1. STATE OF THE WATERWAY - 2013

2. 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% (Millions of Short Tons and % of change from 2010 – 2011 ACOE data) U. S. PORT RANKINGS 2011 (by total tonnage) Corpus Christi, TX

3. 20122013% Change Tug/Tow 50,114Tug/Tow 52,108 4.0% Ships - Tanker 3,802 - Tanker 4,11716.2% - Freighter 1,205 - Freighter 1,39315.6% Military 95Military 51(-46.0%) Passenger 1 0.0% Other 1,350 Total 56,567 Other 849 Total 58,819 (-37.0%) 4.0% VTS Total Transits – 2013

4. Total Transits 2006 – 2013

5. TRANSIT SUMMARY by Percentage – 2013

6. 2013 TYPICAL DAY IN THE VTSA Transits Transits TANKER TRANSITS 12.1 FREIGHTER TRANSITS 3.8 TOW TRANSITS 142.8 OSV / OTHER TRANSITS 2.5

7. INCIDENT SUMMARY – 2013 Incidents by Reported Cause: 3 COLLISIONS 3 COLLISIONS 10 ALLISIONS 10 ALLISIONS 5 GROUNDINGS 5 GROUNDINGS 18 MECHANICAL FAILURES 18 MECHANICAL FAILURES 2 MISCELLANEOUS 2 MISCELLANEOUS 2 Wake Damages2 Wake Damages _______ _______ 38 Total 38 Total Incidents by Vessel Type: 9 Ship Incidents 27 Boat and Tow Incidents 2 Other _______ 38 Total

8. Total Incidents 2006-2013

9. Transits per Navigation Incident by Month Transits per Navigation Incident by Month 2013 2013 (Allisions, Collisions, Groundings and Wake Damages only) (Allisions, Collisions, Groundings and Wake Damages only)

10. Ship Transits per Incident Ship Transits per Incident 2006-2013 2006-2013 (Allisions, Collisions, Groundings and Wake Damages only)

11. Tow Transits per Incident 2006-2013 2006-2013 (Allisions, Collisions, Groundings and Wake Damages only)

12. COLLISIONS 2013: 3 Total Collisions  2 Tows  1 Ships  0 Others

13. Beaumont Port Arthur Port Neches Orange Sabine Collisions 2013 Tows Ships

14. ALLISIONS 2013: 10 Total Allisions  8 Tows  1 Ships  1 Others

15. Beaumont Port Arthur Port Neches Orange Sabine Allisions 2013 Tows Ships Other

16. GROUNDINGS 2013: 5 Total Groundings  4 Tows  1 Ships

17. Beaumont Port Arthur Port Neches Orange Sabine Groundings 2013 Tows Ships

18. 2013 Sabine-Neches Delays (in vessel hours)

19. 2013 Total Vessel Delays by Month (in vessel hours)

20. 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.

21. CURRENT INITIATIVES  Addressing traffic congestion at Neches River intersection.  Reducing ship/tow overtaking in Sabine-Neches Canal.

22. VTS/WATERWAYS CONTACTS  Mike Measells, Director VTS Port Arthur (409) 719-5086 Michael.M.Measells@uscg.mil Michael.M.Measells@uscg.mil  Scott Whalen, Training Officer/Outreach (409) 719-5083 Scott.K.Whalen@uscg.mil Scott.K.Whalen@uscg.mil  Vessel Traffic Center, Watch Supervisor 24hrs (409) 719-5070 msuportarthur-vtssup@uscg.mil msuportarthur-vtssup@uscg.mil  VTS Webpage – www.uscg.mil/d8/vtsportarthur www.uscg.mil/d8/vtsportarthur  Homeport Website – http://homeport.uscg.mil