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Marine Safety Field Office Anchorage, Alaska. M/V SELENDANG AYU Aground in the Aleutians December 2004 Captain Ron Morris, FOSC Commanding Officer, MSO Anchorage. Situation. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Marine Safety Field Office Anchorage, Alaska
M/V SELENDANG AYU
Aground in the Aleutians December 2004
Captain Ron Morris, FOSC
Commanding Officer, MSO Anchorage
2Capt R. J. Morris Mar 2005
SituationOn December 7, the crew of the M/V Selendang Ayu reported that they had lost power and were adrift off Unalaska Island. Efforts to tow the vessel failed and it went aground and broke apart between Skan Bay and Spray Cape at approximately 6pm, December 8.
The Selendang Ayu carried approximately 424,000 gallons of Intermediate Fuel Oil (IFO 380) and 18,000 gallons of Marine Diesel.
07 Dec 04
3Capt R. J. Morris Mar 2005
Situation.
08 Dec 04 11 Feb 05
4Capt R. J. Morris Mar 2005
Early Key Issues/best Practice
IMAT
• Decision memos
Documentation
Community liaison
Tribal/landowner interactions
Weather
Winter/summer plan
5Capt R. J. Morris Mar 2005
Community & Tribal Liaison Command post Unalaska, AK
Showed commitment to community
Community liaison Needs to be knownCreditable & approachable
Established meetingsCommunityCity officialsTribal leaders/eldersLand owners
6Capt R. J. Morris Mar 2005
Meetings--out ReachTwo-way Dialog
Build credibility/trust
Able to educate community on oil spills/impacts/actions
Ensure expert presents topic--Important
Able to gauge impacts of our actions/feedback
Open dialog/working relationship
7Capt R. J. Morris Mar 2005
Meeting Highlights MTGS: resulted in high buy in to
response operations
Learned timely information about local wx, currents, and fisheries patterns (critical to tracking oil spread)
Community raised concerns about potential impact on upcoming fisheries (led to established monitoring program; Transit routes for vessels; Achieved 100% zero tolerance)
8Capt R. J. Morris Mar 2005
Weather Driven Operations
9Capt R. J. Morris Mar 2005
Winter/Summer Plan
Safety Primary Concern
Booming of Salmon streams
Beach cleanup
Lightering
10Capt R. J. Morris Mar 2005
Winter/Summer Plan
Booming & beach cleanup
Major areas cleaned up
70% gross contamination removed
11Capt R. J. Morris Mar 2005
Winter/Summer Plan
Lightering complete
146,931 gallons of oil and oily liquid removed without incident
12Capt R. J. Morris Mar 2005
Soybeans everywhere
13Capt R. J. Morris Mar 2005
Joint Agency Issues Embedded enforcement
with response
No dual hats / bad idea
Hindered response
Loss of agency credibility
Agency accountable/role
14Capt R. J. Morris Mar 2005
Joint Agency Interactions
Permits (archaeological/land use)
Worked very well
Harbor of safe refuse
Never resolved
Access to outside equipment (authority to release)
Proved problematic early
Delayed some response capabilities
Dispersant use approval
Worked very well
15Capt R. J. Morris Mar 2005
Information Flow: Need It Now! Traditional information
streams (polreps) not sufficient in today's world
Need central site Web based Must be easy access
from anywhere Easy link to related
sites Adapts to response
needs
WebEOC (one possible solution)
16Capt R. J. Morris Mar 2005
Summary
Difficult situation:
1. Loss of life
2. Immediate break up of vessel
3. Remote location in winter
4. Extreme exposure to severe weather
Positive:
1. Contingency plans worked
2. Great agency interactions/cooperation
3. Great community/native interest support allowed quick response
4. Mild Jan winter/storm conditions allowed beach cleanup and lightering operations