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 Daily Port Update

Subject:Daily Update - Boston
Date:Friday, September 15, 2023
Priority:Normal
Notice:

<span-family:"Courier New"">..TROPICAL STORM WARNING IN EFFECT...

 

<span-family:"Arial",sans-serif">BOSTON Harbor is at MARSEC Level 1

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<span-family:"Arial",sans-serif">BOSTON CBP has noted the following:

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<span-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Crew changes are being permitted.  Offsigner flights need to be vetted by CBP in advance.

<span-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> 

<span-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Shore leave is permitted on a case by case basis by CBP.

<span-family:"Arial",sans-serif">There will be no restrictions on services provided to the vessels (techs / etc). They are leaving it up to the individual company to follow their own response plan to determine if they should board a vessel or not.

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<span-family:"Arial",sans-serif;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">If you would like updates for all OR other USA ports, the easiest method for reviewing our daily port updates is by visiting: http://ports.moranshipping.com/default.aspx<span-family:"Arial",sans-serif">

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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">Sunny, 58°F

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">Feels Like 58° F

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">Today’s High 68°F

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">Wind,   N 10 mph

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">Humidity 74%

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">Visibility 10.0 mi

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">Pressure 30.11 in

 

Mostly cloudy and not as warm; rain and gusty winds from Lee arrive at night.

 

<span-family:"Courier New";color:black">Synopsis for Massachusetts and Rhode Island coastal waters:<span-family:"Courier New"">

<span-family:"Courier New"">Hurricane Lee tracks northward towards Georges Bank Friday.  Lee

<span-family:"Courier New"">will make its closest approach to Massachusetts late Friday night,

<span-family:"Courier New"">tracking about 200 miles east of Nantucket. Tropical storm force

<span-family:"Courier New"">winds will overspread the eastern MA waters from late Friday into

<span-family:"Courier New"">Saturday, with strongest winds from late Friday night into Saturday

<span-family:"Courier New"">morning across the waters east of Cape Cod. Dangerous seas up to 20

<span-family:"Courier New"">ft are possible in these waters. Saturday night Lee tracks north

<span-family:"Courier New"">into the Maritimes. Weak high pressure builds across the waters

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<span-family:"Courier New"">Coastal waters east of Ipswich Bay and the Stellwagen Bank

<span-family:"Courier New"">National Marine Sanctuary:

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<span-family:"Courier New"">..TROPICAL STORM WARNING IN EFFECT...

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<span-family:"Courier New"">.TODAY...Tropical storm conditions possible. N winds 15 to 20 kt,

<span-family:"Courier New"">becoming NE 20 to 25 kt this afternoon. Seas 4 to 7 ft, building

<span-family:"Courier New"">to 6 to 9 ft this afternoon.

<span-family:"Courier New"">.TONIGHT...Tropical storm conditions possible. N winds 25 to

<span-family:"Courier New"">30 kt. Gusts up to 55 kt after midnight. Seas 8 to 11 ft,

<span-family:"Courier New"">building to 10 to 15 ft after midnight. A chance of showers.

<span-family:"Courier New"">.SAT...Tropical storm conditions expected. NW winds 30 to 35 kt

<span-family:"Courier New"">with gusts up to 60 kt. Seas 14 to 19 ft. Showers likely, mainly

<span-family:"Courier New"">in the morning. Vsby 1 to 3 NM.

<span-family:"Courier New"">.SAT NIGHT...Tropical storm conditions possible. NW winds 25 to

<span-family:"Courier New"">30 kt with gusts up to 40 kt, becoming W 20 to 25 kt with gusts

<span-family:"Courier New"">up to 30 kt after midnight. Seas 8 to 13 ft, subsiding to 6 to

<span-family:"Courier New"">9 ft after midnight. A chance of showers in the evening with vsby

<span-family:"Courier New"">1 to 3 NM.

<span-family:"Courier New"">.SUN...W winds 15 to 20 kt, becoming SW 5 to 10 kt in the

<span-family:"Courier New"">afternoon. Seas 4 to 6 ft, subsiding to 2 to 4 ft in the

<span-family:"Courier New"">afternoon.

<span-family:"Courier New"">.SUN NIGHT...SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft.

<span-family:"Courier New"">.MON...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft. A chance of showers.

