cougar ace

[Mathster]

true...

Dodge 2500 and 3500 series trucks are shipped to the US and they are supposedly a domestic...

[Gizmokid2005]

One more reason I won't buy a Mopar. I'm not saying ford doesn't, but I just don't like Mopar.

[acruxksa]

Nissan Frontiers and Xterras are shipped to AK.
most things are shipped to Alaska since its easier.

Actually the great circle route (shortest distance between two points on a sphere) from the far east to the west coast of the united states takes most vessels awfully close to the Aleutian Chain. In some cases when the destination is Seattle, Vancouver or Portland they technically go through the Aleutian Islands at a place called Unimak Pass. This is quite a busy shipping lane and can see 40 or 50 large cargo ships a day pass through the area.
In the case of the cougar ace, it was enroute from somewhere in asia to the west coast and happened to be about 250nm south of Adak, AK when the incident occurred. Dutch Harbor is the nearest port with salvage capabilities so the ship was towed there.

All the cars and trucks that are shipped to Alaska are shipped via Horizon Lines container ships or TOTE (Totem Ocean Trailer Express) Ro/Ro to Anchorage (and in small quantities Kodiak, AK). Believe it or not, 10's of thousands of new/used cars cross the docks at the port of Anchorage annually. Many of them are Rental Cars that are shipped up for the summer and then shipped back south in the fall.

[Mathster]

What I meant was most things that go to alaska. from anywhere, is moved by cargo ship. its easier than trucking across the long stretches of canada.

[acruxksa]

What I meant was most things that go to alaska. from anywhere, is moved by cargo ship. its easier than trucking across the long stretches of canada.

That's a Fact.

[cauzomb]

This ship was in the news about a month ago. They are still working on righting the ship and saving some of the 5,000 Nissans she is carrying. I got these pictures about a week ago when we were out in Dutch Harbor, AK

Busy company!

The same company that salvaged the Cougar Ace http://www.titansalvage.com/news.php?id=7 came to monterey bay to do a cleanup of the fuel oil tanks inside the S.S. Palo Alto.

After searching for the source of oil that had been killing sea birds in the area for several years some people discovered that the ship that had been sitting at seacliff beach for 80 some odd years still had oil in it's tanks.. They were looking for where the oil was coming out of, but didn't find any leaks... They finally figured out that the birds were entering a crack or "open" section on the top of the boat and going down into the oil tank through a passage. It wasn't leaking out anywhere, they were just getting inside there somehow and coming out covered in oil. Titan company came down and pumped the old oil out and cleaned it up, blocked off the tanks etc just in time for the anual Marc Monte Fireworks extravaganza held as an opportunity for MarVista to sell tickets as a school fundraser. I read somehwere that the fireworks show was put on by the Zambelli Family, not sure about that, but they were listed on the sponsor's page so I guess they did! I managed to get a few so/so pics, not the area I wanted to shoot from due to the wind blowing towards the coolest view but they turned out pretty cool looking anyway!

[Gizmokid2005]

AWESOME pictures!!!

[Freakatola]

Psshhh.. guys... comeon now.. this is totally planned. These cars have been sold to people that are grosely overweight. They work in the passenger side by tilting the ship for a couple months. That's so when they get them back on level ground, the Driver side has an upward angle. Once occupant is in vehicle it all balances out.

Pshh.. and you people freak out thinking its a big freak accident.

[Gizmokid2005]

ROFL!!! That's probably the truth though...