A breakaway barge loaded with containers has broken a pier alongside Seattle’s downtown waterfront.
The U.S. Coast Guard’s thirteenth District mentioned it was notified at 1:25 p.m. of a barge that drifted from the Port of Seattle’s Terminal 18 and struck Pier 66, inflicting some injury.
Pier 66 is situated in Seattle’s downtown waterfront and is house to the Bell Avenue Cruise Terminal and a small leisure marina.
The Coast Guard mentioned three tug boats have been in a position to acquire management of the barge and it was towed to Terminal 115.
The Coast Guard mentioned there have been no reported accidents or air pollution, however the pier was broken.
Video posted on social media exhibits an area water taxi apparently making an attempt to push the barge.
Clearly it was no match for the barge and it finally crashed into the pier.
Some close by buildings together with the Seattle Aquarium have been apparently evacuated as a precaution.
One eyewitness mentioned the incident might have been worse if it wasn’t for the taxi. “The water taxi is possibly one of many solely causes this didn’t hit the aquarium,” one person wrote.
One of many tugs concerned within the rescue is Foss Maritime’s Wedell Foss, a harbor ship help tug within the Pacific Northwest. It’s a Voith/Z-Drive Tractor tug that includes 4,7000 horsepower and 57 tons of bollard pull.
SSA Marine’s Terminal 18 is the most important container facility within the Pacific Northwest.
The barge seems to belong to Alaska Marine Strains, a barge service supplier between Seattle and Alaska and Hawaii.
