COVID 19 Guidance
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COVID 19 is providing its own unique challenges, requiring all to stay extra vigilant on changing port call conditions and regulations.
If you would like updates for all USA ports, the easiest method for reviewing our daily port updates is by visiting:
http://ports.moranshipping.com/default.aspx
Homeland Security Advisory System
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The National Homeland Security Advisory System is at Yellow (MARSEC Level I), or an elevated level of threat for the Port of Providence
Local Time Zone
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The Port of Providence and Narragansett Bay are currently utilizing Eastern Standard Time (GMT - 4 )
Cape Cod Canal Air Draft Restriction
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The US Army Corp of Engineers has advised the current maximum air draft for Cape Cod Canal transits is 135 ft. Deep draft is restricted to 30 ft due to shoaling. Vessels over 23 ft will need tide window for transit.
Closure:
For your planning purposes, the next and final round of Canal closures for the Vertical Lift Railroad Bridge maintenance project will be on March 13-17 and March 20-24. The span will be lowered and the Canal will be closed to all marine
traffic, Monday through Friday, from 0700-1600. Once lowered for the workday, the bridge won’t be able to move until work is completed each day.
The closures are needed for the rehabilitation and replacement of critical bridge components. The Canal will be reopened each day as early as possible. The number of days with scheduled closures will be reduced if work progresses faster
than predicted. The schedule is weather dependent and subject to change.
Questions about the project or coordinating transits around the daily closures should be directed to the Duty Marine Traffic Controller, US Army Corps of Engineers, Cape Cod Canal Field Office at 978-318-8500 or VHF Channel 14.
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Providence:
Today<span-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#333333">
<span-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#333333">Sunny, with a high near 70. Southeast wind 3 to 8 mph.
Tonight<span-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#333333">
<span-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#333333">Mostly clear, with a low around 43. Southeast wind 5 to 7 mph becoming calm in the evening.
Wednesday<span-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#333333">
<span-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#333333">Sunny, with a high near 72. Calm wind becoming south 5 to 9 mph in the afternoon.
Wednesday Night<span-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#333333">
<span-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#333333">A chance of showers, mainly before 1am. Increasing clouds, with a low around 47. South wind 8 to 10 mph becoming north in the evening. Chance
of precipitation is 30%.
Thursday<span-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#333333">
<span-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#333333">Mostly sunny, with a high near 65. North wind around 14 mph.
Thursday Night<span-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#333333">
<span-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#333333">Partly cloudy, with a low around 44. Northeast wind 5 to 10 mph.
Friday<span-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#333333">
<span-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#333333">Mostly sunny, with a high near 71. North wind around 7 mph.
Friday Night<span-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#333333">
<span-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#333333">Partly cloudy, with a low around 48. South wind around 8 mph becoming northwest after midnight.
Saturday<span-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#333333">
<span-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#333333">Mostly sunny, with a high near 76. North wind 7 to 10 mph becoming east in the afternoon.
Saturday Night<span-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#333333">
<span-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#333333">Partly cloudy, with a low around 52. South wind around 10 mph becoming west after midnight.
Sunday<span-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#333333">
<span-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#333333">Mostly sunny, with a high near 75. West wind 9 to 11 mph becoming south in the afternoon.
Sunday Night<span-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#333333">
<span-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#333333">Partly cloudy, with a low around 54. South wind 8 to 10 mph.
Memorial Day<span-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#333333">
<span-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#333333">Partly sunny, with a high near 78. North wind 8 to 10 mph becoming east in the afternoon.
