Port:      Date Last Updated: Updated By: General Port Information Location Position Draft (MLWS) Houston restriction is back to 45ft fw 45 ft fw to the Shell/Oiltanking area and then 40 ft fw thereafter Berth Information Facility Berth Deep Draft Max LOA Max Beam Max BCM Max Air Draft Lighterage/ Bunkering/ Stores/ Slops/ Fresh Water Allowed Oiltanking Houston Inc. #1 40 ft f/w 125 ft 430 ft 162 ft power lines yes Oiltanking Houston Inc. #4 40 ft f/w 900 ft 450 ft 162 ft power lines yes Oiltanking Houston Inc. #5 42 ft f/w 900 ft 450 ft 162 ft power lines yes Oiltanking Houston Inc. #8 40 ft f/w 900 ft 375 ft 162 ft power lines yes Houston Fuel Oil Terminal # 1 45 ft fw 110 ft 425 ft 162 ft power lines yes Houston Fuel Oil Terminal # 2 40 ft fw 110 ft 425 ft 162 ft power lines yes Houston Fuel Oil Terminal #3 45 ft fw 110 ft 400 ft 162 ft power lines yes Shell West 36 ft f/w 287 ft 455 ft 162 ft power lines yes Shell Center 36 ft f/w 820 ft 340 ft 162 ft power lines yes Shell East 36 ft f/w 800 ft 430 ft 162 ft power lines yes Shell Crude 41 ft f/w 162 ft 450 ft 162 ft power lines yes Kinder Morgan Pasadena #1 32 ft f/w 100 ft 400 ft 162 ft power lines yes Kinder Morgan Galena Park #3 37' 00" 500 ft 162 ft power lines yes Kinder Morgan Galena Park #1 35'00" 450 ft 162 ft power lines yes ITC #1 40 ft f/w 750 ft 375 ft 162 ft power lines yes ITC #2 40 ft f/w 590 ft 305 ft 162 ft power lines yes ITC #3 28 ft f/w 590 ft 225 ft 162 ft power lines yes ITC #7 45 ft f/w 520 ft 450 ft 162 ft yes ITC #8 45 ft f/w 520 ft 450 ft 162 ft power lines yes Vopak Deer Park #1 36 ft f/w 155 ft 450 ft 162 ft power lines yes Vopak Deer Park #2 36 ft f/w 750 ft 375 ft 162 ft power lines yes ExxonMobil #1 35'06" ft f/w 410' 360 ft 162 ft power lines yes ExxonMobil #3 36'06" ft f/w 402 ft 405 ft 162 ft power lines yes ExxonMobil #5 39'06" ft f/w 402 ft 415 ft 162 ft power lines yes Magellan LP #1 40'00" ft fw 810 ft 455 ft 162 ft power lines yes Magellan LP #2 40'00" ft f/w 810' 455 ft 162 ft power lines yes Oiltanking Houston Inc. #6 43 ft f/w 900 ft 450 ft 162 ft power lines yes Oiltanking Houston Inc. #7 40 ft f/w 900 ft 450 ft 162 ft power lines yes ExxonMobil #6 39'06" ft f/w 402' 415 ft 162 ft power lines yes ExxonMobil #2 35'06" ft f/w 410' 360 ft 162 ft power lines yes ExxonMobil #4 38-40 ft f/w (pls cnfrm) 402 ft 402 ft 162 ft power lines yes Vopak Deer Park #3 36 ft f/w 900 ft 450 ft 162 ft power lines yes Kinder Morgan Galena Park no.2 36'00 500 ft yes LBC PETROUNITED #1 40' 200' YES LBC PETROUNITED #2 40' 100' YES LBC PETROUNITED #3 40' 101.5' YES PASADENA REFINERY PRSI 32'00" ft fw 385' 162' Additional Terminal Notes: Port Maps: www.houston-pilots.com/maps.html NAVIGATION SAFETY GUIDELINES ON THE HOUSTON SHIP CHANNEL BETWEEN GALVESTON BAR AND THE TURNING