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Maximum Recommended Transit Drafts for the Mississippi River are as follows:
SouthWest Pass to Pilottown (MM1.5 AHOP) (Associated Branch Bar Pilots) - 49 feet equal to 14.939 Meters |
Pilottown (MM1.5 AHOP) to New Orleans (Crescent River Port PIlots) - 50 feet equal to 15.244 Meters |
New Orleans to MM175 (New Orleans Baton Rouge Steamship Pilots) - 50 feet equal to 15.244 Meters |
MM175 AHOP to MM180 AHOP( New Orleans Baton Rouge Steamship Pilots) - 47 feet equal to 14.329 Meters |
MM180 AHOP to Baton Rouge (New Orleans Baton Rouge Steamship Pilots) - 45 feet equal to 13.720 meters |
Controlling Draft For Vessels Entering And Exiting Southwest Pass And The Mississippi River - 49 feet/14.939 meters FW from Southwest Pass Seabuoy to MM175 AHOP or
47 feet/14.329 meters FW from MM175 AHOP to MM180 AHOP or
45 feet/13.720 meters FW from MM180 to Baton Rouge |