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SECTOR ANCHORAGE, ALASKA<br />
Western Alaska Zone<br />
M/V<br />
COUGAR<br />
ACE<br />
Case Study<br />
24 July-24 Aug<br />
2006
M/V COUGAR ACE<br />
Status Update – 28 Jul 06<br />
• COUGAR ACE is in US EEZ.<br />
• NOAA SSC conducting vsl drift<br />
and spill impact trajectories.<br />
Initial drift projection is 60 nm<br />
south of Atka Island by Tuesday<br />
(8/1)<br />
• Sector Anchorage (FOSC)<br />
developing distance tripwires &<br />
COA’s for O/S resources to<br />
arrest vsl’s drift rate if necessary<br />
• RP is fully cooperating with CG<br />
Adak<br />
Atka<br />
Closest Point of Land<br />
158 NM<br />
Latest Set/Drift<br />
014T at 1.9 KTS
M/V COUGAR ACE<br />
Status Update – 0700Z 04Aug 06<br />
• M/V Cougar Ace being towed on a<br />
northerly course toward Samalga<br />
Pass @ 2.5 kts<br />
• CGC Morganthau delivered salvage<br />
team & 1 add’l pump. 032100Z Aug<br />
• Water on board poses no threat to the<br />
vsl's safety or stability.<br />
• Pumping to stbd ballast tank should<br />
reduce list & provide add’l stability.<br />
• Salvage team to re-rig tow on 04 AUG.<br />
Updated ETA to Samalga Pass is<br />
1800Z Saturday, 5 Aug.
M/V COUGAR ACE<br />
Status Update – 0700Z 04Aug 06<br />
• Salvage Assets O/S<br />
– M/V Makushin Bay<br />
• Length: 136’<br />
• GT: 198<br />
– Tug Emma Foss<br />
• Length: 101’<br />
• GT: 192<br />
– Tug Sea Victory<br />
• Length: 149’<br />
• GT: 173<br />
• 7,200 BHP<br />
– M/V Redeemer<br />
• Length: 132’<br />
• GT: 196.6<br />
– Tug Gladiator enr<br />
ETA: 06Aug pm<br />
• Length: 136’<br />
• GT: 199<br />
• 7,200 BHP<br />
• CG Forces O/S<br />
– CGC Morgenthau<br />
– CGC Sycamore
M/V COUGAR ACE<br />
Status Update – 0930Z 07Aug 06<br />
• Transit through Samalga Pass<br />
uneventful. Completed Saturday a.m.,<br />
5 Aug<br />
• Vsl being towed on easterly crse @<br />
3kts to pos’n 10nm N of Unalaska<br />
Island; ETA Monday 071500Z Aug<br />
• Contracts in pl<strong>ace</strong> to ensure aerial<br />
dispersant application (ADDS Pack)<br />
w/in 10 hours, if necessary<br />
• Salvage Team making final preps to<br />
ballast vsl using hydraulic pumps vice<br />
diesel pumps due to safety concerns<br />
• No debris and oil sighted emanating<br />
from vsl during transit
M/V COUGAR ACE<br />
Status Update – 0930Z 07Aug 06<br />
ETA 071500Z Aug<br />
070600Z Aug POSIT<br />
Dutch Harbor
M/V COUGAR ACE<br />
Future Plans – 0700Z 04Aug 06<br />
• Salvors and tug operators discussing<br />
contingency plans in prep for Samalga<br />
Pass current & shallow water effects<br />
• Tug Gladiator relieve Tug Emma Foss<br />
ETA O/S Sunday 6 Aug<br />
• Unified Command primary parties:<br />
– FOSC - USCG *<br />
– SOSC - AK Dept. of Envir. Conservation<br />
(ADEC)*<br />
– Responsible Party: Mitsui O.S.K. Lines*<br />
• Stakeholders<br />
– EPA<br />
– NOAA<br />
– AK Dept of Nat Resources<br />
– Salvage co: Titan Salvage<br />
– Department of Interior<br />
– US Fish and Wildlife<br />
– AK Fish and Game<br />
– Bureau of Indian Affairs<br />
– US Forest Service<br />
– US Park Service
M/V COUGAR ACE<br />
Status Update – 0930Z 09Aug 06<br />
• Vsl moored at Wide Bay, Unalaska in<br />
order to continue previously planned<br />
salvage ops in sheltered waters<br />
• FOSC, SOSC, CG SERT and CG GST<br />
o/s Dutch Harbor<br />
• FOSC, SOSC, & Unalaska mayor<br />
completed overflt of vsl Tuesday 8<br />
Aug. No debris or oil emanating from<br />
vsl<br />
• UC held town mtg 08 Aug w/ public &<br />
commercial interests to discuss<br />
salvage/ future plans. Answered<br />
questions/ mitigated concerns
Wide Bay<br />
Mooring Buoys<br />
Dutch Harbor<br />
Cougar Ace Mooring Plan<br />
• 2 buoys w/ 12 ton anchors & 3”<br />
chain<br />
• Mooring arrangement: secured w/<br />
chain to 2 buoys - one line to stern<br />
and one to bow; tugs Sea Victory<br />
and Gladiator standing by onsite.<br />
• CPL: 500yds<br />
• Depth : 30 fm<br />
• Pollution Response Resources<br />
O/S<br />
• 24/7 small boat & crew w/<br />
sorbents to deploy 600 feet of<br />
24 inch harbor boom,<br />
•Contract personnel & eqpt incl<br />
skimmers, sorbents & temp oil<br />
storage facilities<br />
• SORS(CGC Sycamore)
M/V COUGAR ACE<br />
Future Plans – 0930Z 09Aug 06<br />
• Dewater car deck #9 and reballast<br />
stbd #5 ballast in effort to right vsl<br />
allowing for complete inspection<br />
& assessment<br />
• Keep residents & stakeholders<br />
apprised of situation & plans thru<br />
scheduled mtgs<br />
• Upon completion of inspection,<br />
vsl transited to Portland OR under<br />
its own power to offload vehicles<br />
and complete class surveys.<br />
• Develop demobilization plan for<br />
resources not needed
M/V COUGAR ACE<br />
15 Aug 06 salvage effort<br />
12 AUG 57 Degree List 14 AUG 18 Degree List<br />
• Salvors report ship is safely afloat, stable,<br />
and within normal operational limits.
M/V COUGAR ACE<br />
16 Aug 06 vehicle damage
RO/RO COUGAR ACE<br />
–BEFORE –<br />
–AFTER –
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