BASIN BOLIVAR ROADS TO BARBOUR'S CUT: For daylight restrictions, go to http://www.houston-pilots.com/daylight.html BOLIVAR ROADS TO BARBOUR'S CUT Maximum Vessel Size 950' LOA: 135' BEAM BARBOUR'S CUT TO BAYTOWN Maximum Vessel Size - 900' LOA: 135' BEAM BAYTOWN TO BOGGY BAYOU (SHELL) Maximum Vessel Size - 860' LOA: 120' BEAM Vessels exceeding 800' LOA or 39' Draft will be restricted to DAYLIGHT PASSAGE only above Baytown. * Permitted draft may be less than 39' because of conditions of the Channel or Tide. BOGGY BAYOU TO SIMS BAYOU (ARCO) Maximum Vessel Size - 750' LOA: 116' BEAM Vessels exceeding 105' Beam, but not exceeding 116', shall not be allowed to meet any ship traffic above Boggy Bayou. SIMS BAYOU TO HOUSTON TURNING BASIN Maxim Vessel Size - 750' LOA: 106' BEAM Vessels exceeding 700' LOA or 37' draft will be restricted to DAYLIGHT PASSAGE only between Sims Bayou and the Houston Turning Basin. *Permitted draft may be less than 37' because of conditions of the Channel or Tide. ENTIRE LENGTH OF HOUSTON SHIP CHANNEL DRAFT SAFETY GUIDE LINES - The maximum draft based on the Tide Gauge at Morgan's Point (fresh water), at 0 = 44 ft., 1 ft. below 0 = 43 ft., etc. Dead ships will be restricted to handling/ shifting during DAYLIGHT hours only. LNG and LPG Tank Ships exceeding 550' LOA will be restricted to DAYLIGHT transit only. Tug assistance requirements shall be determined mutually by the Master and Pilot for each individual vessel during a particular transit. No predetermined requirements for tug assistance applicable to all vessels of similar size, configuration and/or draft shall be prescribed. Bridge & High Wire Clearance: Morgan's Point - 165' Baytown - 162' Battleship Texas - 165' Power Plant - 185' (The vertical clearance on the above scale is based on MHW) NOTE: The above limitations are based on normal traffic and weather conditions. Variances from the above safety guidelines may be imposed at times by Federal, State or local authorities because of weather, prevailing channel conditions, or other reasons. The foregoing safety guidelines may be exceeded only if prior arrangements are made between the vessel owner and/or agent and the Pilot. *Vessels exceeding guidelines listed above may be subject to various restrictions including additional pilots, daylight only passage, or may be denied entry. SPECIAL NOTICE: Due to high rates of relative sea level rise resulting mainly from local land subsidence, tidal datums have been updated for the Galveston area which raises the elevation of Mean Lower Low Water (MLLW) by 0.6 ft. relative to the land. For diagram, go to http://co-ops.nos.noaa.gov/galv_plots.html For information, go to http://co-ops.nos.noaa.gov/galv_dtm.html For PORTS products, go to http://co-ops.nos.noaa.gov/hgports/picsgif.html