Draft change for Ship Channel
July 20, 2015, United States, Houston, Texas
After reviewing multiple hydro surveys provided by the Army Corp of Engineers, the 43′-00′ draft restriction imposed by the Houston Pilots on 29 June is rescinded, effective immediately.
Maximum draft permitted for the Houston Ship Channel (below Boggy Bayou) is 45′ (fresh water).
For information about operations in the USA contact GAC USA at usa@gac.com
Waterway closed after barge collision
July 20, 2015, United States, Houston, Texas
The Intracoastal Waterway is currently closed to all traffic from mile marker 350 to Bolivar light 13A after two barges collided at approximately 0100 this morning (20 July).
The collision triggered a fire and shortly after 0200, the Coast Guard alerted regional responders that the burning barge was releasing an amount of naphtha.
According to a Coast Guard spokesman, the Houston fireboat went out to combat the fire and by 0530 were successful in putting the flames out. They are currently still putting water on the barge to ensure that there will be no refresh of the flames, and there does not appear to be product leaking into the water, however an assessment is underway.
For information about operations in the USA contact GAC USA at usa@gac.com
Bridge works
July 20, 2015, Turkey, Turkish Straits
Due to bridge works on the 3. bridge (Yavus Sultan Selim Brige), the Bosphorus will be closed to traffic from 05:00 to 12:00 hours on Wednesday 22 July.
For information about operations in the Turkish Straits contact GAC Istanbul at turkey@gac.com
GAC Bunker Fuels Ltd Pricing Alert
Market Price Update 20/07/15
COUNTRY | 180 CST | 380 CST | MGO | MDO | ||
Aberdeen | 0 | 0 | 322.00 | 0 | ||
Aden | 420.00 | 400.00 | 880.00 | 0 | ||
Alexandria | 0 | 645.00 | 900.00 | 0 | ||
Antwerp | 323.00 | 288.00 | 496.00 | 0 | ||
Aqaba | 0 | 515.00 | 785.00 | 0 | ||
Bahrain | 0 | 0 | 597.00 | 0 | ||
Bergen | 0 | 0 | 538.00 | 0 | ||
Busan | 377.00 | 361.00 | 556.00 | 548.00 | ||
Cape Town | 395.00 | 0 | 656.00 | 0 | ||
Colombo | 400.00 | 385.00 | 615.00 | 0 | ||
Dubai/Sharjah/Rak | 345.00 | 330.00 | 580.00 | 0 | ||
Durban | 380.50 | 0 | 690.00 | 0 | ||
Falmouth | 0 | 373.00 | 641.00 | 0 | ||
Fujairah | 330.00 | 315.00 | 720.00 | 0 | ||
Gibraltar | 0 | 344.00 | 547.00 | 0 | ||
Hambantota | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Houston | 354.00 | 304.00 | 564.00 | 0 | ||
Istanbul | 350.00 | 330.00 | 558.00 | 0 | ||
Jeddah | 370.00 | 360.00 | 770.00 | 0 | ||
Kuwait | 0 | 320.00 | 845.00 | 0 | ||
Labuan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Las Palmas | 344.00 | 330.00 | 567.00 | 0 | ||
Malta | 0 | 388.00 | 524.00 | 0 | ||
Mumbai | 0 | 350.00 | 753.00 | 0 | ||
New York/New Jersey | 380.00 | 330.00 | 556.00 | 0 | ||
Panama | 351.00 | 311.00 | 599.00 | 0 | ||
Piraeus | 364.00 | 346.00 | 529.00 | 0 | ||
Port Louis | 0 | 478.00 | 660.00 | 0 | ||
Port Said | 750.00 | 640.00 | 950.00 | 0 | ||
Qatar | 0 | 0 | 750.00 | 0 | ||
Richards Bay | 398.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Rio de Janeiro | 343.00 | 319.00 | 695.00 | 0 | ||
Rotterdam | 323.00 | 287.00 | 481.50 | 0 | ||
Salalah | 475.00 | 425.00 | 795.00 | 0 | ||
Santos | 346.00 | 324.00 | 724.00 | 0 | ||
Seychelles | 0 | 0 | 715.00 | 0 | ||
Shanghai | 395.00 | 333.00 | 668.00 | 0 | ||
Singapore | 308.00 | 303.00 | 480.00 | 0 | ||
St Petersburg | 249.00 | 239.00 | 515.00 | 0 | ||
Suez | 384.00 | 334.00 | 830.00 | 0 | ||
West Africa – Abidjan | 425.00 | 380.00 | 630.00 | 0 | ||
West Africa – Lome | 0 | 415.00 | 635.00 | 0 | ||
West Africa – Luanda | 425.00 | 380.00 | 630.00 | 0 |
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