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BUSINESS


NEW, UN­FORE­SEEABLE ISSUES ARISE AS SHIP BACKLOG GROWS AT PORTS

By Parker Collins San Pedro
PUBLISHED 10:20 AM PT Oct. 11, 2021 PUBLISHED 10:20 AM PDT Oct. 11, 2021
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SAN PEDRO, Calif. — U.S. Coast Guard investigators say it's likely an anchor hit
and ruptured the pipeline, causing the oil spill off the coast of Orange County.

In fact, there might have been several strikes over many months due to the
pipeline’s displacement, the damage done to the concrete encasement and the
marine growth that sprouted nearby.

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WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW

 * AN ANCHOR STRIKE LIKELY CAUSED THE OIL SPILL OFF THE COAST OF ORANGE COUNTY,
   ACCORDING TO REPORTS
   
   
 * GIVEN HOW BUSY AND BACKLOGGED THE PORTS ARE RIGHT NOW, THERE ARE MANY
   SUSPECTS
   
   
 * THERE ARE MORE THAN 80 SHIPS AWAITING BERTH, AND SOME ARE PARKED SO FAR FROM
   THE SHORE THAT THEY'RE UNABLE TO DROP AN ANCHOR
   
   
 * THE WAIT TIME TO GET INTO THE PORT COMPLEX IS SO LONG THAT SOME SHIPS ARE
   DEALING WITH A BUILDUP OF SLIME ON THE HULL AND OVERFLOWING SEWAGE TANKS

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Given how busy and backlogged the ports are right now, there are many suspects.
While underwater infrastructure is taken into account when placing ships
awaiting berth, cargo ships routinely pass through the area where the leak
originated.

The Port of Long Beach had its strongest August ever cargo-wise, and that was
just the start of peak shipping season.

On Sunday, there were 87 vessels waiting just off the coast to get to the ports
of Los Angeles and Long Beach. There is a nonprofit organization on duty at all
hours monitoring each and every one of them.

J. Kipling Louttit, a retired Coast Guard captain, is the executive director of
the Marine Exchange of Southern California. His team tells incoming ships where
to drop anchor while they’re waiting to unload. Now, they're placing vessels in
spaces so far out that the water is too deep to drop an anchor. They call this
the drift area because the ships can’t help but shift with the wind.

“We’ve last needed drift areas in 2004, and we needed about six of them, and the
record this time is 37,” said Louttit.

Think of the Marine Exchange like air traffic control for the sea. Louttit is
dealing with problems they’ve never seen before because some ships are waiting
multiple weeks, causing slime to build up on the hull and sewage tanks to fill
up.

More problems could arise soon. Wind stronger than 35 knots is in the forecast.
This activates the heavy weather protocols for vessels at anchor, meaning a
second anchor must be kept ready, and engines remain on immediate standby — in
addition to always having a watchstander on the bridge.

If the backlog continues to grow, Louttit has a temporary solution.

“If we really, really got uncomfortable with the number of ships that were in
Southern California waters, somebody could just make the decision: Stop in the
middle of the ocean,” he said.

On land, a lot is being done to move cargo quicker. The nearly $1.5 billion
project to complete the Long Beach Container Terminal at Middle Harbor just
wrapped. The final phase included a 4,200-foot-long concrete wharf capable of
welcoming three massive ships at once. The terminal’s CEO, Anthony Otto, noted
that the facility will be larger than the entire Port of Oakland.

"This additional capacity is badly needed right now," he said. "I think trade is
strong and the capacity that we’re adding here is really something that’s coming
in just the nick of time."

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RELATED STORIES

 * HARBORS IN NEWPORT BEACH AND DANA POINT REOPEN AFTER OIL SPILL
   
   
 * FISHING AND SEAFOOD COMPANIES SUE OVER OIL SPILL
   
   
 * NEW LIFEGUARD PROGRAM AIMS TO DIVERSIFY INDUSTRY
   
   
 * SHIPPING CRISIS SPARKS DELAYS, HOLIDAY WARNING FOR CONSUMERS

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Both ports promised to expand the hours trucks can pick up and return
containers.

While Louttit can say with certainty that a rampant virus and increased buying
allowed the number of waiting ships to blossom, it’s not so clear what will
bring us back to normal, where was only one, or even zero ships waiting for
berth.

“I feel very comfortable sleeping at night 'cause I’ve got great people, great
equipment and great port partnerships,” said Louttit.

Whatever the future holds, it’s a given that there will be more ships on the
horizon.

The Marine Exchange is working with the Coast Guard and unified command as far
as the investigation into the cause of the spill. In terms of traffic flow,
Louttit said the spill had little impact.

The Coast Guard says the oil spill will make them take a second look at the
placement of the ships trying to come to the San Pedro Bay Port Complex.





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