Aleutians Emergency Towing System Exercise

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Aleutians Emergency Towing System Exercise
July 30 and 31, 2007
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Sponsors and Participants
ADEC USCG City of Unalaska

• Alaska Marine Pilots Association
• Horizon Lines - Tug Gyrfalcon
• Dunlap Towing - Tug James Dunlap
• Freight Logistics - Tramper Baltic Prosperity
• Alaska Maritime Agencies
• Nuka Research and Planning Group

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Exercise Objectives

• Safety
• Practice mobilization to tug and ship
• Practice deployments
• Tug to Ship
• Ship to Tug
• Capture video and still photography for training
  and procedures manual

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Stage I - System Components and Packing
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500 x 7 Plasma Tow Line
Ships End
Tugs End
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600 x 7/8 Spectra Messenger Line
Lighted Pick-up Buoy Thimble Buoy
Line Gun
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Cargo Net
Storage Tote
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Packing
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Stage II - City of Unalaska Harbor Airport
Operations
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Stage III - Helicopter Mobilization to Ship
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Stage IV - Line Gun Operations
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Stage V - Notification, Activation, Command, and
Control
Operations
Logistics
Command
Finance
Planning
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Stage VI - Tug to ShipDeployment
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Tug to ShipDeployment
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Stage VII - Ship to TugDeployment
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Ship to Tug Deployment
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Conclusions

• The ETS works as intended
• This project brings together the expertise of the
  marine pilots, tug crews, and USCG helicopter
  crews giving them a valuable tool for rescue
  operations
• Regular training and practice are necessary

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Acknowledgments

• City of Unalaska
• Alaska Dept. Environmental Conservation
• USCG helicopter crew
• Owner and crew of Baltic Prosperity
• Owners and crews of tugs Gyrfalcon and James
  Dunlap
• Alaska Marine Pilots Association