Port Update
Lake Charles, LA
January 10, 2024
Notices
LAKE CHARLES – Daily Port Update
Channel Service: OPEN (ROUGH WEATHER)
Pilot Service: RESUMED 1/09/24 1810
6/18/23 ** DANGER TO NAVIGATION ** SAILBOAT SUBMERGED LESS THAN 2 MILES NE OF #22 AT 29*37'22"N 093*16'16"W. MAST PROTRUDES 1' ABOVE WATER AND IS UNMARKED. NO BOARDING NORTH OF #18 UFN
Tug Availability: 5 TUGS - 1/1100 SAM IN PT. COMFORT
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Inbound Deep Draft Pilot Boarding Windows
10/1015 TO 10/2359 ** 11/1100 TO 12/0100 ** 12/1145 TO 13/0200 ** 13/1230 TO 14/0330 ** 14/1330 TO 15/0500 ** 15/1415 TO 15/2115 ** 16/0330 TO 16/0700
16/1500 TO 16/2100
Maximum Channel Draft: 40'00” FW
Maximum Channel Draft: 40'00” FW
Max Terminal Drafts:
Alcoa 32’00” FW
Bulk Terminal 1 Old 40’00” FW EFFECTIVE FEB. 14, 2022
Bulk Terminal 1 New 40’00” FW EFFECTIVE FEB. 14, 2022
CITGO “B” Dock 40’00” FW EFFECTIVE MARCH 14, 2023
CITGO “C” Dock 40’00” FW EFFECTIVE MARCH 14, 2023
CITGO “D” Dock 36’00” FW EFFECTIVE MARCH 14, 2023
CITGO CLIFTON RIDGE 40’00” FW EFFECTIVE MARCH 21, 2023
Phillips 66 Clifton Ridge 40’00” FW
Phillips 66 Refinery Dock #3 42’00” BRACKISH WATER | CONTROLLING DEPTH
Port of Lake Charles City Docks 35’00” FW
Port of Lake Charles City Dock #8 40’00" FW
Westlake Chemical A Dock 41’00” FW EFFECTIVE 9/1/23
Westlake Chemical C Dock 42’00” FW EFFECTIVE 9/1/23
Westlake Styrene/CII 35’00” FW
Ventur Global LNG 40’00” FW
A2 INNER ANCHORAGE 40’00” FW
A4 INNER ANCHORAGE 40’00” FW
I-210 BRIDGE 135 FT (+/- TIDE)
Traffic Notice:
-ABANDONED ANCHOR CHAIN IN POSITION L 29-17.8N, LN 093-11.75W, BEARING 150 / 2.6NM FROM CC. DO NOT ANCHOR LESS THAN 3.5 MILES S.E. OF CC
PILOT DELAYS OF 2023
January 05, 2024 Friday
1300 – Pilot services suspended due to rough weather
January 06, 2024 Saturday
0100 – Pilot services resumed
January 08, 2024 Monday
0420 – Pilot services suspended due to rough weather
January 09, 2024 Tuesday
1810 – Pilot services resumed
Weather / Marine Zone Forecast
Offshore and Coastal Forecast: https://www.weather.gov/lch/
Wednesday
Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming south 10 to 15 knots in the afternoon. Seas 2 to 4 feet.
Wednesday Night
South winds 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to 20 knots. Seas 3 to 4 feet.
Thursday
Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 3 to 4 feet. A slight chance of showers.
Thursday Night
South winds 15 to 20 knots. Seas 3 to 4 feet. A chance of showers with a slight chance of thunderstorms.
Friday
Southwest winds 20 to 25 knots, becoming west in the afternoon. Seas 6 to 8 feet, occasionally to 10 feet. A slight chance of thunderstorms. A chance of showers, mainly in the morning.
Friday Night
Northwest winds 20 to 25 knots, becoming north 15 to 20 knots after midnight. Seas 6 to 8 feet, occasionally to 10 feet, subsiding to 4 to 6 feet, occasionally to 8 feet after midnight. winds and seas higher in and near thunderstorms.
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER
NOAA US GULF OFFSHORE WATER WEATHER
Moran Shipping Agencies, Inc.
Lake Charles
Phone: 337-533-8681
