A cargo vessel which was deemed as a rogue wave survivor has been renamed and is tasked with loading logs for China.
What happened?
In early 2012, a 610 foot long cargo ship earlier known as ‘Dry Beam’ was enroute to the Far East with a load of logs, when it was hit by a rogue wave about 300 miles northwest of Vancouver Island.
The ship was struck on its port side by a rogue wave about 50 feet high causing the cargo to shift toward the starboard side overloading the stanchions that restrain the topside load.
The stress resulted in the giving away of the stanchions of the shifted load resulting in number of logs falling overboard.
She was escorted to Ogden Point by U.S. Coast Guard cutter Healy and the Canadian Coast Guard cutter JP Tully.
New beginnings
After the repairs were carried out, the vessel was rebuilt and a new owner took possession of the ship. The vessel was christened as ‘Astoria Bay’ by her new owners
The vessel is currently tasked with the job of loading debarked logs that were harvested from Merrill and Ring’s private land holdings and will be shipped to China.
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Source: Peninsula Daily News
