[QUOTE=c.captain;101647]Don’t know where that photo was taken but to me it simply says volumes about the fucking broken down, unseaworthy, decrepit, miserable piece of shit that vessel is!
Laughing my ass off over this one! PRICELESS![/QUOTE]
I didn’t know that COSCO was in the heavy lift business. That’s quite a ship.
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Then there are two almost brand new “Arctic” drillships that Shell owns half of and where are they? The GoM and Brazil!
WHAT STOOPID FOOLS THESE RUBES ALL ARE![/QUOTE]
I have to agree with this. I wonder why?
Any KULLUK sightings?
When they left Kodiak they had an ETA for today. I’m guessing that they are making less speed than they had assumed. AIS appears to be working at Dutch, but there is no sign of them.
Isn’t they USCG spending our tax dollars on fly overs?
They must be close I saw the nanuq was there last night.
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Guess they made it
http://www.workboat.com/Online-Features/2013/Kulluk-towed-to-Kodiak,-Alaska/
There is a video of them arriving on this link, shows that beautiful alco smoke pouring out of the Foss rigs.
[QUOTE=rshrew;101752]http://www.workboat.com/Online-Features/2013/Kulluk-towed-to-Kodiak,-Alaska/
There is a video of them arriving on this link, shows that beautiful alco smoke pouring out of the Foss rigs.[/QUOTE]
Oh boy, I hope Al Gore doesn’t see that video of all the black smoke. More of a reason for the environazis to get all upset.
I’m glad that this KULLUK tow went so well for Crowley, Foss, Shell, and the future of US Arctic oil exploration.
[QUOTE=tugsailor;101772]I’m glad that this KULLUK tow went so well for Crowley, Foss, Shell, and the future of US Arctic oil exploration.[/QUOTE] 
Yes, well, that’s what well planning can produce. They’ll all get well deserved bonuses.
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Kulluk sure is beat to hell.
Yes, well, that’s what well planning can produce. They’ll all get well deserved bonuses.[/QUOTE]
Fine planning but don’t forget professional Alaskan mariners there as well.
Shell better be doing some hard thinking about who they are going to put in charge of the show next time to prevent it from becoming another clown circus.
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[QUOTE=c.captain;101803]Fine planning but don’t forget professional Alaskan mariners there as well.
She better be doing some hard thinking about who they are going to put in charge of the show next time to prevent it from becoming another clown circus.[/QUOTE]
Hey, Antarctic experience IS Alaskan experience. Duhh…
[QUOTE=jmad;101781]Kulluk sure is beat to hell.[/QUOTE]
Can you get any pictures? If not, maybe the Dutch Harbor Telegraph can get some pictures.
I have a few I can send to ya. If you want.
I’d love to see them
[QUOTE=commtuna;101811]Hey, Antarctic experience IS Alaskan experience. Duhh…[/QUOTE]
Operating in Antarctica shares some of the same elements as operating in Alaska, for example high latitudes, limited infrastructure plus just the experience of having to to gain local knowledge in a new area. But that’s not the same kind of deep expertise some outfits have in Alaska. Some have been operating there for decades and it goes to a much deeper level then simple local knowledge of a few individuals.
The expertise of those outfits is embedded into their DNA. Even boats are built after many lessons learned in Alaskan water. Same goes for the mariners working there. Some mariners up there know every nook, cranny and dog hole, or if they don’t they know someone who does.
EDIT: commtuna - I think likely you got tripped up by spell check and meant Alaska’s Arctic region. Technically it true that experience in Alaska’s Arctic region is Alaskan experience. But Shell themselves claimed very narrow expertise when they said that the Aiviq/Kullak incident was a transportation not a drilling incident.
You can fly in and out of Barrow a long time without learning that a string of lows march across the Gulf of Alaska every winter - and that they can kick your ass.
Kennebec I was just making a reference to the old discussion about the Anarctic capt runnin the Aiviq show there. ECO obviously felt it was smarter than having a seasoned Alaska capt.
[QUOTE=commtuna;101852]Kennebec I was just making a reference to the old discussion about the Anarctic capt runnin the Aiviq show there. ECO obviously felt it was smarter than having a seasoned Alaska capt.[/QUOTE]
I certainly wonder if ECO has made any changes in that regard but very much doubt it.
I also have to wonder what is being tossed back and forth between Shell and ECO regarding the entire debacle of the tow of KULLUK in late December? Gotta be strong words!
