christi, TX 8 Long Beach, CA 9 Texas City, TX 10 Baton Rouge, LA 11 Plaquemines, LA 12 Lake Charles, LA 13 Los Angeles, CA 14 Mobile, AL 15 Valdez, AK 197.7 190.8 145.9 87.5 84.1 77.5 77.1 69.5 61.3 61.1 56.4 53.4 51.1 50.2 49.9 16 Tampa, FL 17 Pittsburgh, PA 18 Baltimore, MD 19 Duluth-Superior 20 Philadelphia, PA 21 St Louis, MO 22 Pascagoula, MS 23 Norfolk Harbor, VA 24 Freeport, TX 25 Portland, ME 26 Paulsboro, NJ 27 Port Arthur, TX 28 Portland, OR 29 Marcus Hook, PA 30 Charleston, SC 48. 3 41. 4 40. 2 38. 3 33. 2 32. 4 31. 3 31. 2 30. 5 29. 3 27. 3 27. 2 26. 2 25. 2 (Millions of Tons – 2003 ACOE data) U. S. Port Rankings 2003

4. 44 VTS MOVEMENTS - 2004  User Statistics 150,988 (+3.9% fm ‘03) Ships 19,750 13.1% of users Tug/Tow 115,816 76.7% Public 617 0.4% Other 14,805 9.8% Ferries 104, 460 Total w/Ferries 255, 448

5. 55 TRANSIT SUMMARY - 2004

6. 66 2004 TYPICAL DAY IN THE VTSA AVG HIGH 33 TANKER TRANSITS 55 22 FREIGHTER TRANSITS 43 318 TOW TRANSITS 400 2 PUBLIC VESSEL TRANSITS 8 226 FERRY TRANSITS 255 41 OSV / OTHER TRANSITS 84 18 CDC TRANSITS 39

7. 77 1992 – 2004 TRANSITS

8. 88 TRANSIT TRENDS  Overall Increase in Transits ’03-’04 (+3.9%) Percentage Change by Type: Ships: +3.9% Tows: +0.8% Public: -37.2% Other: +42.3% Photo courtesy of POHA

9. 99 INCIDENT SUMMARY - 2004 196 INCIDENTS  62 VESSEL CASUALTIES +31.9%  55 GROUNDINGS +27.9%  46 MISCELLANEOUS +24.3% 10 Broken Tows/Barge Adrift, 2 Pollution Incidents, 4 Search and Rescue, 3 Fog, 3 Cars in the Water, 2 Dead Ship Movements, 20 Wake Damage, 1 Facility Fires, 1 High Water Action Plan Implementation  14 COLLISIONS -17.6%  17 ALLISIONS +183.3%  2 MDA -33.3% IMPACT - TRAFFIC DELAYS & CHANNEL CLOSURES

10. 10 MAJOR INCIDENTS - 2004 Allision of the M/V SCM ATHINA with Offshore Platform in Fairway Anchorage 01 November 2004

11. 11 MAJOR INCIDENTS - 2004  THREE CARS IN THE WATER AT LYNCHBURG – 05 FEB, 11 JUN, 19 SEP  COLLISION BETWEEN M/V ST HELEN AND T/V DAVID AND COLLEEN – 19 MAR  ALLISION OF M/V UAL RODACH WITH BARGE AT TPC – 30 AUG  M/V CHEMTRANS LYRA LOSES ANCHOR AT LT 125 AFTER ENGINE FAILURE – 05 SEP

12. 12 MAJOR INCIDENTS - 2004  NITRIC ACID RELEASE AT TEXAS MOLECULAR– 06 NOV  T/V THUNDER COLLIDES WITH T/V RITA M AFTER LOSING STEERAGE – 10 DEC  M/V IEVOLI SPLENDOR ALLISION WITH BARGE AT VOPAK DEER PARK – 15 DEC

13. 13 PORT SECURITY  MARSEC 2 SURGE OPERATIONS (3) Jan, Aug-Sep, Sep-Dec PORT COORDINATION TEAM DRILLS (2)  CDC MOVEMENTS 6441 MOVEMENTS, 18 PER DAY  SECURITY ZONE INCURSIONS – 55 ● 1 INCURSION EVERY 7 DAYS Photo courtesy of PADET Houston

