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Chapter 7: Marine Transportation, Navigation, and Infrastructure Ocean Special Area Management Plan Chapter 7: Marine Transportation, Navigation, and Infrastructure Table of Contents List of Figures.............................................................................................................................. 3 List of Tables ............................................................................................................................... 4 700 Introduction.......................................................................................................................... 5 710 History of Marine Transportation in the Ocean SAMP Area ......................................... 7 720 Navigation Features in the Ocean SAMP Area............................................................... 11 720.1 Area Overview..................................................................................................... 11 720.2 Shipping Lanes, Traffic Separation Schemes, and Precautionary Areas...... 13 720.3 Recommended Vessel Routes............................................................................. 14 720.4 Ferry Routes........................................................................................................ 14 720.5 Pilot Boarding Areas........................................................................................... 14 720.6 Anchorages .......................................................................................................... 15 720.7 Navy Restricted Areas ........................................................................................ 15 720.8 Right Whale Seasonal Management Area ........................................................ 18 730 Marine Transportation in the Ocean SAMP Area ......................................................... 20 730.1 Shipping Activity................................................................................................. 20 730.2 Cargo Vessels....................................................................................................... 29 730.3 Passenger Ferries ................................................................................................ 31 730.4 Cruise Ships......................................................................................................... 35 730.5 Naval Vessels ....................................................................................................... 36 730.6 Other Government/Enforcement Vessels ......................................................... 38 730.7 Other Vessels ....................................................................................................... 38 740 Ports and Harbors Adjacent to the Ocean SAMP Area................................................. 40 740.1 Providence ........................................................................................................... 40 740.2 Quonset/Davisville............................................................................................... 41 740.3 Fall River ............................................................................................................. 43 740.4 Newport................................................................................................................ 44 740.5 Point Judith ......................................................................................................... 44 740.6 Block Island ......................................................................................................... 45 750 Other Infrastructure in the Ocean SAMP Area ............................................................. 46 750.1 Disposal Sites ....................................................................................................... 46 750.2 Unexploded Ordnance........................................................................................ 46 5-4-2011 Approved Ocean SAMP Chapter 7 Page 1 of 62 Ocean Special Area Management Plan 750.3 Underwater Cables ............................................................................................. 46 760 Economic Impact of Marine Transportation and Navigational Uses within the Ocean SAMP Area................................................................................................................................ 49 770 Policies and Standards....................................................................................................... 52 770.1 General Policies................................................................................................... 52 770.2 Regulatory Standards......................................................................................... 53 780 Literature Cited ................................................................................................................. 55 5-4-2011 Approved Ocean SAMP Chapter 7 Page 2 of 62 Ocean Special Area Management Plan List of Figures Figure 7.1. Select navigation features......................................................................................... 12 Figure 7.2. Naval operating areas ............................................................................................... 17 Figure 7.3. Right whale seasonal management area................................................................... 19 Figure 7.4. Annual cargo volume processed by Narragansett Bay ports, 1997-2007 ................ 23 Figure 7.5. Total number of vessel transits and volume of cargo processed in Providence....... 24 Figure 7.6. Commercial ship traffic based on AIS data.............................................................. 27 Figure 7.7. Commercial ship traffic and navigation areas.......................................................... 28 Figure 7.8. Ferry routes............................................................................................................... 33 Figure 7.9. Underwater cables, unexploded ordnance, and dredge disposal site........................ 48 5-4-2011 Approved Ocean SAMP Chapter 7 Page 3 of 62 Ocean Special Area Management Plan List of Tables Table 7.1.Vessel transits in and out of Narragansett Bay using federally maintained navigation channels in 2007........................................................................................................ 21 Table 7.2. Volume of cargo transported in 2007 ........................................................................ 22 Table 7.3. Annual cargo volume processed by Narragansett Bay ports between 1997 and 2007............................................................................................................................................. 23 Table 7.4. Number and type of barges entering Narragansett Bay in 2007................................ 30 Table 7.5. Ferries operating within the Ocean SAMP area ........................................................ 34 Table 7.6. Passengers carried between 2003 and 2005 aboard ferries operating within the Ocean SAMP area....................................................................................................................... 35 Table 7.7. Port of Davisville monthly car carrier visits and vehicle units imported, July 2007 through June 2009....................................................................................................................... 42 Table 7.8. Economic impact of the Port of Providence in Fiscal Year 2008.............................. 50 Table 7.9. Economic impact of the Port of Davisville in 2007................................................... 50 Table 7.10. Economic impact of the Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division Newport, 2007-2008 ................................................................................................................................... 51 5-4-2011 Approved Ocean SAMP Chapter 7 Page 4 of 62 Ocean Special Area Management Plan Section 700. Introduction 1. The Ocean SAMP area is an important and highly valuable marine transportation corridor. The Ocean SAMP area represents a crossroads between multiple heavily used waterways: Narragansett Bay, Long Island Sound, Buzzards Bay, and Vineyard Sound. Vessels pass through the Ocean SAMP area when passing between these waterways en route to commercial ports, harbors, and other facilities. These vessels include cargo ships, such as tankers, bulk carriers, and tug and barge units, passenger ferries, naval vessels, government research, enforcement, and search and rescue vessels, and pilot boats. They carry goods, move people, or provide other functions that are essential to Rhode Island, neighboring states, and the entire nation. The Ocean SAMP area is part of the nation’s marine transportation system, which is the network of all navigable waterways, vessels, operators, ports, and intermodal landside connections facilitating the marine transport of people and goods in the United States (Marine Transportation System National Advisory Council, 2009). One of the main goals of the Ocean SAMP is to promote and enhance these and other existing uses. Proposed future uses related to marine transportation and other topics are addressed in Chapter 9, Other Future Uses. 2. This chapter focuses on the commercial, military, government, and support vessels and infrastructure that comprise the Ocean SAMP-area elements of the nation’s marine transportation system. Other vessels that operate in the Ocean SAMP area and utilize this infrastructure include fishing and recreational craft. Fishing vessels and activities are discussed in Chapter 5, Commercial and Recreational Fisheries. Recreational
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