<span-family:"Courier New"">.MON NIGHT...W winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 20 kt. Seas

<span-family:"Courier New"">2 to 4 ft. A chance of showers.

<span-family:"Courier New"">.TUE...NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Gusts up to 20 kt in the morning.

<span-family:"Courier New"">Seas 3 to 4 ft.

<span-family:"Courier New"">.TUE NIGHT...W winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft..

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Boston, MA Tides<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">

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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">            High                    Low                       Sun

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">Date        AM     hgt    PM     hgt  AM     hgt    PM     hgt   rise  set

 

SEPTEMBER     

15          Fri                                       12:22    9.6          6:10       0.6         6:24       0.8              6:22       6:56      

16          Sat         12:36    9.9         12:56    9.7         6:45       0.6         7:02        0.6              6:23       6:54      

17          Sun        1:13       9.8         1:29       9.9         7:20       0.7         7:40       0.6              6:24       6:52      

18          Mon      1:50       9.6         2:04       9.9         7:56       0.8         8:20       0.6              6:25       6:50      

19          Tue        2:29       9.3         2:41       9.9         8:33       1.1         9:01       0.6              6:26       6:49      

20          Wed      3:10       9.0         3:21       9.9         9:13       1.3         9:47       0.8              6:28       6:47      

21          Thu       3:56       8.7         4:07       9.9         9:58       1.5         10:39    0.9              6:29       6:45      

22          Fri          4:48       8.5         5:01       9.8         10:51    1.7         11:37    1.0              6:30       6:43      

23          Sat         5:47       8.3         6:01       9.9         11:50    1.8                                           6:31       6:41      

24          Sun        6:50       8.4         7:05       10.0       12:38    0.9         12:52    1.7              6:32       6:40      

25          Mon      7:55       8.7         8:11       10.3       1:41       0.6         1:56       1.3             6:33       6:38      

26          Tue        8:57       9.3         9:14       10.7       2:42       0.2         3:00       0.8             6:34       6:36      

27          Wed      9:54       10.0       10:13    11.1       3:40       -0.2       3:59       0.1              6:35       6:34      

28          Thu       10:46    10.6       11:08    11.3       4:33       -0.6       4:55       -0.6              6:36       6:33      

29          Fri          11:36    11.2                                   5:23       -0.9       5:48       -1.0              6:37       6:31      

30          Sat         12:01    11.3       12:24    11.5       6:12       -0.9       6:39       -1.2             6:38       6:29                   

 

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">Current Maximum Drafts at Oil Terminals

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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">Citgo Braintree         36-00 Fresh Water

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">ExxonMobil Everett      38-00 Salt Water

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">Global Chelsea          32-00 Salt Water

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">Global Revere           32-00 Salt Water

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">Gulf Chelsea            35-00 Salt Water

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">Irving Revere           36-00 Salt Water

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">Sprague Deepwater       34-00 BERTH DEPTH, Salt Water

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">Sunoco East Boston      37-06 BERTH DEPTH, Salt Water

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">TRT Quincy              29-00 Salt Water

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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">McArdle Bridge Update

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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">The McArdle Bridge is operating on normal on

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">demand bridge openings for marine traffic.

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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">Chelsea Street Bridge Update

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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">The Chelsea Street Bridge is operating on normal

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">on demand bridge openings for marine traffic.

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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">Fore River Bridge Update

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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">The Fore River Bridge is operating on normal

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">on demand bridge openings for marine traffic.

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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">MSA Useful Links

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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">Army Corp of Engineers

http://www.nae.usace.army.mil/<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#1F497D">

http://www.nae.usace.army.mil/Missions/Navigation.aspx<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">

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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">Boston Harbor Pilot Association, LLC

http://www.bostonpilots.com/<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">

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NOAA

Chart viewer<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New""> - handy tool for chart reference

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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">Weather WEB Sites

National Hurricane Center<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">

National Data Buoy Center

Dial-A-Buoy<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:blue">

Oceanweather, Inc.<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:blue">

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Notice posted on Friday, September 15, 2023

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For quality assurance purposes please note well that while the above information is regularly vetted for accuracy it is not intended to replace the local knowledge or expertise pertaining to port conditions of our marine operations personnel. Port précis should always be verified by contacting the corresponding marine department of a particular location for the most up-to-date information.