Enbridge Northern Gateway Proposal For Kitimat Compared to

Enbridge Northern Gateway Proposal
For Kitimat Compared to
World Crude Oil Ports with
VLCC Traffic Routes
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This computer graphic was recently shown on CTV
and Calgary Sun to convince the public that the
route from Kitimat to the open sea is straightforward
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Northern VLCC Crude Oil Ports with Tug services
Source: Enbridge Report “Manoeuvring Study of Escorted
Tankers to and from KitimatReal-time Simulations of Escorted Tankers
bound for a Terminal at Kitimat” (Det Norsk Veritas)
AREA / TERMINAL
Bollard
Pull
(tonnes)
Steering
Pull
(tonnes)
TUG NAME
Estimated size of
tanker, DWT
Valdez, Alaska
100
160
Alert, ASD
300.000
Valdez, Alaska
100
170
Nanuq, VSP
300.000
San Francisco Bay, USA
55
75
Protector, VSP
230.000
Placentia Bay, Newfoundland
57
91
Placentia Hope
120,000
Southampton, UK
90
144
Thorax
245.000
Milford Haven, UK
110
176
Mongstad, Norway
95
157
Baut
320.000
Hammerfest, Norway
67
148
Boxer
320.000
67
107
Apex
300.000
Sullom Voe, Shetland
55
88
Tystie
320.000
Stenungsund, Sweden
82
131
Svitzer Ran
65.000
Gothenburg, Sweden
57
91
Boss
65.000
82
131
Sture, Norway
Brofjorden, Sweden
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Svitzer Lindsway
Svitzer Oden
350.000
500.000
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Milford Haven UK (route ~15 miles)
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Sea Empress Incident: Port of Milford Haven, U.K.
On 15 February 1996 the Spanish-built, Norwegian-owned, Cyprus-registered,
Glasgow-managed, French-chartered, Russian- crewed, and Liberian-flagged Sea Empress
struck the Milford Channel Rock in Milford Haven, in south-west Wales.
Spill released 72,000 tonnes of crude oil and 480 tonnes of fuel oil into the sea.
Despite a rapid and effective clean-up response at sea, 200 km of coastline were oiled.
http://www.georesources.co.uk/seground.htm
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Mongstad Norway (route ~20 miles) Stura Norway (route ~20 miles)
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Hammerfest Norway (route ~30 miles)
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Brofjorden Sweden (route ~20 miles)
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Sullom Voe (route ~20 miles)
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Tanker “Esso Bernicia“ at port of Sullom Voe, 30th December, 1978
The Esso Bernicia (the 12th
tanker visit to Sullom Voe)
collided with a berthing
dolphin after a tug suffered an
engine room fire and had to
drop the towline
Rip in the lower side of the
Esso Bernicia released
1100 tonnes of bunker fuel
oil into the environment.
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Valdez Alaska (route ~90 miles)
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“Pathfinder” Escort Tug Runs Aground (December 2009)
•Same reef as Exxon Valdez
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Kitimat B.C. (North route ~220 miles / South route ~215 miles )
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Opportunity for tanker collisions in Wright Sound at this
multi-way intersection
Proposed Enbridge Northern Gateway Tanker Route
Inner Passage Route
Other Routes
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Texas:
Eagle Otome; January, 2010
(1,7000,000 litres crude oil)
Double hull collision w barge
Singapore Strait:
Bunga Kelana 3; May, 2010
(6,0000,000 litres crude oil)
Double hull collision w other vessel
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Strait of Magellan (route ~350 miles) “Metula” Oil Spill (1974) 54,000 tonnes
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Sinking of “Braer” 1993: en route Mongstad to Canada (Spill 85,000 tonnes)
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Closer to Home…
Ship Assist and Escort Services in Valdez-Alaska
“Sea Voyager” Tug
The following tugs are available in the region
•Ran aground off Bella Bella - March 2007.
