Comments on: MV Aiviq Breaks Down in Alaska While Towing Shell’s Arctic Drilling Rig

By: Snowflake

Snowflake — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 08:26:11 +0000

The AIVIQ, will be proven to be a very poorly designed Vessel. It was bow heavy and no way it could run all 4 day tanks and centrifuge without issues. It was a very poorly designed vessel and the truth will be apparent in the near future. Not to mentioned the very inexperienced crew Edison Chouest had on board. The Master was new to ship and had only been onbord a few weeks. The supposed Senior ice master of ECO and Master of the Vessel had zero towing or anchor handling experience. To bad for Edison Chouest this will be a costly mistake on many fronts for them. There was inexperienced personal, a design flaw I’n hull design not enough horse power and who know what else the investigation will find. I was told they were working a 12hr watch system. My understand is the vessel was regulated for s 3 watch system.

By: Thomas C.Parks

Thomas C.Parks — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 13:38:11 +0000

Really, you check your water traps and pump fuel in your day tanks daily the engineer not doing his job.I bet they will have to change all the injectors after contaminated fuel pass threw them. When they restarting they were properly only getting 20% power.The Coast Guard had to bring 2000 lb. of parts seems like they would have extra parts(injectors) onboard.If it was a Norwegian boat company do you think it would have lost power.We have to do a better job. Hey I might not know what Iam talkin about but it sure doesn’t look good.

By: S. Moen

S. Moen — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 01:56:09 +0000

Sure sounds like alot of folks who think they know everthing. Too bad most of them have never been off the beach.

By: The Usual Suspect

The Usual Suspect — Sun, 30 Dec 2012 06:04:31 +0000

Shell fuel no doubt?

By: Captain David A Dyche III

Captain David A Dyche III — Sun, 30 Dec 2012 00:17:33 +0000

My first anchor boat was January 1978 in Alaska. Its a tough business in a harsh environment. There is going to be a lot of growing pains for all concern on a new start up. You pick things up and move on. Good Luck to All.

Captain David A Dyche III

By: T

Sat, 29 Dec 2012 22:05:45 +0000

Yep, very advanced alright just forgot to spin the fuel.And what about the REQUIREMENT at Chouest to sample oncoming fuel and store it!!!! Ha would not want to be that Captain.

By: Peter Wright

Peter Wright — Sat, 29 Dec 2012 19:28:06 +0000

I can only see two tiny scuppers on Aiviq’s aft deck, surely this is not so? Are there others hidden or through deck?

Compare to Fennica and Tor Viking II here:

http://gcaptain.com/aiviq-waits-in-dutch-harbor/

where the decks can drain rapidly. On the YouTube video in the above comment there is a cumulative free surface effect apparently into an area that can only be drained over the stern. Just hope the crew remember to keep the watertight doors at the fore end of the after deck firmly closed at all times.

By: John

John — Sat, 29 Dec 2012 13:59:30 +0000

The sorry truth to your question is, because Edison Chouest Offshore and Shell said so. I worked for ECO for 12 years. I served on the Laney Chouest when IT was the most advanced AHTS in the world, and we spent more time broke down at the dock than at sea. the fact is the ship builders in larose couldn’t find their butts in the dark with both hands.The company loves to quote their safety policies until it costs too much money then safety goes out the window.

By: Moose

Moose — Fri, 28 Dec 2012 22:44:38 +0000

>>I would like to know what makes Aiviq “one of the most technically advanced polar-class vessels in the world”.<<

Marketing. Shell and ECO marketing.

What do you think the odds are that, when he's towed into the Vigor yard, one of the hard hats says "jeez, you coulda just built it here and saved a lot of trouble."

By: Hauk

Hauk — Fri, 28 Dec 2012 22:31:24 +0000

I would like to know what makes Aiviq “one of the most technically advanced polar-class vessels in the world”. She has, for example, a very traditional propulsion arrangement (no steerable thrusters) and her largely developable hull form is nothing to boast about. Also, she doesn’t even have a IACS Polar Class classification…

To make it worse, she seems to have some issues with water on deck while towing:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1oBZYUhceYE