Shipping and barge pilots
Comparative Statement of Traffic for Each Part of Sabine Neches Waterway
1989-1998

SABINE PASS HARBOR, TX (PART OF WATERWAY)

Section Included: Gulf of Mexico to upper end of Sabine Pass, about 28.4 miles. Controlling Depth: 29 feet. Project Depth: 40-42 feet, mean low tide.

Comparative Statement of Traffic (thousand short tons)
Year Total   Year Total   Year Total   Year Total  
1989 726 1992 419 1995 231 1998 12,000
1990 630 1993 394 1996 135    
1991 500 1994 296 1997 725    

Freight Traffic, 1998 (thousand short tons)

PORT ARTHUR, TX (PART OF WATERWAY)

Section Included: Sabine Pass Harbor, TX, to Neches River, about 27.7 miles. Controlling Depth: 38 feet. Project Depth: 40 feet, mean low tide.

Comparative Statement of Traffic (thousand short tons)
Year Total   Year Total   Year Total   Year Total  
1989 31,128 1992 33,526 1995 49,800 1998 29,557
1990 30,680 1993 38,327 1996 37,158    
1991 29,835 1994 45,586 1997 37,318    

Freight Traffic, 1998 (thousand short tons)

ORANGE, TX (SABINE RIVER) (PART OF WATERWAY)

Section Included: Mouth Neches River to mouth Sabine River, thence upstream to Old U.S. Highway 90, about 16 miles; Adams Bayou, 1.6 mile; Cow Bayou, 7.2 miles. Controlling Depth: 27 feet except channel around Orange Harbor Island, 20 feet; Adams Bayou, 9 feet; Cow Bayou, 8 feet. Project Depth: 30 feet to Old U.S. Highway 90; 25 feet around Harbor Island; Adams Bayou, 12 feet; Cow Bayou, 13 feet, mean low tide.

Comparative Statement of Traffic (thousand short tons)
Year Total   Year Total   Year Total   Year Total  
1989 727 1992 553 1995 693 1998 756
1990 709 1993 579 1996 616    
1991 849 1994 686 1997 691    

Freight Traffic, 1998 (thousand short tons)

BEAUMONT, TX (NECHES RIVER) (PART OF WATERWAY)

Section Included: Mouth to Bethlehem Steel Company, about 20 miles. Controlling Depth: 39 feet mouth to turning basin; 40 feet in Beaumont turning basin; 32 feet, to Bethlehem Steel Company. Project Depth: 40 feet to Beaumont turning basin; 34 feet in turning basin; 30 feet to Bethlehem Steel Shipyard, mean low tide.

Comparative Statement of Traffic (thousand short tons)
Year Total   Year Total   Year Total   Year Total  
1989 31,668 1992 22,702 1995 20,937 1998 60,052
1990 26,729 1993 25,410 1996 35,705    
1991 22,383 1994 21,201 1997 48,665    

Freight Traffic, 1998 (thousand short tons)

Comparative Statement for the Sabine Neches Waterway vs. Houston Ship Channel
1989-1998

SABINE-NECHES WATERWAY, TX (BEAUMONT, ORANGE, PORT ARTHUR, AND SABINE PASS HARBOR, TX)

Section Included: Gulf of Mexico to turning basins at West Port Arthur, Beaumont, and Orange, TX, about 85.8 miles; Adams Bayou Channel, about 1.6 miles; and Cow Bayou Channel, about 7 miles. Controlling Depth: Sabine Pass Channel, TX, 40 feet; Port Arthur, TX, 37 feet; Beaumont, TX, 39 feet; extension to Bethlehem Steel Shipyard, 32 feet; Orange, TX, 27 feet except channel around Harbor Island, 20 feet; Adams Bayou Channel, 9 feet; and Cow Bayou Channel, 8 feet. Project Depth: Sabine Pass Harbor, TX, 40 to 42 feet; Port Arthur, TX, 40 feet; Beaumont, TX, 40 feet except turning basin, 34 feet, and extension to Bethlehem Steel Shipyard, 30 feet; Orange, TX, 30 feet except channel around Harbor Island, 25 feet; Adams Bayou, 12 feet, and Cow Bayou, 13 feet, mean low tide.

Comparative Statement of Traffic (thousand short tons)
Year Total   Year Total   Year Total   Year Total  
1989 96,564 1992 88,348 1995 103,254 1998 115,935
1990 90,819 1993 95,418 1996 103,262    
1991 84,213 1994 99,675 1997 116,012    

Freight Traffic, 1998 (thousand short tons)

HOUSTON SHIP CHANNEL, TX (HOUSTON, TX)

Section Included: Galveston Harbor, TX, to Houston turning basin, 52.5 miles; light draft extension, 5.2 miles; Turkey Bend Channel, 0.8 mile; Goose Creek, 3.3 miles; Barbour Terminal Channel, 1.5 miles; Five Mile Cut Channel, 1,9 miles; Bayport Channel, 4.5 miles; and Greens Bayou, 1.59 miles. Controlling Depth: 39 feet to Southern Pacific Slip; 20 feet through turning basin; light draft extension, 9.0 feet; Turkey Bend Channel, 10 feet; Barbour Terminal Channel privately maintained, 42 feet; Five Mile Cut, 10 feet; Greens Bayou, 38 feet to mile 0.34 and 17 feet to mile 1.6. Project Depth: 40 feet to Southern Pacific Slip; 36 feet through turning basin; 10 feet in extension and branch; 16 feet in Barbour Terminal Channel; 8 feet in Five Mile Cut Channel; none in Goose Creek Channel; 40 feet in Bayport Channel; 36 feet to mile 0.37 and 15 feet to mile 1.65 in Green Bayou, mean low tide.

Comparative Statement of Traffic (thousand short tons)
Year Total   Year Total   Year Total   Year Total  
1989 125,583 1992 137,664 1995 135,231 1998 169,070
1990 126,178 1993 141,477 1996 148,183    
1991 131,514 1994 143,663 1997 165,456    

Freight Traffic, 1998 (thousand short tons)

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