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ALYESKA REPORT
WEEK OF NOVEMBER 30, 1998
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Escorting Tug Aids Rescue
The Sea Voyager, an escort tug in
Alyeska Pipeline’s tanker escort fleet, towed a stranded private vessel into Port
Valdez last evening. The private boat was stranded approximately twenty miles out of Port
Valdez and was out of fuel and had a dead battery. The United States Coast Guard in Valdez
asked Alyeska Pipeline to assist in the return of the vessel. No one was injured and the
vessel was safely towed into the port.
Unannounced Spill
Drill in Port Valdez
The Alaska Department of
Environmental Conservation and the United States Coast Guard called an unannounced oil
spill response drill on Alyeska Pipeline’s Ship Escort Response Vessel System (SERVS)
today at noon . The drill was designed to test the readiness of an unmanned equipment
barge that is stationed in Port Valdez in the event of real emergency. The Pathfinder,
one of the SERVS docking tugs, towed the barge into place and the large oil spill
collection system staged on board the barge was deployed. The response vessel, Freedom
Service, deployed boom as part of the exercise. The exercise took place in Shoup Bay
in Port Valdez.
The collection system on board the barge is
designed to skim approximately 4,400 barrels an hour.
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