tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2083200247132907218.post1073676025005038745..comments2024-03-23T08:51:09.577-08:00Comments on Progressive Alaska: Noble Discoverer Placed Aboard Xiang Yun Kou in Resurrection BayPhilip Mungerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14601488767955084836noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2083200247132907218.post-44423901160888998822013-03-06T17:58:06.732-09:002013-03-06T17:58:06.732-09:00@ 12:56 - I stand corrected. Vigor's widest P...@ 12:56 - I stand corrected. Vigor's widest Puget Sound dry dock is only 134 feet wide. I thought both the Kulluk and the SBX were in some sort of double-wide drydock bay there. Looking at the facility on Google earth just minutes ago, I see you are right.Philip Mungerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14601488767955084836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2083200247132907218.post-84107278332061726072013-03-06T12:56:06.114-09:002013-03-06T12:56:06.114-09:00"please see the picture I took of the Kulluk ...<i>"please see the picture I took of the Kulluk in drydock in Elliot Bay in 2011: ... "</i><br /><br />That is Kulluk in a 'normal dock'. The drydock (n°10) is the one next to it, on the left. <br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2083200247132907218.post-25096082146080956672013-03-05T15:28:40.091-09:002013-03-05T15:28:40.091-09:00"They are going to Asia because there is no s..."They are going to Asia because there is no shipyard in the US big enough to dry dock the Kulluk."<br /><br />please see the picture I took of the Kulluk in drydock in Elliot Bay in 2011:<br /><br />http://progressivealaska.blogspot.com/2013/02/more-thoughts-on-shells-botched-2012.html<br /><br />The dock is still there.Philip Mungerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14601488767955084836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2083200247132907218.post-84228158124274389102013-03-05T12:04:43.692-09:002013-03-05T12:04:43.692-09:00They are going to Asia because there is no shipyar...They are going to Asia because there is no shipyard in the US big enough to dry dock the Kulluk. Also, I don't know of any US owned company that has Heavy Lift ships.<br /><br /> With the 3 story main engine needing to be replaced on the Discoverer it would seem the logical choice would be to go to a shipyard that manufacturers the engine locally at the yard and is expert in installing it. As opposed to having it built then torn down and shipped to a US yard to be reinstalled by a yard that isn't an expert. <br /><br />They have been hiring lots of local workers in Seward, Anchorage, and Barrow since they started this whole operation. Still using them now. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2083200247132907218.post-13370397530312136032013-03-04T20:07:34.645-09:002013-03-04T20:07:34.645-09:00Here are the tugs dragging the Kulluk to Dutch Har...Here are the tugs dragging the Kulluk to Dutch Harbor.<br /><br />For chump change for a corporation as bis as Shell is they could make friends in the US by using US workers to refurbish their broken drill rigs. They are going to Korea carried on Chinese carriers. Wait for the slick ads promoting their new improved drilling program in 2014.Billnoreply@blogger.com