Port Update
Lake Charles, LA
January 16, 2024
Notices
LAKE CHARLES – Daily Port Update
Channel Service: OPEN
Pilot Service: RESUMED 1/16/24 0900
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
16/0330 TO 16/0700 ** 16/1500 TO 16/2100 ** 17/0430 TO 17/2045 ** 18/0530 TO 18/2045 ** 19/0630 TO 19/2100 ** 20/0715 TO 20/2115 ** 21/0815 TO 21/2130 ** 22/0900 TO 22/2215
23/1000 TO 23/2300 ** 24/1030 TO 25/1115
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 2024
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 service resumed
January 11, 2024 Thursday
2300 – Pilot service suspended due to rough weather
January 12, 2024 Friday
1500 – Pilot service resumed
January 15, 2024 Monday
0642 – Pilot service Suspended due to rough weather
0800 – Pilot service resumed
2100 – Pilot service suspended due to hard freezing conditions
January 16, 2024 Tuesday
0900 – Pilot service resumed
Weather / Marine Zone Forecast
Offshore and Coastal Forecast: https://www.weather.gov/lch/
Today
North winds 25 to 30 knots, diminishing to 20 to 25 knots this afternoon. Seas 7 to 10 feet, occasionally to 13 feet, subsiding to 6 to 8 feet, occasionally to 10 feet this afternoon.
Tonight
Northeast winds 15 to 20 knots with gusts up to 25 knots. Seas 4 to 6 feet, occasionally to 8 feet.
Wednesday
East winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet.
Wednesday Night
Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas around 2 feet.
Thursday
Southwest winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet. A slight chance of showers.
Thursday Night
West winds around 10 knots, becoming north 15 to 20 knots with gusts up to 25 knots after midnight. Seas 3 to 4 feet. A slight chance of showers in the evening.
Friday
North winds 20 to 25 knots. Seas 4 to 6 feet, occasionally to 8 feet.
Friday Night
Northeast winds 20 to 25 knots. Seas 4 to 6 feet, occasionally to 8 feet.
Saturday
Northeast winds 20 to 25 knots, diminishing to 15 to 20 knots in the afternoon. Seas 4 to 6 feet, occasionally to 8 feet.
Saturday Night
Northeast winds 15 to 20 knots. Seas 3 to 5 feet, occasionally to 6 feet.
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER
NOAA US GULF OFFSHORE WATER WEATHER
Moran Shipping Agencies, Inc.
Lake Charles
Phone: 337-533-8681
