Petroleum Spill Clean-up Completed
November 26, 2007
Monday AM
Ketchikan, Alaska - Clean-up of a petroleum/soil mix product
that was spilled near Ketchikan by an Alaska Marine Line
(AML) barge was completed Friday by the Coast Guard in cooperation
with the Southeast Alaska Petroleum Resource Organization (SEAPRO).
The Tongass Narrows' petroleum spill occurred across from the
Ketchikan Airport.
A 20-foot container
on board an Alaska Marine Line (AML) barge spilled approximately
1,000 gallons of a petroleum/soil mix product on the deck of
the vessel and into the water.
Photo courtesy USCG
The spill occurred at approximately 11:30 a.m. Wednesday when
a 20-foot container on board an Alaska Marine Line (AML) barge
fell and spilled approximately 1,000 gallons of a petroleum/soil
mix product on the deck of the vessel and into the water. It
was estimated that only 100 gallons of the 1000 gallons of product
was actual petroleum.
A Coast Guard helicopter
from Air Station Sitka
monitored the two-mile, five-foot wide sheen.
Photo courtesy USCG
Coast Guard Marine Safety Detachment Ketchikan, Station Ketchikan,
and Ketchikan Sea Pro response initiated clean-up efforts. A
Coast Guard helicopter from Air Station Sitka monitored the two-mile,
five-foot wide sheen while two Coast Guard marine investigators
conducted an initial investigation. The investigation by the
Coast Guard continues.
The tug and barge were transiting
from Juneau to Ketchikan.
Petroleum spill clean-up
Photo courtesy USCG
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