Port Update
Lake Charles, LA
February 08, 2024
Notices
LAKE CHARLES – Daily Port Update
Channel Service: OPEN
Pilot Service: OPEN
Tug Availability: 5 TUGS; 1/28 TUG RALPH OOS
Cameron Ferry: OPEN
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Inbound Deep Draft Pilot Boarding Windows
08/1000 TO 09/0030 ** 09/1045 TO 10/0145 ** 10/1130 TO 11/0300 ** 11/1215 TO 11/1945 ** 12/1300 TO 12/1900 ** 13/0100 TO 13/0600 ** 13/1330 TO 13/1900 ** 14/0215 TO 14/0845
14/1415 TO 14/1900 ** 15/0330 TO 15/1900 ** 16/0430 TO 16/1915 ** 17/0545 TO 17/1930
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 due to fog
January 24, 2024 Wednesday
0530 – Pilot service resumed
2256 – Pilot service suspended due to fog
January 25, 2024 Thursday
0600 – Pilot service resumed
2050 – Pilot service suspended due to fog
January 26, 2024 Friday
0600 – Pilot service resumed
2355 – Pilot service suspended due to fog
January 27, 2024 Saturday
0400 – Pilot service resumed
Weather / Marine Zone Forecast
Offshore and Coastal Forecast: https://www.weather.gov/lch/
Today
Southeast winds around 10 knots. Seas 4 to 5 feet, occasionally to 6 feet. A slight chance of showers.
Tonight
Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 4 to 5 feet, occasionally to 6 feet.
Friday
South winds around 10 knots. Seas 3 to 5 feet, occasionally to 6 feet. A slight chance of showers in the afternoon.
Friday Night
Southeast winds around 10 knots. Seas 3 to 4 feet. A slight chance of showers.
Saturday
South winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 3 to 4 feet. A slight chance of showers in the morning, then a chance of showers in the afternoon.
Saturday Night
South winds 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to 20 knots. Seas 3 to 4 feet. A slight chance of thunderstorms. A chance of showers, mainly in the evening.
Sunday
South winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 3 to 4 feet. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the morning, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon.
Sunday Night
West winds 10 to 15 knots, becoming northwest 15 to 20 knots after midnight. Seas 4 to 6 feet, occasionally to 8 feet. A chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly in the evening.
Monday
Northwest winds 15 to 20 knots. Seas 5 to 6 feet, occasionally to 8 feet. A slight chance of showers.
Monday Night
North winds 15 to 20 knots. 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
