M/V Sealand Kodiak

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• Spills · 2 messages2000-03-15 → 2000-03-30Kodiak harbor, alaska

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One mention so far. The message has its own page: NOAAORR-7478. This page grows when the name is issued again.

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   Spills·NOAAORR-74782000-03-16 00:00Z → cancelled 2000-03-30 00:00Z
   Kodiak harbor, alaska
   M/V Sealand Kodiak; Kodiak Harbor, Alaska · Gulf of Alaska

   M/V Sealand Kodiak; Kodiak Harbor, Alaska.
   Kodiak Harbor, Alaska.
   1. The USCG at MSO Anchorage received a report the evening of March 15, 2000 that a propane cylinder aboard the M/V SeaLand Kodiak docked in Kodiak seemed to have a damaged valve and was leaking perceptibly. While en route from Anchorage to Kodiak, the container vessel encountered huge seas causing the 40-foot long, 7-foot diameter propane cylinder on the main deck to move within its steel framework skeleton. The damage was noted while off-loading containers at the Kodiak SeaLand dock, which is in Kodiak Harbor a few miles south of the town of Kodiak and north of the airport. The movement of the propane cylinder had broken welds in the framework and bent some I-beams putting the valve in jeopardy. A smell of mercaptan ( mixed with propane since it has a very offensive odor) could be detected close to the tank and an explosive meter, operated by the Kodiak Fire Department, gave a reading of [...]
   2. COMMODITY: PROPANE.
   3. POSITION 57.750N 152.417W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 7478: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/7478