14. 14 ANCHORAGE MANAGEMENT  1,997 VESSELS USED ANCHORAGES IN 2004  25.8% INCREASE FROM 2003

15. 15 2004 VESSEL CASUALTIES  62 TOTAL VSL CASUALTIES +31.9% 39 SHIP 23 TOW  1 VSL CASUALTY PER 2,187 VSL TRANSITS  UP 30.3 % FROM 2003 (1 VSL CASUALTY PER 2,849 VSL TRANSITS –2003)

16. 16 2004 SHIP CASUALTIES  39 TOTAL SHIP CASUALTIES 5 WITHIN 30 MIN OF GETTING U/W (12.8%) 24 PROPULSION FAILURES 7 GENERATOR/ELECTRICAL FAILURE 7 STEERING CASUALTIES 1 GYRO COMPASS FAILURES  1 SHIP CASUALTY PER 506 SHIP TRANSITS 29.4% INCREASE FROM 2003 (1 SHIP CASUALTY PER 655 SHIP TRANSITS – 2003)

17. 17 2004 TOW CASUALTIES  23 TOTAL TOW CASUALTIES 4 PROPULSION FAILURES 13 STEERING CASUALTIES 3 GENERATOR/ELECTRICAL FAILURES 1 TOW GEAR/DAMAGED BARGE 2 FIRE  1 TOW CASUALTY PER 5035 TOW TRANSITS 26.8% INCREASE FROM ‘03 (1 TOW CASUALTY PER 6,383 TOW TRANSITS – 2003)

18. 18 2004 GROUNDINGS  55 TOTAL GROUNDINGS +27.9% 49 TOW GROUNDINGS o1 PER 2,364 TOW TRANSITS o35% INCREASE FROM ‘03 6 SHIP GROUNDINGS o1 PER 3,292 SHIP TRANSITS o21% DECREASE FROM ‘03

19. 19 2004 GROUNDINGS  49 TOTAL TOW GROUNDINGS 20 GICW AREA +17.6% 6 LOWER BAY (GB-REDFISH) +500% 12 UPPER BAY (REDFISH-MP) +9.1% 10 UPPER CHANNEL +42.9% 1 TEXAS CITY +100%  6 TOTAL SHIP GROUNDINGS 2 LOWER BAY (LB4/LT30) -50% 3 UPPER BAY (LT93) +50% 1 UPPER CHANNEL +100%

20. 20 Galveston Bay Houston Galveston GROUNDINGS 2004 GICW -20 TX CITY - 1 UPPER CHANNEL -11 LOWER BAY - 8 UPPER BAY - 15 GALV HBR - 0

21. 21 GROUNDINGS GROUNDINGS  REPORTED CAUSAL FACTORS OPERATOR ERROR - 50.9% CURRENT - 29.1% TRAFFIC DENSITY - 10.9% WIND - 5.5% VESSEL CASUALTY - 1.8% FOG - 1.8%

22. 22 2004 COLLISIONS  14 COLLISIONS –17.6% 8 SHIP/TOW 4 TOW/TOW 1 SHIP/SHIP 1 TOW/REC BOAT  1 TOW COLLISON PER 8,909 TRANSITS 62.8% LESS THAN ‘03  1 SHIP COLLISION PER 2,194 TRANSITS 27.0% LESS THAN ‘03

23. 23 2004 ALLISIONS  17 ALLISIONS +183.3%  12 INVOLVING TOWS 4 W/DOCKS 2 W/DOCKED SHIP 4 W/DOCKED TOW 1 W/DREDGE PIPELINE 1 W/BRIDGE 1 PER 9,651 TOW TRANSITS  5 INVOLVING SHIPS 2 W/ DOCKED SHIP 1 W/ DOCKS 1 W/ DOCKED TOW 1 W/ DREDGE PIPELINE 1 PER 3,950 SHIP TRANSITS

24. 24 2004 CHANNEL CLOSURES Reported in hours

25. 25 2004 CHANNEL CLOSURES  FOG- 11.4% DECREASE FROM 2003 Houston Bar Closed 251.5 hours Galveston/Texas City Bar Closed 184.25 hours  INCIDENT RELATED- 4.9% INCREASE FROM 2003  DREDGE OPERATIONS- 241.9% DECREASE FROM 2003  LOADING OPERATIONS- 100% INCREASE FROM 2003

