State of the Waterway 2017

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1 State of the Waterway 2017 Steven W. Nerheim Director, VTS Houston/Galveston Lone Star Harbor Safety Committee 10 th February 2017

2 U.S. Port Rankings (Millions of short tons) 1 Port of S Louisiana, LA Texas City, TX Houston, TX Huntington Tristate New York, NY and NJ St. Louis, MO and IL Beaumont, TX Duluth-Superior, MN and WI Long Beach, CA Baltimore, MD Corpus Christi, TX Port Arthur, TX New Orleans, LA Tampa, FL Baton Rouge, LA Savannah, GA Mobile, AL Pittsburg, PA Los Angeles, CA Pascagoula, MS Lake Charles, LA Valdez, AK Plaquemines, LA, Port of Cincinnati-Northern KY Freeport, TX Norfolk Harbor, VA Galveston, TX

3 U.S. Port Rankings South Louisiana, LA, Port of % 15 Texas City, TX % 2 Houston, TX % 16 Huntington-Tristate % 3 New York, NY and NJ % 17 Baltimore, MD % 4 New Orleans, LA % 18 Tampa, FL % 5 Beaumont, TX % 19 Port Arthur, TX % 6 Corpus Christi, TX % 20 Savannah, GA % 7 Long Beach, CA % 21 St Louis, MO and IL % 8 Baton Rouge, LA % 22 Duluth-Superior, MN and WI % 9 Los Angeles, CA % 23 Richmond CA % 10 Mobile, AL % 24 Valdez, AK % 11 Virginia, VA Port of % 25 Pascagoula, MS % 12 Lake Charles, LA % Plaquemines, LA Port of % 32 Freeport, TX % 14 (Millions of short tons and % of change from 2014 to 2015.) Cincinnati-Northern, KY Ports of % 51 Galveston, TX % 3

4 VTS Movements Tug/Tow 139, % Ships 22, % Other 5, % Public 2, % Total Users 169, % Ferries 107,967 Total 277,205 4

5 Transit Demographics

6 Typical Day in the VTSA Average High 39 Tanker Transits Freighter Transits 51 2 Cruise Ship Transits Tow Transits Public Vessel Transits Ferry Transits OSV / Other Transits Ships in Port

7 Monthly Transits Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec 7

8 Monthly Comparison: Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec 8

9 Transit Trends Total Transits per Year Trend line represents 5 year moving average. 9

10 Incident Summary Incidents (317 for 2015) down 22.84% 171 Vessel Casualties -6.7% 21 Groundings -9.1% 12 Collisions -15.3% 6 Allisions -28.5% 89 Other -71.7% Broken Face wires / coupling, Person in Water, Barges adrift, Pollution / Spill. 10

11 Incident to Transits Ratio Incidents per 1000 Transits Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec 11

12 Vessel Casualties - Year to Year 1.6 Vessel Casualties per 1000 Transits 153 Total Vessel Casualties 85 Ship 56 Tow 12 Other

13 140 Ship Casualties Other Generator Steer Propulsion

14 100 Tow Casualties Other Generator Steer Propulsion

15 Groundings Year to Year Reported causal factors: Current Wind Operator Error Surge by another vessel Weather Tide Unknown Other Ship Tow 0 15

16 Allisions 14 6 Allisions 1 involving a tow 4 involving a ship 1 involving an other Other Ship Tow

17 Collisions Collisions 3 ship/tow 2 ship/other 4 tow/tow 3 tow/ other 1 tow/dredge

18 700 Channel Closure Hours Fog Dredge Ops Incident Heavy Wx Other Anc Vsls Fog Dredge Ops Incident Heavy Wx Other Anc Vsls Vessels anchored in the channel due to reduced visibility. 18

19 Houston Ship Channel Greater Galveston Port Complex ~$500/day Economic Impact - Ports of National Significance Over 12.5% of U.S. Waterborne Commerce (2013) Over 52 miles, Sea Buoy to Buffalo Bayou Turning Basin VTSA Monitors over 75 miles of Waterway Main Channel is 530 x 45 deep Barge Lanes Barge Lanes 235 x 12 deep on both sides of the main channel from the ICW (LT 25/26) to Morgan s Point Barge Lanes

