Written by
Nick Blenkey
Screenshot from video posted on X reveals big barge because it makes contact
A large barge, recognized in media stories as operated by Alaska Marine Strains, broke free in Seattle yesterday afternoon and made contact with Pier 66, regardless of efforts by a King County Water Taxi, the Doc Maynard, to intercept it. The incident was caught on some spectacular video posted on X, previously referred to as Twitter, by Jackson Teal.
U.S. Coast Guard Pacific Northwest was notified simply earlier than 1:30 p.m. of a barge that drifted from Terminal 18 on the Port of Seattle towards Pier 66 in Elliott Bay. The Coast Guard tweeted that three tug boats regained management of the barge and positioned it in tow.
Earlier than the enormous barge, which was loaded with containers, made contact with Pier 66, native media report, Captain Dan Krehbiel and the crew of the Doc Maynard had famous that the barge was headed throughout Elliott Bay towards the Nice Wheel and the Seattle Aquarium. Captain Krehbiel managed to make use of the water taxi’s bow to direct the barge north and it subsequently made contact close to Pier 66.
The Port of Seattle tweeted: “After a barge got here free and made contact with Pier 66, we can be conducting an evaluation of any harm. There have been no accidents or influence to our maritime operations. Every little thing is again to regular.”
