Comments on: Coast Guard: Crews Battle Fierce Storm While Assisting Disabled Aiviq and Kulluk [Incident Photos]

By: Maine

Maine — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 21:01:10 +0000

Admazing…..how many of you were aboard the Aiviq during the events you comment on? well I was…..

By: Bill

Bill — Sat, 26 Jan 2013 19:05:04 +0000

Amazing how eveybody thinks they know more then the people in charge of this rescue.

By: Agnelo

Agnelo — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 10:57:21 +0000

Hi when the surface analysis wheather forecast had forecasted bad wheather, the master should have stopped all operation embarked his vessel in a safe area, i guess people like to take chances boss u just live once!!.

By: Frank Zink

Frank Zink — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 04:55:58 +0000

The weather was reported as a Category II hurricane. The Aiviq was designed for the arctic. and it ain't ECO's first ice breaker or AHTS. Reportedly, there was three helo flights of fuel filters and engine injectors to get the Aiviq back online – DH gave them a BAD lot of fuel.

By: bob

bob — Tue, 01 Jan 2013 18:39:14 +0000

So if the fuel was that bad, and the Aiviq is now back online with the engine parts repaired, what happened to the bad fuel?

By: bob

bob — Tue, 01 Jan 2013 18:09:56 +0000

That fuel must have been mud if it caused that much problems. There should be fuel day tanks that have centrifuges for all fuel transferred to them, at least as a backup. The primary fuel filters will catch most trash before it gets to the secondaries, they should then catch anything else. Why do they need engine parts? Maybe fuel filters?

By: Mac Mccrodden

Mac Mccrodden — Tue, 01 Jan 2013 15:06:25 +0000

The WX must have gotten worse or they're towing with 6th thread. Doesn't look that bad. Curious.

By: Grant

Grant — Tue, 01 Jan 2013 05:35:51 +0000

It is not GoM gear, Both the Aiviq and the Kulluk are Arctic Class vessels. The problem is the conical shape of the Kulluk, designed for working in ice, is not very kindly in a seaway.

Note to some other critics, the pictures shown are taken during the ‘weather window’ referred to.

By: rob farnworth

rob farnworth — Tue, 01 Jan 2013 01:12:47 +0000

Kulluk was built for the arctic for gulf canada worked there for years its also hard to tell sea state from a pic gulf of mexico technology the kulluk sure isnt

By: Larry Sardelli

Larry Sardelli — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 17:50:27 +0000

I’m with Crafty. Chouest is thoroughly as competant as Fairmount, Smit, or any of the others. Bad fuel can cripple any vessel. How about we praise the professionalism and honor an American operation.