An Oil Spill and Two Hurricanes

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An Oil Spill andTwo Hurricanes

• CAPT Jake Korn
• Chief of Staff
• Eighth CG District

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Our Ports - A National Comparison
(Millions of Short Tons and of change from 2005
2006 ACOE data)
1 Port of S Louisiana, LA 2 Houston, TX 3
New York, NY and NJ 4 Long Beach, CA 5
Beaumont, TX 6 Corpus Christi, TX 7
Huntington-Tri-state 8 New Orleans, LA 9 Los
Angeles, CA 10 Mobile, AL 11 Lake Charles, LA 12
Baton Rouge, LA 13 Plaquemines, LA 14 Texas City,
TX 15 Duluth-Superior, MN/WI
225.5 5.6 222.1 5.0 157.6 3.6
84.4 5.7 79.5 .8 77.6 - 0.1
77.2 - 8.0 76.9 16.7 66.0 20.2
59.8 3.8 58.4 10.8 56.3 - 5.0
55.9 16.7 48.9 - 15.5 47.0 5.0
16 Tampa, FL 17 Baltimore, MD 18 Pittsburg, PA 19
Paulsboro, NJ 20 Philadelphia, PA 21 Pascagoula,
MS 22 Valdez, AK 23 Norfolk, VA 24 Savannah,
GA 25 Freeport, TX --------------- 28 Port
Arthur, TX 55 Galveston, TX
46.2 - 6.0 42.4 - 3.8 42.0 -
3.8 39.2 22.4 38.6 - 1.9 37.7
28.4 36.2 - 18.7 34.2 - 2.9 34.0 12.8 32.1
- 4.3 28.4 7.6 9.4 16.8
Taken from ACOE U.S. Port Rankings 2006
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DM932 OIL SPILL

• COLLISION

MEL OLIVER
TANKSHIP TINTOMARA
TANKBARGE DM932
TANKSHIP DOWNBOUND WITH RIGHT OF WAY
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DM932 OIL SPILL

• BARGE DAMAGE
• STERN SINKING
• BOW FLOATING
• still connected

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DM932 OIL SPILL

• INITIAL CONCERNS
• CLOSING RIVER
• WATER INTAKES (4 PARISHES)
• AIR MONITORING
• SETTING UP UC / ICP
• BARGE MOVEMENT / BRIDGE INTEGRITY
• PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION - NTSB
• MEDIA INTEREST

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DM932 OIL SPILL

• MORE CONCERNS
• BARGE LEAKING AND BURPING
• FAST CURRENT CLEANUP
• WATER DEPTH
• LIGHTERING
• CRUISE SHIP
• WEATHER DELAYS
• SALVAGE TIMELINE

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DM932 OIL SPILL

• MORE CONCERNS
• DREDGING OIL
• FALLING RIVER COMPLEXITIES
• CLEANING STATIONS
• MTSRU PROTOCOLS
• OILED VESSELS
• TEST SHIP

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DM932 OIL SPILL

• A BILLION DOLLAR SPILL
• SATURDAY TEST SHIP IN
• SUNDAY 30 SHIPS IN/OUT
• MONDAY 60 SHIPS IN/OUT
• TUESDAY BACK TO NORMAL
• ESTIMATED 275M/DAY

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DM932 OIL SPILL

• STATS
• 2300 RESPONDERS
• 1185 VESSELS CLEANED
• 130,000 FEET OF BOOM DEPLOYED
• 200 RESPONSE BOATS
• 9983 BBLS POTENTIAL
• 3250 BBLS LIGHTERED
• 3000 BBLS RECOVERED

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DM932 OIL SPILL

• THINGS THAT WORKED WELL
• UC TEAMWORK
• ICS GST
• LIAISONS
• SSC LDEQ
• PUBLIC AFFAIRS SALVAGE
• GICA/BARGE INDUSTRY SUPPORT
• COOPERATION OF INDUSTRY PILOTS
• HOSS IN FAST CURRENT
• DREDGING OIL PROTOCOL

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DM932 OIL SPILL

• IN HINDSIGHT
• A CO-LOCATED SCC VTC WOULD HAVE HELPED MISSION
  EXECUTION
• WESTCHESTER COMPARISON

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PREVENTION EFFORTS

• HEARING
• OPERATION BIG TOW
• NOTICE OF PROPOSED RULEMAKING
• ADDITIONAL BILLETS
• CONTINUED EFFORTS OF INDUSTRY

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Game Plan

• The Four Phases
• Advanced Preparations
• Emergency Response / Search and Rescue
• Post Storm Assessments
• Prioritize Marine Transportation System Recovery
  Goals Then Go to Work

