Pipeline 101
Enhanced Tractor Tugs

Alyeska's Ship Escort/Response Vessel System (SERVS) has two state-of-the-art enhanced tractor tugs that provide escort and response services to the Valdez Marine Terminal and Alaska Crude Oil Shippers in accordance with oil spill response agreements and plans. The 153 feet long vessels are specifically designed for tethered tanker escort and oil spill response operations in Prince William Sound. The 10,192 horsepower vessels have crews of six trained response personnel and are equipped with ABS Class 1 firefighting systems, DESMI oil skimmers, 3,200 feet of oil containment boom and 70,000 gallons of recovered oil storage capacity. These vessels are 2 of the 5 new technology tug vessels within Alyeska’s SERVS 10 tug fleet.