Port Update
Lake Charles, LA
January 12, 2024
Notices
LAKE CHARLES – Daily Port Update
Channel Service: OPEN
Pilot Service: OPEN
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
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
January 11, 2024 Thursday
2300 – Pilot service suspended due to rough weather
January 12, 2024 Friday
1500 – Pilot service resumed
Weather / Marine Zone Forecast
Offshore and Coastal Forecast: https://www.weather.gov/lch/
Today
West winds 25 to 30 knots, becoming northwest this afternoon. Seas 6 to 9 feet, occasionally to 11 feet. A chance of showers with a slight chance of thunderstorms early this morning. Patchy fog early this morning.
Tonight
North winds 20 to 25 knots with gusts up to 30 knots, diminishing to 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to 20 knots after midnight. Seas 5 to 7 feet, occasionally to 9 feet, subsiding to 3 to 5 feet, occasionally to 6 feet after midnight.
Saturday
East winds around 10 knots, becoming southeast in the afternoon. Seas 2 to 3 feet.
Saturday Night
Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas around 2 feet.
Sunday
East winds 10 to 15 knots, increasing to 15 to 20 knots in the afternoon. Seas 2 to 3 feet.
Sunday Night
East winds 15 to 20 knots with gusts up to 25 knots. Seas 3 to 5 feet, occasionally to 6 feet. A slight chance of showers after midnight.
Monday
Northeast winds 15 to 20 knots. Seas 4 to 6 feet, occasionally to 8 feet. A chance of showers. A slight chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon.
Monday Night
North winds 20 to 25 knots. Seas 5 to 7 feet, occasionally to 9 feet. A chance of showers, mainly in the evening.
Tuesday
North winds 25 to 30 knots, diminishing to 20 to 25 knots in the afternoon. Seas 5 to 7 feet, occasionally to 9 feet.
Tuesday Night
North winds 20 to 25 knots, diminishing to 15 to 20 knots after midnight. Seas 4 to 6 feet, occasionally to 8 feet. 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
