- Posted December 3, 2025
City Council Discussion – Purchase of KVAK Radio Tower Proposal…
Longtime provider of oil tanker escorts in Prince William Sound is stepping aside
- March 14, 2016
AK Dispatch- A maritime company that for at least two decades has provided tugboats to escort loaded oil tankers out of Prince William Sound, is no longer competing for the contract to provide that service, causing alarm among observers who don’t want a repeat of the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill.
With Florida-based Crowley Marine out of the running for the contract, at least one candidate remains: Edison Chouest, the company whose tug, the 360-foot Aiviq, towed Shell’s drilling rig Kulluk before lines snapped and the rig wrecked off the Alaska coast in late 2012.
“We are competing,” said Roger White, with
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More Episodes
- Posted September 12, 2022
KVAK’s Laurie Prax interviewed Superintendent Tim Bauer and talked about items on the agenda for the Monday, September 12th…
- Posted June 27, 2022
KVAK’s Ricky Colapietro gives an update on fishing in Valdez, Jeremy Smith’s 70lb Halibut, and trolling for kings in…