...heading back to port in Valdez when it hit Bligh Reef at 6:15 p.m. Wednesday. The boat is part of the Ship Escort Response Vessel System that was created after the Exxon Valdez ran aground in 1989 and spilled nearly 11 million gallons of crude...

...140-foot, 10,000-horsepower vessels serve as tanker escorts in Prince William Sound as part of Alyeska's Ship Escort Response Vessel System, officials said.

...embarrassed. I should have been paying better attention." Coast Guard officers, as well as officials with the Ship Escort Response Vessel System, said the happy ending reflected the training and equipment that have gone into making tanker transits...

...fouling more than 1,000 miles of Alaska shoreline. For the Windy Bay spill, the Coast Guard hired the Ship Escort Response Vessel System, an arm of Alyeska Pipeline Service Co. that serves the Valdez oil terminal and tankers, to assist in...

...disintegrate for decades. "It's a very handy tool," added duty officer Jerry Saylors, at Alyeska's Ship Escort-Response Vessel System in Valdez, speaking about the new radar. "But I would not rely on this system alone without a visual...

...pay the Valdez-based laboratory for independent testing. The laboratory would contract with Alyeska's Ship Escort Response Vessel System to participate in the testing as a supplement to its training exercises. Cobb said he has heard representatives...

...140-foot, 10,000-horsepower vessels serve as tanker escorts in Prince William Sound as part of Alyeska's Ship Escort Response Vessel System, officials said. del.icio.us Reddit Archives Around the state 080400 Local 9 The Juneau Empire...

...18 feet on the north side of the port. Six people on board were rescued by another boat in Alyeska's Ship Escort Response Vessel System. The system involves vessels from tugboats to barges. Owners of private boats also are trained to respond...