The US Coast Guard is constant to evaluate a hearth reported on the 410-foot normal cargo vessel Genius Star XI off Dutch Harbor, Alaska.
The vessel is carrying lithium-ion batteries, and the hearth began on Christmas Day in cargo maintain No. 1. The crew launched carbon dioxide into the maintain and sealed it over issues of an explosion.
The Coast Guard then diverted the vessel to Dutch Harbor whereas an HC-130 airplane from Air Station Kodiak and Coast Guard Cutter Alex Haley (WMEC-39) had been dispatched to help.
The Coast Guard confirmed there are no accidents to the 19 crewmembers. A group of marine firefighting specialists from T&T Salvage and Resolve Marine embarked the ship Friday to start an on-site evaluation of the vessel’s situation, and located no indicators of structural deformation or blistering outdoors of the compartment.
Coast Guard Sector Anchorage issued a Captain of the Port Order to Genius Star XI to stay two miles offshore. Additionally, the Captain of the Port established a one-mile security zone across the vessel throughout the response effort.
“A prime precedence is the protection of the crewmembers and responders aboard Genius Star XI, the protection of the neighborhood in Unalaska, and mitigating any potential environmental affect,” mentioned Rear Admiral Megan Dean, Commander of the seventeenth Coast Guard District.
“The Coast Guard Captain of the Port, Gallagher Marine Methods, T&T Salvage, and the State of Alaska are working in a Unified Command to reply safely and swiftly. The Unified Command can also be working carefully with Unalaska metropolis officers to handle native issues and preserve the neighborhood knowledgeable of response efforts.”
The reason for the hearth stays unknown, the Coast Guard acknowledged on Saturday.