For map, go to http://co-ops.nos.noaa.gov/images/hgports.gif For text-based info, go to http://co-ops.nos.noaa.gov/ports_screens/hgscreen.html DOCKS OF THE HOUSTON SHIP CHANNEL (LISTED AS FROM SEAWARD): BAYPORT TO LYNCHBURG: - BAYTANK #3 , #2, #1 - LBC PETROUNITED - BARBOURS CUT - LASH DOCK, CONTAINER #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, CRUISE - EXXONMOBIL BAYTOWN- #l, #2, #3, #4,#5, #6 FROM LYNCHBURG TO SHELL: - VULCAN MATERIALS [FALCON CEMENT] - HOUSTON FUEL OIL - #1 (CHANNEL SIDE), #2 (SLIP) - VOPAK [DEER PARK]- #3, #2, #1 - ITC - #8, #7, #2, #1, #3 - JACINTOPORT- #3, #2, #1 - IMBESSA - CARE SHIPPING TERMINAL - CARGILL- #1, #2, #3 - TEXAS TERMINAL - EAST, WEST, SLIP #2, SLIP #1 - SHELL CRUDE - OILTANKING - #8, #5, #4, #3, #2, # 1 - SHELL - EAST, #2, #3, WEST FROM SHELL TO GREENS BAYOU: - TENNECO[OXYCHEM, ARISTECH] - GEORGIA PACIFIC - ETHYL CORPORATION FROM GREENS BAYOU TO WARREN: - BULK PLANT - LAY BERTH, LOADING BERTH - BROWN & ROOT GREENS BAYOU (WOOD DOCK) - TODD - A2 EAST (LOWER END-CHANNEL SIDE), A2 EAST (UPPER END), A2 WEST - TODD - A1, TODD'S OIL DOCK - BROWN & ROOT - YARD "D" - EAST, CENTER, WEST [J. D. HUGHES] - ADAMS TERMINAL - (SLIP - #7, #6, #5, #4), (CHANNEL SIDE - #8, #9) - FERTITEX - GREENS PORT - EAST, WEST - MOBIL CHEMICAL [PASADENA CHEMICAL] - MAGELLAN - #2 ,#1 - DYNEGY- #1, #2, #5 WARREN TO ARCO BASIN: - JOHN BLUDWORTH [COTTON PATCH] - GATX PASADENA [GENERAL AMERICAN PASADENA] - CROWN CENTRAL - GATX #3 [GENERAL AMERICAN GALENA SLIP EAST, OLD TEXACO SLIP] - GATX # 1 [GENERAL AMERICAN GALENA #1] - GATX #2 [GENERAL AMERICAN GALENA #2] - VOPAK GALENA PARK - ARCO "C" - WOODHOUSE # 1[AGRI] - ARCO "B" - WOODHOUSE (SLIP) - #2, # 3A, # 3B - WOODHOUSE #4 [AGRI #4, PUBLIC GRAIN ELEVATOR #2] - PETROTEX "A" ABOVE ARCO TO TURNING BASIN: - PETROTEX "B" - GYPSUM - MANCHESTER "C", "B", "A" - VALERO ENERGY [CHARTER OIL] - BASIS PETROLEUM [PHIBRO] - NORTH TEXAS CEMENT - OLD MANCHESTER, #3, #2 [ELCO GRAIN], #1 [CAKE DOCKS] - CITY DOCK #32, #31, #3O, #29 - BRADY ISLAND [NEWPARK SHIP YARD] - CITY DOCK #28, #27, #26 - NEW TERMINAL #2 - CITY DOCK #25 - NEW TERMINAL #1 - CITY DOCK #24, #23 - CITY DOCK #48 [LONGREACH] - CITY DOCK #22 - CITY DOCK #47, #46 [LONGREACH] - CITY DOCK #21 - CITY DOCK #45 [LONGREACH] - CITY DOCK #20 - CITY DOCK #44 [LONGREACH] - CITY DOCK #19 - CITY DOCK #43, #42 [LONGREACH] - CITY DOCK # 18 - CITY DOCK #41 [LONGREACH] - CITY DOCK # 17, #16, #15 - PACIFIC MOLASSES - CITY DOCK #1 - CITY DOCK# 14 - CITY DOCK #2 - CITY DOCK #13, #12 - CITY DOCK #11, #10 - CITY DOCK #4 - CITY DOCK #9, #8 - CITY DOCK #5 [PORT OF HOUSTON SHIPYARD & IRONWORKS] For pilotage tariff, go to http://www.houston-pilots.com/tariffs.html Company Overview | Services | Service Areas | Port Precis | Global Ports | News | Links | Contact