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View of the T/V Seabulk Pride from shore.

Aerial view of T/V Seabulk Pride underway after tugs freed her.

T/V Seabulk Pride heading into Kachemak Bay.

	Current Situation
	•	02/08/2006 3:30 AM (PDF 57K) -- FINAL
	•	02/06/2006 8:30 AM (PDF 57K)
	•	02/03/2006 2:00 PM (PDF 53K)
	•	02/03/2006 10:20 AM (PDF 53K)
	•	02/03/2006 8 AM (PDF 55K)
	•	02/02/2006 8 PM (PDF 67K)
	•	02/02/2006 4 PM (PDF 103K)
	•	02/02/2006 12 NOON (PDF 53K)
	•	02/02/2006 10 AM (PDF 46K)

	Press Releases
	•	Press Releases

Photos and Video

Photo Gallery
	T/V Seabulk Pride Grounding Unified Command Photo Gallery

Video
	US Coast Guard video clip
	USCG video of tanker headed toward Kachemak Bay after tugs freed the vessel, 02/03/2006

Incident Description

At approximately 5:25 am, February 2, 2006, the tanker vessel Seabulk Pride went aground. The vessel had been moored at the KPL dock and was struck by an ice flow. The mooring lines parted causing the vessel to drift northward and go aground approximately 200 yards North of the KPL dock.

	Vessel Information
	•	Vessel Specs (Seabulk International website)
	Vessel Drawings, showing tank locations
	•	Starboard view (PDF 437K)
	•	Plan view (PDF 639K)
	•	Port view (PDF 425K)

Response Plans, Maps and Related Information

	Plans
	•	Alaska Federal and State Preparedness Plan for Response to Oil and Hazardous Substance Discharges and Releases
	•	Cook Inlet Subarea Contingency Plan for Oil and Hazardous Substance Discharges/Releases
	•	Alaska Incident Management System (AIMS) Guide

	Maps
	•	Nautical Chart (JPG 157K)
	•	Location Map with Nautical Map detail (JPG 272K)
	•	ESI Map for Cook Inlet (Winter Season)
	•	Land Management Map for Area of Concern
	•	KPL Dock Overview (JPG 272K)
	•	KPL Dock Aerial Photo (PDF 758K)

Technical Information

Weather and Tides

	Historic Oil Spills
	•	List of Major Oil Spills in Coastal Waters of Alaska
	Material Safety Data Sheets
	•	Vacuum Gas Oil (VGO)

	•	Tide Chart for Nikiski (PDF 116K)
	•	Public Weather Forecast
	•	Marine Forecast
	•	Cook Inlet Extreme Ice Rules January 2006 (PDF 84K)

For More Information

Unified Command Joint Information Center (JIC)		(907) 776-7405
•	Petty Officer Francis, USCG, JIC	(907) 321-4510
•	Lynda Giguere, DEC, JIC	(907) 465-5009 or (907) 321-5491
•	Heidi Peterson, Tesoro Alaska Company, JIC	(907) 398-8544
•	Jim Butler, Seabulk International, JIC	(907) 398-8866
Gary Folley, DEC, Soldotna		(907) 262-5210 x 234 or (907) 776-7435
Leslie Pearson, DEC, Anchorage		(907) 269-7543

Links

•	US Coast Guard District 17
•	Tesoro (Corporate website)
•	Seabulk International

•	Cook Inlet Regional Citizens Advisory Committee (CIRCAC)
•	Alaska Regional Response Team