Tag: Alaska

Under this agreement, the two countries aim to advance Alaska LNG which is Alaska’s strategic gas infrastructure project. A boost in Alaska’s economy and LNG trade between Alaska and China is expected with the parties’ cooperation on LNG marketing, financing and investment.

USCG reminds commercial fishing vessel operators to be aware of the dangers of icing and vessel stability as the winter fishing season gets underway across Alaska. Operators must further develop their knowledge of stability with courses, training, workshops and visits from naval architects, US Coast Guard notes.

Cunard Lines has announced its first cruise to Alaska ports in twenty years. The cruise will include four round-trip sailings on board the vessel Queen Elizabeth, which will departure Vancouver in May/June 2019.

ICS believes that the proposed legislation on the shipment of crude oil concerning the waters of Northern British Columbia, will interfere with international maritime trade and urges Canada to reconsider it and focus on other measures consistent with international best practice.

Scientists say that a catastrophic tsunami could occur off the coast of Alaska similar to the huge tsunami that killed many people in Japan in 2011 following a 9.0 magnitude quake. They have now found that there are signals for a similar earthquake off the coast of Alaska, resulting in a dangerous tsunami that could devastate parts of the state and reach southerly parts of North America, Hawaii and beyond.

The US Department of justice announced that a company whose focus is exploration and production of natural gas and oil in Cook Inlet, Alaska, has agreed to pay $10 million to satisfy a civil penalty originally assessed against it by U.S. Customs and Border Protection for violating the Jones Act.

The US Department of Justice announced that the federal court in Washington sentenced East West Seafoods company to pay $50,000 in fines, for violating the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships, the Clean Water Act and the Refuse Act, by intentionally discharging oily bilge water into the ocean off Alaska, and then presenting false records to the USCG.

US Coast Guard approved a transit plan for the tug Samson Mariner to head south for repairs in Seattle with an escort tug and both departed Ketchikan on 22 February. The vessel ran aground on 15 February and released approximately 1,100 gallons of fuel in the vicinity of Rosa Reef in north Tongass Narrows, Alaska.

USCG, in partnership with the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation, Southeast Alaska Petroleum Response Organization, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and Alaska Commercial Divers continue their response to the tug boat Samson Mariner that ran aground and spilled fuel while towing a barge in the vicinity of Rosa Reef in north Tongass Narrows, Alaska.

The Alaska Gasline Development Corporation and affiliates of ExxonMobil, BP and ConocoPhillips have concluded agreements that will enhance AGDC’s ability to progress an Alaska liquefied natural gas export project to commercialize Alaska’s North Slope natural gas resources.