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<span-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The Sabine Pilots advise that one daylight restricted vessel started
outbound transit 0600/29th<span-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">.
One<span-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> daylight restricted vessel
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<span-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Vessels that meet one of the following
<span-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">criteria are considered daylight restricted.
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<span-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">85,000 Dead Weight or over
<span-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">875 ft Length Over All or over
<span-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">125 ft Beam or over
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<span-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Please find the following updated daylight restriction times
<span-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">from the Sabine Pilots for the Sabine/Neches Channel.
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<span-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> (INBOUND)
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<span-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">ExxonMobil 0500-1100 Hrs
<span-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">OTI Beaumont 0500-1130 Hrs
<span-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Sun Terminal 0500-1200 Hrs
<span-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">P66 0500-1200 Hrs
<span-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Motiva Pt. Neches 0500-1300 Hrs
<span-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Total 0500-1330 Hrs
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<span-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> (OUTBOUND)
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<span-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">ExxonMobil 0600-1430 Hrs
<span-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">OTI Beaumont 0600-1500 Hrs
<span-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Sun Terminal 0600-1530 Hrs
<span-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">P66 0600-1530 Hrs
<span-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Motiva Pt. Neches 0600-1630 Hrs
<span-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Total 0600-1630 Hrs
<span-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Fina Anchorage 0600-1700 Hrs
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<span-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">AIRDRAFT :MAX. 136FT AT 40FT FW.(THREE BRIDGES)
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TERMINALS REQUIRING AIRDRAFT RESTRICTION:<span-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">
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<span-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">PORT OF PORT ARTHUR
<span-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">PABTEX/GLOBAL
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<span-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">HUNTSMAN
<span-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">ENTERPRISE EAST
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<span-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">P66
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<span-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">DUPONT
<span-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">BEAUMONT MARINE TERMINAL EAST (ENTERPRISE)
<span-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">EXXONMOBIL REFIN. AND CHEMICAL.
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U.S.C.G ADVISORIES:<span-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">
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Marine Safety Information Bulletin
05-16
April 21, 2016
Scheduled Channel Closure
Neches River, Port Neches, TX
PORT NECHES RIVERFEST, an annual event sponsored by the Port Neches Chamber of Commerce, is scheduled to be held on Friday, April 29th through Sunday, May 1st, 2016. Some RIVERFEST events will take place on the Neches River in the vicinity
of Port Neches Park, including boat races and a fireworks display.
As a result, during the event, the Coast Guard will enforce Special Local Regulations adjacent to Port Neches Park in Port Neches, Texas. Specifically, vessels MAY NOT enter or remain in the affected portion of the Neches River, bound
on the west by 3000’00” N (near the Harrison Refinery Dock) and on the east by 9356’00” W (near FINA upper anchorage), during the boat races. Additionally, the Coast Guard will enforce a 500-yard safety zone around the launch barge during the scheduled
fireworks display on Saturday, April 30th, 2016.
The Coast Guard and other law enforcement agencies will enforce these regulations during the following times:
April 29, 2016: 2:00 p.m. until 6:00 p.m.
April 30, 2016: 8:30 a.m. until 6:00 p.m.
8:30 p.m. until 9:30 p.m. (Fireworks Display)
May 1, 2016: 8:30 a.m. until 6:00 p.m.
Breaks during race events have been scheduled to allow shallow draft traffic to pass. Vessels desiring to transit through this area may contact Vessel Traffic Service (VTS) Port Arthur on channel 65A or 13 VHF-FM or the on-scene Coast
Guard vessel on channel 13 or 16 VHF-FM.
This notice will be posted on the Coast Guard’s HOMEPORT website at
http://homeport.uscg.mil and the VTS website at
www.uscg.mil/d8/vtsportarthur. If you have any questions regarding this notice, please call VTS Port Arthur at (409) 719-5070.
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WEATHER:<span-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">
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Synopsis......Rain chances will begin to increase in
our area Friday with rain becoming likely by Saturday. Additional showers and thunderstorms will be possible Sunday and Monday.
Lakes Area Forecast
Tonight..........Mostly cloudy with a 10 percent coverage
of showers. Lows near 70 to the lower 70's. Winds southeasterly at 3-14 mph.
Friday.........Partly cloudy with a 40 percent coverage
of showers and thunderstorms by evening. Highs in the lower to middle 80's. Winds mostly southeast to south at 6-20 mph.
Triangle Forecast
Tonight........Mostly cloudy with a 10 percent coverage
of showers. Lows in the lower to middle 70's. Winds southeasterly at 5-16 mph.
Friday........Partly cloudy with a 40 percent coverage
of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the lower to middle 80's. Winds southeast to south at 6-24 mph.
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