PNWA 2013 USCG MSU Portland

Marine Safety Unit Portland, OR
Subordinate Unit of Sector Columbia River
Prevention
i Department
MSU Portland
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112 Active Duty
39 Reservists
10 Civilians
64 Auxiliarists
Landlord to:
– Coast Guard Investigative
Service (CGIS)
– Electronic/IT Support
– Sector Planning
– Sector Pollution Response
– Small Boat Station Portland
• Vessel Inspections
• Domestic
• Port State Control
• Investigations
• Waterways
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CGC BLUEBELL
ANT Kennewick
ANT
N Astoria
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Shore Facilities
Inspections
• Logistics
Area of Responsibility
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Large three state AOR running on the coast from north of Gray’s Harbor, WA to the Oregon/
California border, and 500 river miles on the Columbia, Willamette, and Snake Rivers.
Mission
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Ship Inspections -The U.S. and foreign vessel inspection programs
Commercial Fishing Vessel Safety reduces the threat of injury/death of
fishermen
Investigations – The Investigations Department is charged with identifying
the causes of marine casualties and determining how to prevent them in the
future. Investigations also detects and suppresses federal law violations.
Waterways Management is responsible for processing all marine event
permit applications, writing Security Zones, Safety Zones and other Regulated
Navigation Areas, and hazardous bar management
Shoreside Facility Inspections - Our Facility and Container Inspection
Programs
Aids to Navigation - USCGC BLUEBELL and Aids to Navigation Teams
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y & numerous
Kennewick,, WA and Astoria,, OR maintain the navigability
channel markers on 500 miles of the Columbia, Willamette, and Snake Rivers.
Domestic Vessel Inspections
Inspection of U.S. Flag vessels for compliance with U.S. safety and
security regulations.
Inspected Fleet of Responsibility:
• 170 Small Passenger Vessels
• 21 Tank Barges
• 130 Uninspected Towing Vessels, 31 Towing Vessel Companies
• 1500 Commercial Fishing Vessels
• 30 Deep Draft
f Drydock
d k Examinations
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• Largest Deep Draft Drydock on the West Coast – Vigor Shipyard
Port State Control
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Examine foreign-flagged ships in U.S. waters
– Examinations discover substandard conditions on ships & reduce the greatest potential
safety, security and/or environmental threat to U.S. ports and waterways.
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Uses a risk-based
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i k b d targeting
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Recognizes that owners & operators, classification societies, and flag states
directly influence a vessel’s compliance with international standards
(SOLAS STCW,
(SOLAS,
STCW ICLL,
ICLL MARPOL,
MARPOL ISPS).
ISPS)
In last 12 months MSU Portland (5TH largest number of foreign vessel exams
in the U.S.):
- Arrivals:
A i l
1546
- Examinations:
547
- PSC COTP Orders:
30
- PSC Letters of Deviation:
42
- Detentions:
2
Detentions
• M/V Great Success, Flag: Hong Kong, Built: 1998
– Lagging throughout
thro gho t the engine room saturated
sat rated with
ith oil
– Excessive oil and oily water mixture in bilges causing bilges to
overflow
– Excessive
i oil
il in
i engine
i room.
– Emergency fire pump leaking water and flooding the emergency fire
pump room
– Oil Water Separator
(OWS) inoperative.
– All three g
generators and
the boiler burner had
active leaks of lube oil,
causing pooling of lube
oil beneath the
equipment
Detentions
• M/V Stargold Trader, Flag: Panama, Built 1994
– 8 of 19 firefighting hoses failed inspection and were
ere unable
nable to hold fire
main pressure.
– Exterior deck fire main piping was ruptured and temporary cement
patches were failing.
failing
– The vessel’s incinerator was actively leaking diesel start fuel and had
excessive fuel oil accumulation
– The
h vessel’s
l’ auxiliary
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boiler
b il was actively
i l leaking
l ki andd excessive
i oil
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accumulation in the burner air-intake which created a fire hazard.
– Steel on cargo hold trunk
was deteriorated
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Of Recent Interest
• M/V ELEFTHAERIA, Flag: Greek, Built: 2001
– This bulker
b lker experienced
e perienced a complete loss of power
po er while
hile departing
Columbia Grain terminal at the confluence of the Willamette River.
– The state river Pilot was able to maneuver the vessel to Vancouver
upper anchorage with tug assist vessels.
vessels
– The vessel was fully loaded with 62K Metric Ton of grain cargo and
drafting 42 feet at the time of the incident
– The
h vessell was later
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movedd
via tow assist to a mooring
ball where is currently
remains awaiting repair.
repair
– Cause of casualty is still
under investigation.
