Dockwise Vanguard arrives in Port Angeles

[Robert McDonald]

Heavy Lift Dockwise Vanguard just arrived 9:45 p.m. PST (5:45 GMT) 2015/12/10 at Port Angeles, Washington, to dry tow Transocean Polar Pioneer to the North Sea.  Dockwise Blue Marlin is also in Port Angeles, to dry tow Noble Discoverer to the South Pacific. Watch www.oil-electric.com for continuing coverage of this exciting event

[Robert McDonald]

Exciting once in a life-time experience. Two heavy lifters side by side in the middle of nowhere! Shoreline provides 245

[Robert McDonald]

Polar Pioneer was loaded December 15. Estimated departure for North Sea is Dec 21st.

[Tuomas Romu]

That is the basis of me referring to Shell's Junk Yard Fleet.  Thank gawd these machines will not disfigure Seattle's beautiful waterfront!

Don't you already have the US Coast Guard icebreaker fleet stationed in Seattle?

[Robert McDonald]

Great photos of the loading of Polar Pioneer onto Dockwise Vanguard. Dial up www dot Oil-Electric dot com. And leave your responses on the COMMENTS page.  Happy Hollidays!

[Kyle Stubbs]

That is the basis of me referring to Shell's Junk Yard Fleet.  Thank gawd these machines will not disfigure Seattle's beautiful waterfront!

Don't you already have the US Coast Guard icebreaker fleet stationed in Seattle?

I've always wondered how a couple of drill rigs and some state-of-the-art suppliers manage to "disfigure" the water front when they're parked a stone's throw from a bunch of unused container gantry cranes, seveal rusty old drydocks, abandoned grain silos, and a couple of dozen oil storage tanks...