U.S. Coast Guard Re-establishes Safety Zone Around Northeast Gateway LNG Deepwater Port
Posted on May 15, 2008 in Marine Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity, Safety & Security | Comments Off on U.S. Coast Guard Re-establishes Safety Zone Around Northeast Gateway LNG Deepwater Port
The U.S. Coast Guard has re-established the temporary safety zone around the Northeast Gateway LNG deepwater port effective May 7, 2008, and expiring July 12, 2008. The original safety zones, with 500-meter radii extending from the submerged turret-loading buoys, expired on May 7. Today’s Federal Register provides additional...
Sandia Labs Program Manager Says Larger LNG Vessels Have Slightly Greater Hazard Distances
Posted on May 9, 2008 in Safety & Security, Vessel Transportation | Comments Off on Sandia Labs Program Manager Says Larger LNG Vessels Have Slightly Greater Hazard Distances
Mike Hightower, a program manager at Sandia National Laboratories, said yesterday at the International Oil Spill Conference that the most recent computer simulations suggest that the potential hazard distances from an LNG fire are 7-8% greater for new, larger LNG vessels than for traditional, smaller LNG vessels. “What we’re finding is the hazards are still in order of a...
Coast Guard Commandant Critical of House Reauthorization Bill
Posted on May 2, 2008 in Policy, Legislation and Politics, Safety & Security | Comments Off on Coast Guard Commandant Critical of House Reauthorization Bill
Lloyd’s List reports on comments made by U.S. Coast Guard Commandant Thad Allen critical of H.R. 2830, the Coast Guard reauthorization bill passed by the House last week. The bill includes a provision that would require the agency to certify that sufficient safety and security resources are in place to protect LNG terminals and vessels in transit to a facility. [Subscription...
Firefighters Demonstrate Tactics for Extinguishing LNG Fire
Posted on May 2, 2008 in Safety & Security | Comments Off on Firefighters Demonstrate Tactics for Extinguishing LNG Fire
The Beaumont Enterprise (Texas) offers coverage of the Industrial Fire World 2008 conference, where firefighters demonstrated tactics for extinguishing an LNG fire using the chemical compound called Purple K. The Enterprise reports that U.S. Coast Guard and local officials attended the...
Daily Letters to the Editor
Posted on May 1, 2008 in Environmental, Regas Terminals & Capacity, Safety & Security | Comments Off on Daily Letters to the Editor
Asbury Park Press (New Jersey) (in favor of LNG terminals in the Mid-Atlantic U.S.)
Editorial Expresses Concern Over U.S. Coast Guard Bill
Posted on Apr 29, 2008 in Regas Terminals & Capacity, Safety & Security | Comments Off on Editorial Expresses Concern Over U.S. Coast Guard Bill
An editorial in the Daily Astorian argues that the U.S. Coast Guard’s concerns regarding H.R. 2830, which requires the Coast Guard to enforce security zones around U.S. LNG import terminals and vessels transiting to those facilities, are legitimate and...