Looks like there are about 10 I can see. Are they typically cargo or oil, gas?
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Are there always ships anchored off Port Aransas
Originally posted by flywise View PostLooks like there are about 10 I can see. Are they typically cargo or oil, gas?
Yea that is very normal. They are either waiting on a berth to load or discharge liquid cargo . Most are loading out products from the refinery’s or bringing feed stock into them . The port I work we load everything. Very rarely do they discharge to us .Last edited by Strummer; 06-26-2022, 06:10 PM.
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Originally posted by Gumbo Man View PostI think that they have to wait on a pilot boat to escort them in one at a time.
Most of the time they are waiting on a berth to load or discharge. But you are correct a pilot has to bring them in from the pilot station . That’s normally 3 to 5 miles offshore from the jetties . Or that how far it is at the port o work at .
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Are there always ships anchored off Port Aransas
Originally posted by captainsling View PostYou at OXY? Guessing so since you are loading caustic.
No sir . I work at Formosa in Point Comfort. We load a lot of caustic , probably more of it then any thing . The one we are loading now is about 19700 metric tons . Close to 79,000bbls
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I never new how barges and ships were unloaded till a barge flipped over and capsized half loaded with sulfuric acid if my memory serves me correctly. It was in Texas City and they were unloading the barge and someone fell asleep and unloaded only one side and it flipped over spilling acid into the channel. I was told that those barges or ships have baffles and need to be offloaded evenly to prevent flipping. This was in 2002 or 2003. Was big news for our local Houston channels.
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