•Navigation Marker was Lit
•Weather was not unusual
•Normally on Duty in Prince William Sound
assisting Tankers
“Pathfinder” Tug
(See next slide)
VESSEL NAME
HORSEPOWER
PROPULSION
Alert
10,192
Azmuthing Drive
Attentive
10,192
Azmuthing Drive
Aware
10,192
Azmuthing Drive
Nanuq
10,192
Voith Schneider
Tan'erliq
10,192
Voith Schneider
Bulwark
7,200
Twin screw
Sea Voyager
7,200
Twin Screw, Kort Nozzle
Stalwart
7,200
Twin Screw
Pathfinder
5,750
Twin Screw
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Loss of Power / Loss of Steering:
From “History of HSC Tug Escort Guideline and Regulation Development” for the
port of Los Angeles/ Long Beach harbor found in this June 30, 2007 link:
http://www.mxsocal.org/pdffiles/App%20C3%20History%20HSC%20Tug%20Escort
%20Reg.pdf
“Analysis of marine casualties for vessels operating in the LA/LB port
area revealed that an average of 1 in 100 commercial vessels (1 per
week) sustained some type of steering or propulsion failure during the
inbound or outbound transit. The mechanical problem rate and the everdecreasing amount of navigable water inside the breakwaters threaten
safe transit of vessels through the “relatively” confined breakwater
entrances. If a significant allision or collision causes a major oil or
chemical release, the environmental and economic costs could be
devastating.”
Applying this rate to the combined LNG and Enbridge Northern Gateway crude oil
traffic in the Kitimat harbor, steering or power failures could exceed three events per
year. The same rate would no doubt also affect escort and towing tugboats. The
potential for a major crude oil or fuel oil spill for the north coast is alarming.
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Double Hulls are not Immune to spills:
For first decade of 21st Century, an occurrence of one spill/year (Avg. 4 million litres)
Date
Year
Built
Age
(yrs)
30-Aug-1992
1-Oct-1993
Vessel (IMO)
Double -
DWT
Tons
No.
Tanks
Incident
Other Ship
Spill Size
(Litres)
Material
Spilled
Bunker Fuel
315,000 Oil
Pilot
On Board?
Era (8420218)
Hull
Collision
Tug Barge
No
Frontier Express (9044451)
Sides
Grounding
NA
8,260,000Distillate
No
28-Jan-1996
Torino (7360112)
NA
Discharging
NA
450,000Crude
No
8-Mar-1996
Bunga Kesuma (7370674)
NA
Loading
NA
906,000Crude
No
8-Feb-1997
San Jorge (7905510)
Bottom
Holed
NA
Tpao (7395363)
Bottom
Repairing
Maritza Sayalero (9117480)
Hull
13-Feb-1997
8-Jun-1998
29-Mar2001
28-Feb2004
19-Mar2004
26-May2004
18-Nov2004
4-Feb-2005
20-Oct2006
18-Aug2009
23-Jan2010
25-May2010
No
Discharging
NA
1,110,000Distillate
No
Collision
Tern
2000
1
Baltic Carrier (9208124)
Hull
1982
22
Bow Mariner (7923512)
Bottom
39,821
26
Bad Inerting
NA
2002
2
Hull
105,661
?
Collision
Tug Barge
2000
4
St Helen (9229350)
Morning Express
(9208095)
Hull
105,578 12/12
Collision
1996
8
Hull
89,090
11
1989
16
Sides
149,999
7
1998
8
Hull
300,058 10/15 Grounding
2005
4
Hull
70,000
12
Collision
1994
16
Hull
95,663
6/10
1998
12
Hull
105,784 12/12
Good Hope (9036973)
Genmar Kestrel
(8703103)
Front Vanguard
(9153513)
Formosa Prod Brick
(9266762 )
Eagle Otome (9051351)
Bunga Kelana 3
(9178331)
37,389 12/12
NA
5,800,000Crude
Bunker Fuel
630,000 Oil
No
2,900,000Heavy Fuel No
12,600,000Alcohol
No
600,000Petrol
No
Pos Bravery
1,500,000Petrol
No
Loading
NA
1,600,000Crude
No
Collision
Trijata
1,557,000Crude
No
Anna PC
6,000,000Crude
Yes
5,000,000Petrol
No
Collision
Ostende Max
Dixie
Vengence
1,700,000Crude
Yes
Collision
Waily
6,000,000Crude
No
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Edward Wray
is an 87-yearold retired
West Coast
sea captain
who spent
nearly half a
century on the
water
“I have been capable and qualified to sail any ship this world had to offer - and in charge of some of the
largest vessels used on the B.C. coastline.
I've sailed every part of this coast, seen just about every kind of storm, squall or system, and I've
experienced every kind of tide, current or cycle imaginable. So, I believe I am qualified to ask: Why would
any-one in their right mind ever consider running supertankers through the seascape around Kitimat?”
http://www.theprovince.com/Harper+playing+shell+game+pipeline/6759174/story.html#ixzz1yMOKKBOs
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This computer graphic was recently shown on CTV and Calgary Sun
to convince the public that the route from Kitimat to the open sea is
straightforward.
The Graphic has Since Been Removed from Northern Gateway
Website
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