Motor Vessel Selendang Ayu Unified Command Joint Information Center | |||||
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Date: Jan. 11, 2005 | |||||
Unified Command Press Release Selendang Ayu response update | |||||
JUNEAU, Alaska - Salvage crews will attempt to remove more oil from the Selendang Ayu wreck near Unalaska Island today, weather permitting. Crews removed no oil from the vessel Monday as crews welded a coffer dam to the deck above the number four intermediate fuel oil (IFO) tank to protect workers from waves during future operations. Crews also readied the number four tank on the vessel's stern for pumping and skimmed the settling tank off into the service tank for removal. Shoreline crews continued their clean-up efforts Monday, working in the Skan eight and 14 along with Humpback Bay 11. Crews collected 1,540 bags of oily waste bringing the total bags collected to 12,312 (205 cubic yards). Work in these areas will continue today in addition to shoreline cleanup assessment teams surveying Reese Bay and Cape Wislow. Boat crews continued water sampling in Unalaska Bay Monday with a fine mesh tow to sample for tar balls, patties, mousse and other indicators of fresh oil. Of the tows conducted, three yielded trace amounts of a residue on the net consisting of small dots a few millimeters in size. The substance appeared to be oil. Crews recovered 34 oiled bird carcasses Monday, bringing the total number of dead birds to about to 570. Sunday's lightering team removed 9,745 gallons of IFO from the number four tank on the starboard side of the stern. This tank is now empty, initially it was estimated to hold 29,000 gallons of IFO. To date the total volume lightered from the wreck is 33,768 gallons of IFO and 1,309 gallons of diesel for a total of 35,077 gallons. The 35,077 gallons is a mixture of oil and water. Weather conditions in Dutch Harbor consist of air temperature ranging from the high 30s to low 40s with mostly cloudy skies. Winds are 15 knots increasing to 25 knots with seas from three to four feet. | |||||
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