Please see latest NHC updates from 1100 below. On the forecast track, the center of Ian is expected to move onshore within the Hurricane warning area in a few hours, move over central Florida tonight and Thursday morning and emerge over the western Atlantic by late Thursday. Ian is forecast to turn northward on Friday…

Colleagues, please see the afternoon update from the NHC on Hurricane Ian. Of note, Ian is moving toward the north near 10 mph, and this motion is expected to continue today. On the forecast track, the center of Ian is expected to move over the southeastern Gulf of Mexico in a couple of hours, pass…

Hurricane Ian 5Am Update Please see the morning NHC update for Hurricane Ian (Cat 3 as of 5 AM). of note, Ian is moving toward the north near 12 mph, and this motion is expected to continue today. A turn toward the north-northeast with a reduction in forward speed is forecast tonight and Wednesday. Ian…

MSIB 34-22 Calcasieu River-Westlake Railroad Bridge All mariners are advised that the Westlake Railroad Bridge, located in the vicinity of mile marker 36 on the Calcasieu River, will be closed to marine traffic on the following dates and times: Oct. 3: 7:00AM thru 12:00PM and 1:00PM thru 5:30PM Oct. 4 thru Oct. 7: 6:00AM thru…

MSIB 026-22 The USACE has conducted a hydrological survey of the dredged channel in Stouts Pass, Atchafalaya River Mile Marker (MM) 113 to 117. Based on the survey results, the Coast Guard has determined that all previous restrictions are removed. Mariners are strongly advised not to rely on the buoy locations and to continue to…

Drawbridge Operation: Back Bay of Biloxi, Biloxi, MS – Temporary Deviation, Request for Comments   Notice number: 2022-20176 Date: Deviation-7 a.m. September 19, 2022 until March 20, 2023; Comments accepted until November 18, 2022   Coast Guard, DHS.   Notice of temporary deviation from regulations; request for comments.   The Coast Guard has issued a…

Notice Number: 201258-2/MVN 22-106 / MVN 22-111 / MVN 22-113 Date: 08/31/2022 10:00 thru 09/27/2022 23:59 Reference Navigation Bulletin No. 22-111, dated 13 September 2022, stating that the U.S. Government Contract Cutterhead Dredge CAPTAIN FRANK will perform dredging operations at Stout’s Pass, between Mile 113 and Mile 116 of the Atchafalaya River, through 16 September…

Notice Number: 201301/MVN 22-112 Date: 09/26/2022 00:00 thru 10/15/2022 23:59 Beginning on or about 26 September 2022, the U.S. Government Contract Cutterhead Dredge CAPTAIN FRANK will be working in the vicinity of Morgan City, Louisiana, at 20 Grand Point in the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (GIWW). Dredged material will be deposited into deep water of the…

Notice Number: 201034-2/201300_201034-2_NTN-04_HS_BP_BT_2022-09 Date: 07/21/2022 00:00 thru 02/01/2023 00:00 The Dredge “Constellation” (Inland Dredging Company, LLC) will be operating in the Houston Ship Channel (HSC) between Beacon 93 and Beacon 76, Bayport Channel, Bayport Flare, and Barbours Channel. Utilizing a pipeline and discharging the dredged material in Placement Area, PA14 Spilman Island.   The contractor is dredging Barbours…

Notice Number: 201218-2/201299_201218-2_NTN-06_HS_BP_2022-09 Date: 08/20/2022 00:00 thru 10/01/2022 00:00 The Hopper Dredge “Terrapin Island” (Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company, LLC) will be operating dredging operations extended in the Bayport Flare to Houston Ship Channel from Light Bouey 74 (or Beacon 76) to Beacon 78. Dredging material is being discharge in the Ocean Dredged Material…