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Tides:
Newport:
Date Day Time Pred High/Low
2023/05/23 Tue 04:36 AM 0.40 L
2023/05/23 Tue 11:22 AM 3.14 H
2023/05/23 Tue 04:17 PM 0.42 L
2023/05/23 Tue 11:38 PM 3.38 H
2023/05/24 Wed 05:15 AM 0.56 L
2023/05/24 Wed 12:10 PM 3.00 H
2023/05/24 Wed 05:03 PM 0.59 L
Providence:
Date Day Time Pred High/Low
2023/05/23 Tue 04:27 AM 0.59 L
2023/05/23 Tue 11:41 AM 4.07 H
2023/05/23 Tue 04:31 PM 0.59 L
2023/05/23 Tue 11:53 PM 4.21 H
2023/05/24 Wed 05:10 AM 0.77 L
2023/05/24 Wed 12:28 PM 3.92 H
2023/05/24 Wed 05:17 PM 0.79 L
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Current Maximum drafts at Terminals in feet:
Davisville: 32-00
Prov Port: 38-00
Hudson: 27-05
Exxon: 37-00
Shell: 40-00
Sprague Providence: 32-00 ( flood tide restricted)
Sprague East providence: 30-00 ( daylight flood restricted)
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Narragansett Bay:
This Afternoon<span-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#333333">
<span-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#333333">SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves around 2 ft.
Tonight<span-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#333333">
<span-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#333333">SE winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming E after midnight. Waves around 2 ft.
Wed<span-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#333333">
<span-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#333333">SE winds around 5 kt, becoming S in the afternoon. Waves around 2 ft.
Wed Night<span-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#333333">
<span-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#333333">SW winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming N 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 20 kt after midnight. Waves 2 to 3 ft. A chance of showers.
Thu And Thu Night<span-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#333333">
<span-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#333333">N winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 25 kt. Waves 2 to 3 ft.
Fri Through Sat Night<span-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#333333">
<span-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#333333">SW winds 5 to 10 kt. seas are reported as significant wave height, which is the average of the highest third of the waves. Individual wave
heights may be more than twice the significant wave height.
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Rhode Island Sound:
This Afternoon<span-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#333333">
<span-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#333333">E winds around 10 kt. Seas around 2 ft.
Tonight<span-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#333333">
<span-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#333333">E winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas around 2 ft.
Wed<span-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#333333">
<span-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#333333">SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas around 2 ft.
Wed Night<span-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#333333">
<span-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#333333">SW winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming N 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 25 kt after midnight. Seas 2 to 4 ft.
Thu And Thu Night<span-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#333333">
<span-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#333333">N winds 15 to 20 kt with gusts up to 25 kt. Seas 2 to 4 ft.
Fri Through Sat Night<span-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#333333">
<span-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#333333">SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft. seas are reported as significant wave height, which is the average of the highest third of the waves.
Individual wave heights may be more than twice the significant wave height.
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Buzzards Bay:
This Afternoon<span-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#333333">
<span-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#333333">E winds around 10 kt. Seas around 2 ft.
Tonight<span-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#333333">
<span-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#333333">E winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas around 2 ft.
Wed<span-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#333333">
<span-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#333333">SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas around 2 ft.
Wed Night<span-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#333333">
<span-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#333333">SW winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming N 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 20 kt after midnight. Seas 2 to 3 ft.
Thu And Thu Night<span-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#333333">
<span-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#333333">N winds 15 to 20 kt with gusts up to 25 kt. Seas 2 to 4 ft.
Fri Through Sat Night<span-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#333333">
<span-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#333333">SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas around 2 ft. seas are reported as significant wave height, which is the average of the highest third of the waves.
Individual wave heights may be more than twice the significant wave height.
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Cape Cod Bay:
This Afternoon<span-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#333333">
<span-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#333333">E winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas around 2 ft.
Tonight<span-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#333333">
<span-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#333333">SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas around 2 ft.
Wed<span-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#333333">
<span-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#333333">SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas around 2 ft.
Wed Night<span-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#333333">
<span-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#333333">S winds around 10 kt, becoming N with gusts up to 25 kt after midnight. Seas 2 to 4 ft.
Thu<span-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#333333">
<span-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#333333">N winds 15 to 20 kt with gusts up to 25 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft.
Thu Night<span-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#333333">
<span-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#333333">NE winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 20 kt, becoming N 5 to 10 kt after midnight. Seas 2 to 4 ft.
Fri Through Sat Night<span-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#333333">
<span-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#333333">S winds around 10 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft. seas are reported as significant wave height, which is the average of the highest third of the waves.
Individual wave heights may be more than twice the significant wave height.
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