Fracture found at ballast tanks - February 28, 2001

Providing coverage of Alaska and northern Canada's oil and gas industryFebruary 2001

Vol. 6, No. 2

Week of February 28, 2001

Fracture found at ballast tanks

Petroleum News Alaska Staff

Alyeska Pipeline Service Co., the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation and the U.S. Coast Guard said Feb. 11 that the S/R Bernicia departed the Valdez Marine Terminal late in the morning after receiving approval to sail from the Coast Guard.

A light sheen was observed at 2:56 a.m. Feb. 10 inside the boom at berth 5 of the VMT while the tank vessel S/R Bernicia was in the later stages of completing loading and deballasting operations.

An internal inspection of the vessel revealed a three-quarter inch fracture between the No. 5 port cargo tank and the No. 4 port segregated ballast tank. A joint statement by the U.S. Coast Guard, DEC and Alyeska said the fracture did not affect the integrity of the vessel’s hull.

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