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Past Picture and Event of the Month Features

Past Pictures of the Month .. (Contact: Mike Lynch)
 

August 2008 - A fan of poor housekeeping.

May 2008 - Secure, maybe, but not safe.

November 2007 - Your safety net--literally or figuratively?  Wholly unacceptable.

October 2007 - A stained reputation.

September 2007 - The "art" of engine room maintenance.

August 2007 - Not into the wind...better yet, not over the side.

February 2007 - One person's slip can endanger the ship

December 2006 - Sure, there's a bolt in every hole, but....

November 2006 - Scary but safe, and just plain scary...

September 2006 - Something old, something new...

July 2006 - Buckets of Trouble

June 2006 - Stop. Think. Safety.

May 2006 - Battening down.

April 2006 - Spray what?

February 2006 - Rove to advantage?

January 2006 - 'Facing the gauge' of proper maintenance

December 2005 - Seeing double?

November 2005 - Going my way? or Coming your way?

October 2005 - Lock-out, Tag-on?

September 2005 - Capping the "magic pipe"

August 2005 - Sign of the times.

February 2005 - How was the visibility Captain? "Good, just like always."

April 2004 - 'Another definition of fuel "header".'

September 2003 - "Splicing the main brace?"

August 2003 - "Giving a big lift to a big lift."

July 2003 - "Patchy communication."

June 2003 - "One wave washed the deck from port to starboard."

January 2003 - Checking under the hood.

December 2002 - Got ballast?

October 2002 - Well, at least they used a gasket.

September 2002 - "Nuts".

August 2002 - Trusting in the coffee pot.

July 2002 - Fixed containment -- Missing the point (and pointing to miss).

June 2002 - Ensure deck drains are plugged during bunkering operations.

November 2001 - Fueling operation was not all it was 'cracked' up to be'.

March 2001 - Wasted piping results in fuel oil 'shower' for bulk carrier.

February 2001 - Oil-soaked generator wiring just a small part of a 'well-oiled' engine room aboard a container ship.

January 2001 - The emergency generator pictured was found aboard a fishing vessel in a port in Washington State.

October 2000 - The Washington State Ferry, WENATCHEE, in dry-dock following a grounding near the entrance to Eagle Harbor on Bainbridge Island.

September 2000 - Fuel oil transfer hose with duct tape "repair".

August 2000 - Picture of the APL CHINA at Terminal 5 in Seattle after its October 1998, Pacific Ocean crossing.

June 2000 - View of damage to a web frame within the # 3 port ballast wing tank of a bulk carrier (cargo ship) that visited a Washington port.

May 2000 - Light stanchion and bracket torn out of the deck, results in flooding. .. 

April 2000 - Improperly Assembled Pelican Hook..

 

Past Events of the Month .. (Contact: Mike Lynch)

April 2006 Event of the Month - Fishing Vessel Makes Rocky Landing, Spills Oil, at Grays Harbor Entrance

March 2006 Event of the Month - Bulk Carrier Arrives at Vancouver with Leaking Fuel Oil Tank

February 2006 Event of the Month - Car Carrier Drifts Off Strait of Juan de Fuca

January 2006 Event of the Month - Tank Barge Leaks Gasoline at Anacortes

December 2005 Event of the Month - Inbound Tanker Loses Propulsion

November 2005 Event of the Month - Tanker Suffers Internal Fracture, Spills Oil

March 2004 Event of the Month - Rescue Tug Called Out to Stand By and Escort Containership

October 2003 Event of the Month - Rescue Tug Called Out to Stand By to Assist in Drifting Barge Recovery

July 2002 Event of the Month - Loss of electrical power leads to near-grounding

January 2002 Event of the Month - Rescue Tug Stands by Fishing Vessel as Storm Rages

December 2001 Event of the Month - Drifting Container Ship Towed by Rescue Tug

November 2001 Event of the Month - Loss of Propulsion Aboard Freighter Results in Call-out of Rescue Tug

February 2001 Event of the Month - Turbocharger Failure Puts Tanker Adrift in Haro Strait

November 2000 Event of the Month - Collision in the Fog

October 2000 Event of the Month - Marine Express Fire

August 2000 Event of the Month - OVERSEAS NEW YORK Loses Steering Control

June 2000 Event of the Month - Emergency Rescue Tug Assists Disabled Ship Off Washington Coast

May 2000 Event of the Month - ALYSSA ANN grounds the tank barge NORTON. The Norton was loaded with 42,283 barrels (about 1.8 million gallons) of bunker 'C', diesel and marine gas oil.

April 2000 Event of the Month - M/V SOUTHERN ACE Reports Lost Steering - includes USCG "Letter of Concern"