THE us Coast Guard is investigating the possible role Hapag-Lloyd's 4,843-TEU Rotterdam Express may have had in the break of a pipeline that resulted in the recent spill of 3,000 barrels of crude oil off Huntington Beach, south of Los Angeles.
Coast Guard investigators revealed that a section of the pipeline was 'laterally displaced' by more than 30 metres sparking speculation a ship's anchor may have been the cause of the spill, reports Singapore's Splash 247.
The USCG sent a team to look at the Hapag-Lloyd ship in Oakland, which had been at anchor, some 500 metres from the pipeline when the spill was detected..
Hapag-Lloyd said the ship had anchored at the SF-3 anchorage as directed by San Pedro Traffic on September 21. The anchor was dropped exactly as requested and confirmed by San Pedro Traffic.
'During the period in question the vessel has not moved from anchorage and has not passed over the pipeline. During anchorage no oil in the water has been spotted,' said Hapag-Lloyd.
The incredibly busy anchorages around Los Angeles and Long Beach mean the USCG has many ships to examine in its investigation with no official word yet that a dragged anchor was to blame.
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Coast Guard investigators revealed that a section of the pipeline was 'laterally displaced' by more than 30 metres sparking speculation a ship's anchor may have been the cause of the spill, reports Singapore's Splash 247.
The USCG sent a team to look at the Hapag-Lloyd ship in Oakland, which had been at anchor, some 500 metres from the pipeline when the spill was detected..
Hapag-Lloyd said the ship had anchored at the SF-3 anchorage as directed by San Pedro Traffic on September 21. The anchor was dropped exactly as requested and confirmed by San Pedro Traffic.
'During the period in question the vessel has not moved from anchorage and has not passed over the pipeline. During anchorage no oil in the water has been spotted,' said Hapag-Lloyd.
The incredibly busy anchorages around Los Angeles and Long Beach mean the USCG has many ships to examine in its investigation with no official word yet that a dragged anchor was to blame.
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