Port Update
Lake Charles, LA
January 24, 2024
Notices
LAKE CHARLES – Daily Port Update
Channel Service: OPEN
Pilot Service: OPEN
Tug Availability: 5 TUGS - 1/1100 SAM IN PT. COMFORT
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Inbound Deep Draft Pilot Boarding Windows
24/1030 TO 24/2359 ** 25/1115 TO 26/0100 ** 26/1200 TO 27/0200 ** 27/1230 TO 28/0300 ** 28/1300 TO 29/0430 ** 29/1315 TO 29/2030
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
January 18, 2024 Thursday
1730 – Pilot service suspended due to fog
January 22, 2024 Monday
1420-Pilot service suspended due to rough weather/high winds
1645-Pilot service resumed
January 23, 2024 Tuesday
2010-Pilot service suspended
January 24, 2024 Wednesday
0530-Pilot service resumed
Weather / Marine Zone Forecast
Offshore and Coastal Forecast: https://www.weather.gov/lch/
...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST THURSDAY...
Tonight
Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet. Showers with thunderstorms likely until early morning, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms late. Areas of dense fog.
Thursday
West winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming north in the afternoon. Seas 2 to 3 feet. Showers with thunderstorms likely in the morning, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Patchy fog.
Thursday Night
Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas around 2 feet. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight. Patchy fog.
Friday
East winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet. A slight chance of thunderstorms. Showers likely, mainly in the morning. Patchy fog.
Friday Night
Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots, becoming southwest 5 to 10 knots after midnight. Seas 2 to 3 feet. A chance of thunderstorms. Showers. Patchy fog in the evening. Widespread dense fog after midnight.
Saturday
West winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 2 to 4 feet. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the morning. Widespread dense fog in the morning.
Saturday Night
Northwest winds 15 to 20 knots with gusts up to 25 knots. Seas 2 to 4 feet.
Sunday
North winds 15 to 20 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet.
Sunday Night
North winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas around 2 feet.
Monday
North winds around 10 knots, becoming northwest in the afternoon. Seas around 2 feet in the morning, then 1 foot or less.
Monday Night
Northwest winds around 10 knots. Seas 1 foot or less. 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
