[QUOTE=txwooley;140154]Heavy Lift dock gets monthly (or so) deliveries from ships. They can’t truck in the huge spools and other over-sized cargo that constitutes a “heavy lift”, so it has to come in by ship.[/QUOTE]
It isn’t uncommon to see them at Heavy Lift, as well as Slip A & B. Just hadn’t seen any 500 footers in Fourchon before.
It would be nice to see gCaptain put out a correction on their reporting of this incident that states that the tug/barge were not underway. The Harvey boat tagged the barge while she was moored to the pilings. It’s my understanding, thru the rumor mill, that the supply boat was moving over for a Chouest boat and just got out of shape and couldn’t save it. You can see the dent on the deck house of the stbd side of the barge if you are transiting flotation canal.
[QUOTE=TugNtow;140267]It would be nice to see gCaptain put out a correction on their reporting of this incident that states that the tug/barge were not underway. The Harvey boat tagged the barge while she was moored to the pilings. It’s my understanding, thru the rumor mill, that the supply boat was moving over for a Chouest boat and just got out of shape and couldn’t save it. You can see the dent on the deck house of the stbd side of the barge if you are transiting flotation canal.[/QUOTE]
I would suppose that gCaptain putting out a “correction on their reporting” would not be proper by someone clarifying the situation with verbage that starts with: “It’s my understanding, thru the rumor mill.”
So we’re clearing up an incident, that is already cloudy with details, by using rumors to support the new story?
[QUOTE=captainbry;139030]Chevron and Exxon is what we’ve heard but Exxon wasn’t a deff[/QUOTE]
Chevron is definitely moving in but have not heard any confirmations on the others.
The rumor part is that he was avoiding the Chouest Boat and lost control. The rest is a fact. The tug and barge were moored at the time of the incident.
The rumor part is more accurate than the report.
after backing out of slip b,while topping around in flotation
to head outbound,2 crewboats crossed his bow to head outbound
ahead of the condor. Condor haeded outbound now,speed approx 3 kts.
he was meeting a chouest boat in the bottle neck area. When the crewboat in front
Of him came to a stop. The mate at the wheel couldnt stop the dive that the vessel took
while trying to bring it to a stop. The master was right there over his shoulder but couldnt
stop it either.
the big collision was not a really serious incident at all. The only casualties were the trees that
Were sacrificed for all the paperwork.
u can still see the dent on the toolshed of the barge and the condors damage is practically
un noticeable.
As far as the great expectations…coast guard seatrials complete, a few abs fmea issues to be resolved
in the next few days and hopefully will get the coi soon.
And it is a chouest built vessel but not a chouest vessel.gary is only part owner.
“Have you ever noticed the crowded times? It seems like the dispatcher makes a call just in time for chow and crew shift. I find it hard to believe all the boats finish their jobs at the same time and start to move. Busy times in fourchon are 0430-0600, 1030-1200 and 1600-1800. I have sit pressed up in C-port1 for 40 minutes before waiting on a spot to ease out then the dispatch called and wanted to know what was taking so long after 20 minutes, called again after 30 minutes. Finally had a boat kind enough to hold up and let me out. It gets ridicules at times”-AB Murph
Yes…I have noticed that as well.
I chalk it up to the Dispatchers wanting their boat to be where it’s got to be so that work can commence after the C-Port or Martin or whomever’s gang come back from THEIR chow.
The fact that this means that the boat crew loses THEIR meal times isn’t “on their radars”.
In fact, I wouldn’t be surprised if the Dispatch cadre were completely unaware that boat crews even need to eat or sleep… this is why seemingly picayune matters like hours of crew rest become the fodder for International Treaties and Conventions and such…because people don’t know, and don’t want to know, and don 't CARE if they DO know.
[ATTACH]3986[/ATTACH]I have a friend who cooks the fries at mc donalds…he can eat whenever he wants to.
most of the time they are busiest at lunch time also,but he is normally already full before 1100.
The “tool shed” on the barge is actually a oil tank and the damage is enough that it can’t be used until she’s repaired in the shipyard.
After the attorneys come into to feed the legal cost alone will probably be into six figures. Ship-yarding, cutting, fabricating, welding, and loss of equipment time will make the “scratch” cost significant.
After reading this thread, I get the distinct impression that you boys in Fourchon let the dispatchers operate your vessels by demand. I would tell those dispatchers to kiss my royal captains ass and I’ll move the vessel when I say it’s safe to transit. If the boss has a problem with that I would tell him the keys are on the console, move it yourself or get some “step & fetch” captain to do your bidding.
Have fun with unemployment. You are probably one of the tug and barge guys that has no problem making up to do bunkers on a ship with only two lines because you can’t get any others up
No matter where we are and what we run there is always a client to please.
Because we always know what it will look like in Floatations when we drop lines in Halliburton…lol
[QUOTE=rigdvr;140756]Because we always know what it will look like in Floatations when we drop lines in Halliburton…lol[/QUOTE]
The the fun will only get better when C-Port 3 opens and there will be vessels three deep on either side at the entrance to Slip B…
Got to love the boys who know what its like to work in the oil field though they’ve never been.
[QUOTE=Traitor Yankee;140753]Have fun with unemployment. You are probably one of the tug and barge guys that has no problem making up to do bunkers on a ship with only two lines because you can’t get any others up
No matter where we are and what we run there is always a client to please.[/QUOTE]
There is always work for this working man. Never been outta work longer than I wanted too. Wrong on the bunker work too bud, did some of that work many many years ago but I found it boring. While I have never had the opportunity of operating a single-unit vessel equipped with bow thrusters, I do enjoy the opportunity to exercise my skills at “tight-quarters” boat-handling situations with only two-wheels.
When you move oil the client just wants 0 accidents. Easier for them to deal with a delay than the alternatives should something go wrong. We deal with different clients in different trades. Nobody should compare the two.
…and my push-gear is only 2 lines!
If that barge is out of comission from the dent in the tool shed…then why hasnt the other tug and barge that its tied to ever moved either?
did the oil tank on that one sustain damage also?
I said in my first post that a big deal would most probably be made out of the barge’s little damage,since they werent footing the bill.
The barge doesnt have any work…and they should tie a few more stacked piece of shits there to crowd it up some more too. Maybe they can
Pay their bills just sitting along flotation sueing.??
That barge does have a job. She’s under contract for well testing and moonlights as a spill responder.
Well then…I stand corrected.
The entire barge isn’t out of commission just the tank that was damaged. It’s a residual tank, not a cargo tank. And both barges are on contract for well testing.