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Advanced Preparations
Example of Advanced Preparation - The Gulf
Coast Inland WaterWays Joint Hurricane Response
Protocol A cooperative agreement between
the U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers, and the Inland Towing Industry to
enhance Command, Control, and Communications
thereby maximizing the overall recovery effort.
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Communicate
Port Conditions based upon forecasted arrival of
gale force winds
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Hurricane IKE
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Response and SAR
Ellington
SFO
Assets working the HSC
D/A IVO SAN LEON
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Baytown
HOUSTON
La Porte
League City
Alvin
Texas City
Houston-Galveston Study Area Mean Sea Level
Galveston
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Baytown
HOUSTON
La Porte
League City
Alvin
Texas City
Galveston
Hurricane Carly Surge 4.8 Feet
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Baytown
HOUSTON
La Porte
League City
Alvin
Texas City
Galveston
Hurricane Carly Surge 10.6 Feet
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Baytown
HOUSTON
La Porte
League City
Alvin
Texas City
Galveston
Hurricane Carly Surge 17.9 Feet
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Aftermath
Before
After
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Response and SAR
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Hurricane Gustav
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Hurricane Ike
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Hurricane Ike
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Hurricane Ike
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Marine Transportation System Recovery
Ships in the queue off Galveston
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Dimensions of the MTS (CART layers)

• Waterways and Navigation Systems
• Aids to Navigation
• Deep Draft Channels
• Non-Deep Draft Channels
• Locks
• Vessel Salvage/Wreck Removal
• Oil Pollution Incidents
• Hazardous Materials Incidents
• Port Area - Critical Infrastructure
• Bridges
• Bulk Liquid Facilities
• Containerized Cargo Facilities
• Non-Container Cargo Facilities
• Shipyards
• High Capacity Passenger Vessel
• and Ferry Terminals

• Port Area - Vessels
• Commercial Fishing Vessels
• High Capacity Passenger Vessels and Ferries
• Small Passenger Vessels
• Gaming Vessels
• Barges
• Offshore Energy
• Offshore Platforms
• Offshore Production
• Offshore Renewable Energy Installations
• Monitoring Systems
• Monitoring Systems

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MTSR Maritime Traffic

• Port Coordination Team Goals
• 1) Communicate, communicate, communicate
• 2) Coordinates port wide posture changes in
  response to all threats/all hazards
• 3) Ensures Port reopening and prioritization of
  maritime traffic optimizes timely supply of
  critical commodities to facilities
• 4) Assists Federal/State/Local responders with
  local knowledge, expertise and supplies

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MTSR Maritime Traffic
Offshore Port
Port of Houston
Port of Texas City
Port of Galveston
Houston Pilots
American Waterways Operators
Oil Terminals
Port of Freeport
Harbor Tugs
Oil Refineries
West Gulf Maritime
Chemical Carriers
Galveston-TX City Pilots
Non-VTS Users
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Prioritize and Go to Work - ATON
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Prioritize and Go to Work - ATON
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Prioritize and Go to Work - ATON
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Hurricane IKE

• How did we do?
• Human Health and Safety
• 235 lives saved (103 pre-storm/132 post-storm)
• The Natural Environment
• 240 maritime pollution incidents Sectorwide
• All addressed with initial response by 01Oct
• Embedded with EPA in ESF-10 for long term
• Economic Impact
• Sectorwide waterways produce approx 400M/day
• Hurricane IKE cost maritime industry gt 2B
• HSC reopened to 12ft draft within 48hrs and to
  deep draft vessels within 96hrs

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Hurricane IKE

• How did we do??
• Economic Impact (cont)
• 1,237 total aids/782 damaged (58) Sectorwide
• 464 total aids/396 damaged (85) in HSC
• 4 organic ATON units and 10 additional ATON units
  utilized in effort, 96 corrected by 01Oct
• Public Communications
• Over 2,800 news clips about USCG and IKE
• Stakeholder Service
• Port Coordination Team managed reopenings
• Facilities readiness addressed via PCT
• Active participation with GICA and ACOE

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Thank You for this Opportunity

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