Commercial
Co
e c Fishing
s g Vesse
Vessel
Safety
700
• Number of exams 2009-2013: 600
500
– 2009 - 284
400
– 2010 - 142
300
– 2011 - 309
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100
– 2012 – 583
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2009
– 2013 – 317
• Issue Decals
• Conduct training to fishermen
• Inspection
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on hold
h ld until
il 2015
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2011
2012
2013
Commercial Towing Vessels
• Bridging Program to go from un-inspected to Inspected vessels
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31 Towing Companies
129 T
Towing
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95 UTV Exams Complete
74 UTV Decals Issued
8 Companies have 100% vessels compliant
w/ exams
• All eexams
a s are
a e voluntary
vo u a y now
ow
• Top Deficiencies:
– No Fire Detection System
– Missing Magnetic Compass
– No Fixed Fire Extinguishing system or B-V to protect Engine Room
Facility Inspections
• Ensure that marine facilities are in compliance with federal
and international safety and security regulations.
regulations
52 MTSA-regulated facilities
- 1 Container
C t i
Facility
F ilit
- 7 Grain
- 15 Mobile Facilities
- 30 Bulk Liquid Facilities
Investigations
• Investigate over 300 marine casualties involving
licensed mariners and commercial vessels.
• Prosecute 20 suspension and revocation hearings
for licensed mariner misconduct/ illegal
g behavior.
• Investigative activities are intended to uncover the
causes of incidents, document the events and their
causes, and initiate the necessary corrective
actions.
• Designed to ensure incidents are not repeated.
Recent Cases
• Marine Casualty Investigation: ACOE DREDGE
ESSAYONS/Grounding
– The Dredge ESSAYONS grounded on Guano Rock in Coos Bay
Bay, OR on
August 17, 2013.
– The underwater hull in three compartments was breached. The grounding
caused approximately
pp
y $4M
$
in damage.
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– Causal factors and incident still under investigation
• Marine Enforcement Investigation
– Followed up on reported allision with pier
– Found incident did not rise to the level of a reportable marine casualty
– Ensured company was in compliance with licensing and drug testing
regulations
– Discovered one potential mariner credentialing problem
• Still under investigation
Waterways Management
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Waterways Management develops policy and oversees multi-program
alignment in the pursuit of a safe, secure, efficient and environmentally
sound waterways system.
– Waterways Management supports global maritime and intermodal
transportation, and the Marine Transportation System.
– Drafting and routing safety & security zones
– Managing Aids to Navigation
– Approving and tracking marine event permits
– Recording
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di andd monitoring
it i the
th derelict
d li t vessels
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th area &
provide policy for bar closures (local stations & COTP close the
bars)
– Harbor Safety
Safet committee liaisons and other agency
agenc outreach
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Marine Events
Annual July Columbia Cup
Hydroplane Boat Races in
Kennewick, WA. Large event,
attracts 70K+ spectators.
Annual Christmas Ships Parade
that occurs almost every night for 3
wks in December on the Columbia
and Willamette Rivers. Large
involvement from CG AUX.
Programs
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w/ Partners
Multiple derelict vessels in the area,
include the LCI, Alert & Davey Crockett.
Areas of the Columbia River that pose
challenges for Make Way/Rule 9.
Hazardous bar conditions on the OR &
WA coasts are of increased concern.
concern A
new instruction is in place to increase
safety on the bars in our AOR.
USCGC BLUEBELL (WLI-313)
• Built in Tacoma, WA in 1945
• Maintains Aids to Navigation
– 230 Floating Aids
– 197 Fixed Aids
• Columbia River
– Astoria, OR to Tri-Cities
• Snake River
– Entrance to Lewiston, ID
• Willamette River
– Entrance to The Falls
CGC Bluebell at Work
Aids To Navigation Team
Kennewick
• Responsible
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f the
h servicing
i i andd inspections
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off 245 Aids
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to Navigation in our AOR.
• Area of responsibility:
– Columbia River from The
Dalles, OR to Richland,WA
– Snake River from Burbank,
Burbank
WA to Lewiston, ID
– Franklin D. Roosevelt Lake in
Spokane WA
Spokane,
• Limited Search and Rescue
on Lake Wallula and
Confluence of Snake River.
Aids To Navigation Team
Astoria
• Responsible for the servicing
and inspections of 315 Aids to
Navigation in our AOR.
• Area of responsibility:
– Columbia River from the mouth
to Vancouver, WA, Willamette
River above Portland, OR to
Rock Island
– Pacific coast from the Cape
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Flattery Lighthouse at the
entrance to the Strait of Juan
de Fuca, south to Tillamook Bay,
OR.