Port Meteorological Office Charleston SC Timothy Kenefick Established

Port Meteorological Office Charleston, SC Timothy Kenefick

Established October 2003 • Situated at NOAA’s Coastal Services Center • 2234 South Hobson Av, Charleston, SC • Within the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center • Centrally located to serve the ports of: • Charleston, SC (45 mile loop to visit all the terminals) • Savannah, GA (110 miles, approx. 2 hours each way) • Wilmington, NC (180 miles, 3 to 4 hours drive each way)

Port of Charleston, SC Terminals • Container Terminals • Wando (Mt Pleasant) • North Charleston • Auto Terminal • Columbus Street • Passenger • Union Terminal

Port Of Charleston Terminals (Contd) • General Cargo • Veterans Terminal • Union Terminal • Columbus Street • Military Cargo • Naval Weapons Station, Joint Base Charleston • Petro – Chemical Terminals • Hess • Delphin • Chem Marine

Port of Charleston New Projects • South Navy Base Container Terminal • Construction for the past 4 years • Forecast to open 2016 • North Navy Base (Veterans Terminal) • Conversion to handle Autocarriers (move from Columbus Street) • Continue to handle bulk carriers • Continue to be lay-up berths for USNS ships between deployments

Port of Charleston (Contd) • FLETC • • 6 Ready Reserve ships (5 Cape “D” Class and 1 Cape “E” Class) Coast Guard Buoy Tender OAK Static Training ship CAPE CHALMERS NOAA Ships (Rumor: Supposed to change home ports) • Ronald Brown • Nancy Foster • Shipyard • Detyens Shipyard, occupies old Navy Base SRF (North part) • 3 Dry Docks • 6 Layberths

Savannah, GA • Containers • Garden City Container Terminal • Multipurpose terminals by the bridge and east of the city • Containers • Bulk cargo • Auto Terminal • LNG Terminal

Trips to Savannah • On request for barometer comparisons • US and Foreign programs • Request for recruitment into program • Delivery of supplies for AOML • Drifter Buoys • Bathythermograph Probes • Repair / replace Bathythermograph equipment

Wilmington, NC • Multi Purpose Terminal on south side of city • Containers • Bulk Cargo • Liquid Cargo • Military Ocean Terminal Sunny Point • Containers • Vehicles • Munitions

Trips to Wilmington • All day trip done only upon request • Usually to adjust barometers or install software • Recruitment rare. • One trip to Moorehead City in support of USNS contract vessel. • (6 hours each way)

Visits and Sea Time • Average 900 ship visits per year • Visit every ship which call to Charleston Terminals • Days sea time teaching aboard training ship EMPIRE STATE • • • 94 (2014) 76 (2013) 68 (2012) 48 (2011) 35 (2010) Goes back to 1998 • I’ve also taught aboard STATE OF MAINE and KENNEDY (nee: ENTERPRISE) for Maine Maritime Academy and Massachusettes Maritime.