In the approaching days, responders will make sure the Kodiak Enterprise is secure for investigators to get on board and for crews to proceed with salvage work. [USCG photograph]
The unified command responding to the hearth that broke out aboard the fishing vessel Kodiak Enterprise on April 10 (see earlier story) mentioned yesterday that firefighting crews from Tacoma Fire Department and Resolve Marine had been persevering with to entry inside areas to place out sizzling spots and search for standing water.
Previously, the unified command reported that the shelter in place order that had been put in place over issues raised by smoke had been lifted.
Responders additionally confirmed that not one of the 19,000 kilos of freon aboard the catcher processor remained within the tanks aboard the vessel, that are designed to launch strain in an emergency. Responders consider the freon was slowly launched in the course of the fireplace. The launch of freon into the environment just isn’t anticipated to pose any well being and security dangers to the general public. (It just isn’t, after all, excellent news for the atmosphere, with the continued use of ozone-depleting and climate-harmful refrigerants in fishing vessels long being a cause for concern to scientists.)
In the approaching days, responders will make sure the ship is secure for investigators to get on board and for crews to proceed with salvage work, together with removing of the reported 55,000 gallons of diesel onboard. The Coast Guard and NTSB will conduct an investigation into the reason for the hearth.
Smoke coming from the Kodiak Enterprise has diminished however air monitoring continues as a precaution. Particulate ranges on the incident website and in close by neighborhoods haven’t proven ranges of concern.
Dewatering operations are persevering with in an effort to enhance stability. Firefighters proceed making use of water to the surface of the vessel to chill the hull.
No new sheens had been noticed yesterday, however the vessel is surrounded by three layers of containment growth. Responders and tools are additionally staged and able to reply if air pollution is noticed within the waterway.
The Kodiak Enterprise is moored at proprietor Trident Seafoods’ facility on the Hylebos Waterway in Tacoma, the place a security zone has been established.
Vessels can request to transit the security zone. Recreational vessels ought to contact the Coast Guard through marine radio on VHF-21A or contact 206-217-6002. Commercial visitors ought to contact Seattle Traffic on VHF-14. Vessels transiting the zone musr preserve a gradual pace and no wake. The Coast Guard Local Notice to Mariners may be discovered HERE