20 Hotspots 2015 Grounding Allision Collision 20

21 Hotspots 2016 Grounding Allision Collision 21

22 Reports of Unsafe Moorings (Slack Lines) 180 Decrease of % Average speed of vessel reported causing damage or parted lines 6.15 kts with no vessel speed greater than 7.0 kts Slack Parted Damage

23 2016 High Water Events MARCH, APRIL, MAY 2016 HEAVY RAINS - HIGH WATER STRONG CURRENTS TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT SCHEMES - IMPLEMENTED - REFINED VTS HIGH WATER ACTION PLAN WWM WATERWAYS ACTION PLAN 23

24 Sector Houston-Galveston Aids to Navigation (AToN) RESOURCES 2016 ACTIVITY/RESPONSIBILITIES CGC HARRY CLAIBORNE Maintain 1,156 Aids CGC CLAMP CGC HATCHET ANT Galveston ANT Sabine Responded to 683 AToN Discrepancies 423 AtoN Knockdowns (227 Self-Reports) Hours Underway 98% Aid Availability Rate 24

25 AToN Activity for 2016 Major Projects New Bayport Ranges HSC Inner Range RFL Rebuild AToN Relocation Projects due to Dredging 25

26 Maritime Traffic and Projects Beyond the VTSA Galveston Causeway Debris Removal Project 6 Month Project (Frequent GIWW Closures) Expanded the channel from prev 90 chokepoint to full 125 x12 GIWW Project Dimensions 26

27 Maritime Traffic and Projects Beyond the VTSA Mitigating Congestion in the San Jacinto River Teamed with Port Partners to Address Concern Waterways Management Division Released Marine Safety Information Bulletin Reduced Hazards to Navigation Alleviated Congestion 27

28 NAVIGATION OPERATIONS INDUSTRY ENGAGEMENT LSHSC SUBCOMMITTEES WATERWAY SAFETY AND UTILIZATION DREDGING AND MARINE CONSTRUCTION EDUCATION, TRAINING, AND OUTREACH PLACES OF REFUGE WORKING GROUPS BARGE MOORING, FLEETING, PUSH-IN DISCUSSIONS CAUSALITY MENHADEN AWARENESS CHEMICAL TANKER SCHEDULING OPTIMIZATION GREATER HOUSTON PORT BUREAU TRAFFIC EFFICIENCY COMMITTEE PCT / NRT-TJHRT / GIWW JOINT HURRICANE PROTOCOLS VTS ADVISORY ANCHORAGE WORKING GROUP

29 COLLABORATIVE OUTCOMES Anchorage Working Group Barge Lanes Barge Fleeting, Mooring, Push-In Discussions Bayport Turning Basin (Tow Container Ship) Coordination Bluewater - Brownwater Interaction Engagements Bolivar Roads Inbound Alternate Route Brownwater University Cat I / Cat II Channel Obstruction Requests & Non-VTSA Obstruction Requests Dredge and Marine Construction Coordination GHPB Traffic Efficiency Working Group (Downs Committee) Harbor of Safe Refuge Handbook Gantry Crane Awareness No Meeting/Overtaking in Bolivar Buoy Line Port Coordination Team San Jacinto River Mud Banks Push-in Enforcement Slack Line Reporting Sharing Our Bay Publication Special Traffic Management Places of Refuge (Awkward Ships Longer/Wider Tows Upper HSC) Using the Houston Ship Channel Publication Tank Vessel Efficiency Working Group (Pontikos Committee) VTS Advisory Working Group VTSA Expansion Proposals VTSA Redesign VTS Restricted Moorings Policy VTS Townhall and other Outreach

30 On the Horizon Expanding traffic (both size and volume) Refined Waterway Action Plan VTSA / VTS Adaptations Changing workforce demographics VTMIS Upgrades 30

31 Houston Traffic / Sector WWM Contacts VTS Houston/Galveston Vessel Traffic Center Watch Supervisor (24 hrs) houstontraffic@uscg.mil Director: Steve Nerheim steven.w.nerheim@uscg.mil Ops Mgr/ Trng Mgr: Brian Smith Brian.Smith1@uscg.mil Ops Officer: LT Cortland Gazda Cortland.C.Gazda@uscg.mil Sector WWM D08-DG-SECHouston-WWM@uscg.mil WWM Div Chief: LCDR Navin Griffin Tel (24/7 Sector Command Center) Navin.L.Griffin@uscg.mil 31

32 Questions?