Posted on 01/02/2012 6:47:21 PM PST by george76
An ice-breaking Russian tanker won an exemption from U.S. maritime law on Friday allowing it to deliver fuel to the isolated Alaska city of Nome...
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security granted a Jones Act waiver to the Russian ship, the Renda, which is scheduled to deliver diesel fuel and gasoline to the Alaska city of 3,600 people...
Senator Mark Begich said Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano responded to pleas for a Jones Act exception to help alleviate what could be a serious winter fuel shortage.
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Nome, which has no outside road connections and relies on marine vessels or aircraft for shipment of goods, missed its last regular fall delivery of 1.6 million gallons of fuel.
The problem was attributed to bad weather, including a severe November storm that was considered the worst to hit northwestern Alaska in decades.
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Shocking.
Ping
With the way they’re trying to squeeze us out of the small rural towns, I’m surprised the administration didn’t tell the residents to go screw themselves.
Today a US city faced a serious fuel shortage. We received help from Russia which was able to get through and deliver the needed fuel. Why couldn't the US deliver fuel to a US city? [shrug] We'll just say it was "bad weather".
Why in God’s name to we not have our own ice-breakers to deliver the fuel......Just give me the half-trillion that we wasted on Solyndra and I could get it delivered by Al Gore himself.
Yep.... Fighting that crap everywhere these days.
Stay safe....
We need to bum rides to the space station.
Now this
I am glad the Russians lent a hand—but we should have the ability to do this. This is something that will not make it in the MSM.
This can’t be true. We have been told that the polar icecap is melting, and the polar bears are getting suntanned. It’s all Soviet propaganda.
Well, if it’s an imminent need of course. We grew up in the bush and the rail kept us in stock of dry goods all year. I don’t understand my Country.
The US has few....only one operating, heavy ice breaker. The Russians have 16, and building more. There is a race on to win the North pole and all of its resources. We have decided not to participate.
global warming or global cooling ?
"Section 27, better known as the Jones Act, deals with cabotage (i.e., coastal shipping) and requires that all goods transported by water between U.S. ports be carried in U.S.-flag ships, constructed in the United States, owned by U.S. citizens, and crewed by U.S. citizens and U.S. permanent residents. The purpose of the law is to support the U.S. maritime industry."
i.e., unions.
Hear! Hear!
More than the unions. We track incoming foreign vessels. Foreign vessels coming into our waters must have filed a “float plan” prior to being granted transit. We don’t want foriegn vessels operating coastwise. It’s a security issue!
Sounds like this is an ice breaking issue which would be the domain of the Coast Guard.
FTA
With the onset of winter, Nome is now ice-locked, Begich said. The U.S. Coast Guard icebreaker Healy, which is more powerful than the Russian ship, is scheduled to guide the tanker into Nome, he said.
We’ll take the help, just as we would give help if we could. The “HEALY” isn’t a big vessel compared to the true monsters in the Russian fleet.
CGC Healy Ship’s Characteristics
Length, Overall 420’0” (128 meters)
Beam, Maximum 82’0” (25 meters)
Draft, Full Load 29’3” (8.9 meters)
Displacement, Full Load 16,000 LT
Propulsion Diesel Electric,
AC/AC Cycloconvertor
Generating Plant
Drive Motors 4 Sultzer 12Z AU40S
2 AC Synchronous, 11.2 MW
Shaft Horsepower 30,000 Max HP
Propellers 2 Fixed Pitch, 4 Bladed
Auxiliary Generator EMD 16-645F7B, 2400kW
Fuel Capacity 1,220,915 GAL (4,621,000 liters)
Cruising Speed 12 knots @ 105 RPM
Max Speed 17 knots @ 147 RPM
Icebreaking Capability 4.5 ft @ 3 knots (continuous)
8 ft (2.44 m) Backing and Ramming
Science Labs Main, Bio-Chemical, Electronics, Meteorological, Photography
Accommodations 19 Officer, 12 CPO, 54 Enlisted, 35 Scientists, 15 Surge, 2 Visitors
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