Tanker barred from loading oil in Valdez - April 05, 2009

Providing coverage of Alaska and northern Canada's oil and gas industryApril 2009

Vol. 14, No. 14

Week of April 05, 2009

Tanker barred from loading oil in Valdez

The Coast Guard says it prohibited a tanker in Valdez from loading oil after cracks were found in the 24-year-old vessel.

The S/R Baytown belongs to a subsidiary of Exxon Mobil Corp., Houston-based SeaRiver Maritime Inc. The tanker crew discovered a 5-inch crack in the main deck and notified the Coast Guard in Valdez.

Coast Guard Lt. Jesse Garrant says a 4-inch crack also was found in a rim on the vessel that is designed to contain spills.

Garrant says that on Coast Guard orders, the ship owner made temporary repairs and then sailed out March 28 — without the oil shipment — for permanent repairs.

The tanker is a single-sided, double-bottom vessel.

—The Associated Press

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