26. 26 CHANNEL OBSTRUCTONS  FIRST WAVE NEW PARK DRYDOCK 21 CHANNEL OBSTRUCTIONS, 2 HRS AVERAGE LENGTH  DECK BARGE ‘BIG JOHN’ 85 LIFTS, 3.5 HRS AVERAGE LENGTH  DEEPENING AND WIDENING PROJECT 20 CLOSURES, 1.9 HRS AVERAGE LENGTH

27. 27 ATON KNOCKDOWNS - 2004  52 SELF-REPORTED KNOCKDOWNS (22.1% OF TOTAL FY ’04 KNOCKDOWNS) 14 BELOW HSC LT 40 (27%) 10 BTWN HSC LTS 41-70 (19%) 8 BTWN HSC LTS 71-100 (15%) 14 ABOVE HSC LT 100 (27%) 6 REST OF VTSA (12%)  LEADING CAUSES WIND AND CURRENT (42%) TRAFFIC DENSITY (30%)

28. 28 ATON KNOCKDOWNS (COST/RECOUPMENT BREAKDOWN) 486 ATON MESSAGES SENT IN ’04 1 ST QTR – 119; 2 ND QTR – 125; 3 RD QTR – 111; 4 TH QTR -123

29. 29 VTS MILESTONES - 2004  COMPLETED RADAR INSTALL AT MORGANS POINT – BEGAN AT GALV  PARTIAL PAWSS IMPLEMENTATION  IMPLEMENTATION OF AIS INTO UNIT OPERATIONS  CHANNEL REOPENING & POST-STORM SURVEY PROTOCOL  COTP CHANNEL OBSTRUCTION POLICY

30. 30 VTS MILESTONES - 2004  ESTABLISHMENT OF PORT COORDINATION TEAM (PCT) CENTER AT VTS  HIERARCHICAL COMMUNICATION NETWORK FOR: MARITIME SECURITY HURRICANE RESPONSE CHANNEL OPENING/CLOSURE INCIDENT MANAGEMENT

31. 31 CURRENT PROJECTS  HOGANSAC and Industry partnerships: Navigation Operations Bridge Allision Prevention Navigation Technology Safe Harbor Initiative Deepdraft Entry Facilitation

32. 32 CURRENT PROJECTS  Port Security  MDA Facility Camera Initiative- Shell, LBC, Port of Houston, Port of Texas City Security Zone Monitoring CDC Monitoring PCT held 2 drills  Offshore AIS Monitoring System  Navigation Safety – ATON Knockdown Detection System

33. 33 2004 VTS OUTREACH  VESSEL RIDES (88)  WARNINGS/CAUTIONS (11)  RECOGNITION OF PARTNER CONTRIBUTIONS  DREDGE LETTERS (9)  VTS WEBSITE VISITS (17,543)  MAPS INTERFACE USING C2PC  ASSISTANCE TO INDUSTRY LETTERS (22)  PILOT’S SLACK MOORING LINE REPORTS (84)

34. 34 AIS Problem Reporting <http://www.navcen.uscg.gov/ADO/ais_form.asphttp://www.navcen.uscg.gov/ADO/ais_form.asp http://www.navcen.uscg.gov/

35. 35 ON THE HORIZON  PORT AND WATERWAY SAFETY SYSTEM (PAWSS) ESTABLISHED RADAR/CCTV SITE (TX CITY) ESTABLISHED CCTV SITE (BOLIVAR) RELOCATE EAGLES PT RADAR SITE TO MORGANS PT IMPROVED TERMA RADAR UPGRADE FOR ALL RADAR SITES ADDITION OF OFFSHORE SECTOR  ESTABLISHMENT OF CG REGIONAL COMMAND CENTER

36. 36 VTS Contact Information  CDR Thomas Marian, Commanding Officer (713)671-5164 tmarian@vtshouston.uscg.mil  LT Sean Komatinsky, Operations Officer (713)671-5155 skomatinsky@vtshouston.uscg.mil  Vessel Traffic Center, Watch Supervisor 24hrs (713)671-5103 vtshouws@vtshouston.uscg.mil  VTS Webpage – This presentation, regulatory information & channel resources available www.uscg.mil/d8/vts/houston-galveston