Restore the Delta note: This is an item of interest because we think there has to be a change in how vessels are managed for the health of the Delta.
You can read the full column here.
From the column:
Stocktonia: Dreamers who bring geriatric ships to Stockton’s Delta are often so enamored by what a vessel could be they don’t see what it likely will be: derelict.
So it goes with the MV Aurora, a 293-foot pocket cruise ship, which sank last week near Herman & Helen’s Marina. The old codger is resting stern-down in 13 feet of water in Little Potato Slough, leaking “petroleum product.”…Booms had to be deployed to confine and absorb the oil or diesel leaking from the ship. Booms also were set around the intake of Stockton’s Delta Water Supply Project, and the whole shebang shut down “out of an abundance of caution,” a city spokesperson said. Global marine services divers were hired to inspect and repair the hull and place pumps in the now-submerged interior to drain and refloat the ship.
Photo: Michael Fitzgerald