Port Partners, Today’s updated Dispatchers List is attached.  A daily posting of this document can be found here: https://homeportr.uscg.mil/Lists/Content/DispForm.aspx?ID=12586&Source=/Lists/Content/DispForm.aspx?ID=12586 Please take note of the upcoming Channel Closures/ Obstructions to include: DATE/TIME CAT TYPE LOCATION STATUS 22MAY / 0700-1400 I ROLL ON / ROLL OFF OPERATIONS CARPENTERS BAYOU (POWELL IND) PENDING Shoaling is reported to reducing…

Higher than normal water levels and over 1 knot of current have been reported at the entrance to the San Jacinto River. Strong currents are expected at adjoining waterways of the Upper Houston Ship Channel until Friday Afternoon. Very respectfully, Vessel Traffic Service USCG Sector Houston-Galveston (281) 464-4837 24/7 Watch Supervisor HoustonTraffic@uscg.mil

Notice Number: 23-58 Date: 05/20/2023 thru 05/31/2023 Commencing on or about 20 May 2023 and continuing until approximately 31 October 2023, the U.S. Government Dustpan Dredge HURLEY will be working at the Mississippi River Deep Draft Crossings between mile 234 and mile 151 Above Head of Passes (AHP). The first dredging location will be at…

Safety Advisory – Bridge Closure at MM 41.5 MORGAN CITY-PORT ALLEN ALTERNATE ROUTE – UPDATE 1 Cancellation 1. This Marine Safety Information Bulletin (MSIB) supersedes MSIB Volume XXIII, Issue 026. 2. Mariners are advised that the Bayou Pigeon swing bridge has been reopened to marine traffic. 3. For further information, contact the following: Coast Guard…

Notice Number: 23-57 Date: 05/26/2023 thru 05/29/2023 Beginning on approximately 16 May 2023 and continuing through approximately 29 May 2023, mariners are advised that the U.S. Government Hopper Dredge WHEELER will be working in Southwest Pass from Head of Passes (mile 0) to approximately mile 22 Below Head of Passes (BHP), and in the Mississippi…

Notice Number: 23-55 Date: UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE Reference Navigation Bulletin No. 18-144, dated 31 October 2018, stating that the East Calumet Floodgate will remain closed to navigation until further notice, due to heavy siltation on the west side of the structure making it unsafe for navigation. EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY, MARINERS ARE ADVISED THAT THE EAST AND…

“VESSEL TRAFFIC SERVICE HOUSTON GALVESTON HAS IMPLIMENTED THE HIGH-WATER WATCH PHASE DUE TO THE SHELDON WATER GAUGE HAS REACHED 6.2FT, AND RISING. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PREDICTS A RISE TO 8FT TO OCCUR APPROXIMATELY 1900 (LOCAL) THIS EVENING; VESSEL TRAFFIC SERVICE WILL IMPLIMENT THE ACTION PHASE. DUE TO THE POTENTIAL STRONG CURRENTS ASSOCIATED WITH THESE…

The Captain of the Port New Orleans is issuing a safety advisory for the waters of the Port Allen – Morgan City Alternate Route at mile marker 64.3. Mariners are advised that the Union Pacific Railroad bridge will be closed to marine traffic for 24 hours, beginning May 21, 2023 at 0700 until May 22, 2023…

Port Partners, Today’s updated Dispatchers List is attached.  A daily posting of this document can be found here: https://homeportr.uscg.mil/Lists/Content/DispForm.aspx?ID=12586&Source=/Lists/Content/DispForm.aspx?ID=12586 Please take note of the upcoming Channel Closures/ Obstructions to include: DATE/TIME CAT TYPE LOCATION STATUS 13MAY23 / 1300-1700 II DRY DOCK MOVEMENT SOUTHWEST SHIPYARD BRADY’S APPROVED 15MAY23 / 0800-1200 II DRY DOCK MOVEMENT SOUTHWEST SHIPYARD…

Please find the links to the USCG LNM’s for week 19-23 below: First District Fifth District Seventh District Eighth District: Western Rivers Eighth District: Gulf Coast Ninth District Eleventh District Thirteenth District Seventeenth District