Motor Vessel Selendang Ayu Unified Command Joint Information Center | |
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Date: Jan. 12, 2005 | |
Unified Command Press Release | |
Selendang Ayu update ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Salvage crews removed more than 6,000 gallons of oil from the Selendang Ayu wreck near Unalaska Island Tuesday and plan to remove more today, weather permitting. Crews removed oil from the port number four tank and the starboard number four tank. The starboard number four tank is now empty. Salvage crew members welded a coffer dam to the deck above the number four intermediate fuel oil (IFO) tank that protected workers from waves. Shoreline crews continued clean-up efforts Tuesday, working in Skan Bay and Humpback Bay. A total of 12,312 bags of oily waste have been collected. Work is scheduled to continue in these areas today. Boat crews sampled water 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. To date 29 birds have been captured and 10 were cleaned and released. The total number of dead birds is about 600. The total volume lightered from the wreck is 41,398 gallons. Weather conditions in Dutch Harbor today consist of air temperatures ranging from the high 30s to low 40s with mostly cloudy skies. Winds are 35 knots increasing to 25 knots with seas from four to five feet. | |
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