Port Update
Port Arthur, TX / Sabine / Neches
November 19, 2025
Notices
CHANNEL CLOSURE -FOR DREDGE -OLD PIPELINE REMOVAL AT PALNG -TBD?
Weather / Marine Zone Forecast
Today: Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with a high near 84. Calm wind becoming south around 5 mph in the morning.
Tonight: Increasing clouds, with a low around 65. South wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.
Thursday: A 30 percent chance of showers after noon. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 81. Light east wind becoming southeast 5 to 10 mph in the morning. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph.
Thursday Night: A 40 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 66. Southeast wind around 5 mph.
Friday: A chance of showers before 9am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 9am and noon, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after noon. Partly sunny, with a high near 83. Southwest wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%.
Friday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly after midnight. Partly cloudy, with a low around 65. South wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.
Saturday: A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 82. Calm wind becoming southeast around 5 mph.
Saturday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 62. Calm wind becoming east around 5 mph.
Sunday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 79. East wind around 5 mph becoming southeast in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
Sunday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 64.
Monday: Showers likely. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 77. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
Monday Night: A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 59.
Tuesday: A 40 percent chance of showers. Mostly sunny, with a high near 73ATTACHED LATEST WEATHER REPORTS.
Tonight: Increasing clouds, with a low around 65. South wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.
Thursday: A 30 percent chance of showers after noon. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 81. Light east wind becoming southeast 5 to 10 mph in the morning. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph.
Thursday Night: A 40 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 66. Southeast wind around 5 mph.
Friday: A chance of showers before 9am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 9am and noon, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after noon. Partly sunny, with a high near 83. Southwest wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%.
Friday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly after midnight. Partly cloudy, with a low around 65. South wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.
Saturday: A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 82. Calm wind becoming southeast around 5 mph.
Saturday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 62. Calm wind becoming east around 5 mph.
Sunday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 79. East wind around 5 mph becoming southeast in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
Sunday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 64.
Monday: Showers likely. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 77. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
Monday Night: A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 59.
Tuesday: A 40 percent chance of showers. Mostly sunny, with a high near 73ATTACHED LATEST WEATHER REPORTS.
Port / Terminal Restrictions
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2025 Sabine-Neches Channel Closures – See attached
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General Channel Restrictions/Info
* Max Safe Draft 40ft FW
* Air Draft above Valero Terminal – Less than 136ft for passing 3 fixed bridges
* 800ft wide channel from 29/30 Buoy to Texaco Island
* 400ft wide channel from Texas Island to Port of Beaumont
* “SB” Buoy is located at Lat. 29-25N Lon. 93-40W
* Navigational Charts NOAA 11341, 11342 & 11343 cover the entire waterway
* Sabine Pilots www.sabinepilots.com
Sabine Pilot Restrictions
* Vessels 85,000 DWT or over, 875 FT LOA or over or 125FT beam or over will transit during daylight hours only above Texaco Island. Only one (1) of the limitations has to be met to restrict a vessel.
* Daylight Restriction times are based on the daylight hours and are adjusted according to sun rise/sun set. Current times as follows, the terminals shown are the ones that handle Aframax size vessels which are typically daylight restricted.
(INBOUND)
ExxonMobil 0500-1030 Hrs Approx Transit time “SB” Buoy to Berth – 8hrs
Jefferson Terminal 0500-1100 Hrs
Enterprise BMW 0500-1130 Hrs
Energy Transfer 0500-1200 Hrs
Phillips 66 0500-1200 Hrs
Motiva PN 0500-1330 Hrs
Total 0500-1400 Hrs Approx Transit time “SB” Buoy to Berth – 5.5hrs
(OUTBOUND)
ExxonMobil 0600-1400 Hrs
Jefferson Terminal 0600-1400 Hrs
Enterprise BMW 0600-1430 Hrs
Energy Transfer 0600-1500 Hrs
Phillips 66 0600-1530 Hrs
Motiva PN 0600-1530 Hrs
Total 0600-1430 Hrs
* Vessels with the combined beam of one-half the width of the channel will not meet/pass day or night.
* Any vessel that meets or exceeds either or both 860FT LOA or 120FT beam will require two pilots.
Vessels that do not exceed the above size restrictions can transit day or night consistent with other port traffic movements. Vessels that are daylight restricted will generally have priority to move before non-daylight restricted vessels.
