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PORT ALFRED 9293868

The state Department of Ecology and U.S. Coast Guard continue to look into what caused the "Ranunculus" at a log dock in Tacoma’s Hylebos Waterway to list about 8 degrees. The ship’s crew has returned the ship on even keel. It appears the list was caused by stability problems during the loading operation. Initial conclusions were that the ship may have touched bottom during low tide. But after gathering more information about operations performed just prior to the ship beginning to list, and after a dive team inspected the hull Jan 25 night, investigators determined the ship remained floating throughout the incident. Divers from Global Diving and Salvage reported seeing no damage to the hull. Divers are looking at the hull on Jan 27 during daylight. A boom was placed around the ship as a precaution.

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Divers on Jan 25 evening found that the "Ranunculus" listing in the Hyleboz waterway had not grounded, but was still listing slightly. A spill response team was on the way to the Hylebos Waterway and the Port of Tacoma's log loading dock to try and figure out why the ship is listing. The ship on Jan 26 was still listing about 1 degree compared to 8 degrees the afternoon before. It looked like it was always a load stability issue. Ecology and U.S. Coast Guard are monitoring condition of the "Ranunculus".

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Coast Guard and the Washington state Ecology Department on Jan 25, 2011, were monitoring the "Ranunculus" after it was tipping over at a Tacoma log dock. The vessel was loading a cargo of logs bound for Shanghai when, at low tide between 12:30 p.m. and 1 p.m., it developed a list to starboard of about 7 degrees. Cargo operations were stopped. The vessel was carrying at least 108,000 gallons of fuel. Two Crowley Maritime tugs have been called to the scene. Inspectors were trying to determine what caused the ship to ground and were evaluating its stability.