65-foot Vessel Grounds Near Shoup Bay, Alaska
Coast Guard and State of Alaska personnel are monitoring a 65-foot fishing tender grounded near Shoup Bay, four miles west of Valdez, Sunday. The owner of the 65–foot fishing tender, Fate Hunter, is working with Coast Guard Marine Safety Unit Valdez and State of Alaska personnel to minimize environmental impact from the grounding and refloat the vessel. Coast Guard Sector Anchorage command center watchstanders received a call Sunday morning from the crew of the Fate Hunter, reporting the vessel had run aground near Shoup Bay with four persons on board.
BBC Arizona Prepared for Decontamination
Response personnel conduct inspections prior to Port Valdez, Alaska, stevedores shifting cargo to facilitate decontamination of the BBC Arizona's deck, June 7-8, 2013. Multiple containers stored on deck, each holding a plastic bladder filled with transformer oil, began leaking during the ship's transit to Valdez. A Unified Command, consisting of the Coast Guard, Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation, City of Valdez, and Gallagher Marine Systems, LLC, directed containers to be shifted on deck to facilitate removal of bridge parts stored below.
Port Valdez and Valdez Narrows – security zones
The U.S. Coast Guard issued a temporary rule extending through October 31 its security zone encompassing the Trans-Alaska Pipeline (TAPS) Valdez Terminal Complex and TAPS tank vessels and a second security zone in the Valdez Narrows. Comments on this action should be submitted by June 30. 69 Fed. Reg. 28827 (May 19, 2004). The U.S. Coast Guard also issued a proposal to make these security zones permanent. Comments on this proposal should be submitted by July 30. 69 Fed. Reg. 28871 (HK Law).
Port Valdez and Valdez Narrows – Security Zones
With some minor changes, the U.S. Coast Guard is making permanent its current temporary security zones in Port Valdez and around tank vessels transiting the Valdez Narrows. The changes come into effect on February 13. Source: HK Law
Port Valdez and Valdez Narrows Security Zone Changes Proposed
The US Coast Guard is proposing to revise its security zone regulations relating to Port Valdez and the Valdez Narrows. Among other things, the change would include more accurate position information for the boundaries of the security zone around tank vessels navigating on the Valdez Narrows Optimum Track Line and establish when the Valdez Narrows Tanker Optimum Track Line is activated and subject to enforcement. Comments on the proposal should be submitted by July 3. 71 Fed. Reg. 32002 Source; HK Law
