Posts Tagged ‘Marine Safety Detachment Ketchikan’
Threat against Ketchikan fuel facility deemed non-credible
JUNEAU, Alaska — Local, state and federal law enforcement agencies have determined this morning’s threat against the Petro Marine fuel facility in Ketchikan, Alaska, to be non-credible.
Coast Guard Continues Recovery Efforts for Sunken Landing Craft
JUNEAU, Alaska — Recovery efforts continue following the capsizing and sinking of the landing craft, Saltery Privider, in Saltery Cove early Monday.
The landing craft sank in 30 feet of water, approximately 20 feet from shore. A fuel truck that was located on the deck of the vessel is currently floating free, but remains tangled in the Saltery Provicer’s cargo boom.
Alaska Commercial Divers are on scene and have initiated a salvage plan for approval to the Coast Guard and Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation. The initial plan involves lightering the fuel off the fuel truck, craning the fuel truck out, and then raising the Saltery Provider at low tide this evening. The fuel vents of the Saltery Provider have been plugged, however, diesel oil continues to weep from the vessel.
The Rudyard Bay, a Southeast Alaska Petroleum Resource Organization (SEAPRO) response vessel, is on scene and has boomed off two adjacent salmon streams prior to laying boom around the Saltery Provider. Members of Coast Guard Marine Safety Detachment in Ketchikan are also on scene coordinating oil spill recovery efforts and the salvage of the tank truck and landing craft.
The Saltery Provider, a 52-foot uninspected landing craft, was at anchor with an oil tank truck on deck when it took on water and capsized in Saltery Cove, Monday at 6 a.m. The vessel has on board approximately 3,500 gallons of diesel while the tank truck contains approximately 2,500 gallons of diesel.
Landing Craft Capsizes with Oil Truck Onboard, Coast Guard Responds
JUNEAU, Alaska - The Coast Guard received a report that the 52-foot uninspected landing craft Saltery Provider which was at anchor with an oil truck took on water and capsized in Saltery Cove, today at 6 a.m.
The vessel has on board approximately 3,500 gallons of diesel while the tank truck contains approximately 2,500 gallons of diesel.
Coast Guard Station Ketchikan arrived on scene at 9 a.m. with two Marine Safety Detachment Ketchikan personnel to investigate the cause of the capsizing and subsequent oil spill.
The oil spill response organization SEA-PRO is scheduled to arrive on scene at 2 p.m. SEA-PRO is responding with the response vessel Rudyard Bay containing harbor boom and oil skimmers to clean up any spilled oil.
Currently, the vessel has been encircled with sorbent boom to contain any diesel fuel that has escaped. In addition, the owner/ operator has contracted with Alaska Commercial Divers Inc. to coordinate the salvage.
It is not currently known how much oil has spilled.