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This page includes a variety of tools for members, mariners, and those seeking additional information about the GICA and waterway transportation. If there is an item you'd like to add, please e-mail webmaster@gicaonline.com.

     
Presentations (newest items are posted in red)

Baton Rouge Harbor Navigation/Wilkerson Point
posted Jan. 2009

PDF
1.34 MB

Coastal River Information Service
Real-time Electronic Data via Automatic Identification System
by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
posted Aug. 2007

PowerPoint
2.95 MB

Development Along the GIWW
posted Apr. 2007

PowerPoint
11.25 MB
GICA 104th Annual Convention Presentations 2009  

Hurricane Protection to the IHNC Partnering Brief
by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
posted Jan. 2009

PowerPoint
2.56 MB

Real-time Current Velocity System
by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
posted Aug. 2007

PowerPoint
3.99 MB

The Silent Giant
an overview of the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway
by Raymond Butler, Executive Director, GICA

PowerPoint
3.2 MB
PDF
944 KB

 

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Documents & Literature (newest items are posted in red)

ATON Knockdown Reporting Form
Sector Houston-Galveston
updated Mar. 2008

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16 KB

Bolivar Alternate Route
map

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3.39 MB

Budget Request FY2009
posted March 2008

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8.41 MB

Echo Depth-Sounding Device Exemption
posted Sep. 2007
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56 KB

Electronically Controlled Cargo Pump Engines on Tank Barges
District 8 Policy
posted Sep. 2007

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312 KB

Galveston Causeway Railroad Bridge
"A Close Call" video clip from the GICA

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The Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, Legislative Report, 81st Legislature
by the Texas Department of Transportation
posted Jan. 2009

PDF
1.78 MB

Houston Ship Channel Users' Guide
posted Aug. 2006

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2.33 MB

Hurricane Response Protocol
updated June 2009

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129 KB

Ship Ride Program
from the Houston Pilots

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11 KB

Inspection Discrepancies - Sector Houston-Galveston
posted Jun. 2007

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24 KB

Lifelines - Safety Tips that Could Save Your Life
by American Waterays Operators
posted Jun. 2009

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288 KB

Maritime Jobs for Texas
posted Feb. 2007

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159 KB

Mississippi River Gulf Outlet (MRGO) Fact Sheet
posted Jul. 2007

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34 KB

A Modal Comparison of Domestic Freight Transportation Effects on the General Public
from the Center for Ports and Waterways, Texas Transportation Institute
posted Mar. 2008

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9.24 MB

Oversized Tow Permits - Sector Houston-Galveston
updated Jul. 2007

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21 KB

Transportation Worker Identification Credentials Program - Overview
posted Mar. 2007

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33 KB

Transportation Worker Identification Credentials Program - Summary
posted Mar. 2007

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25 KB

Uninspected Towing Vessel Exam Checklist
updated Sep. 2007

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86 KB

US Inland Waterways Map

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647 KB

VTS Houston Chartlets
by VTS Houston
posted Jan. 2009

PowerPoint
3.46 MB

Why Waterway?
GICA's brochure overview of the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway

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1.1 MB

 

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Other Sites
Little River Books
Newsletter Archives
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US Army Corps of Engineers
Inland and Intracoastal Fuel Taxed Waterways of the US

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US Army Corps of Engineers Navigation Data Center
statistics and data on waterways and ports

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US Coast Guard
Automatic Identification Systems (AIS) information

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Vessel Traffic Service, Houston/Galveston
traffic information hub, facilitating safe and efficient transportation in the channel

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