MT Sidsel Knutsen

MT Sidsel Knutsen

The MT "Sidsel Knutsen" is a Norwegian tanker built in 1993.

Design

The "Sidsel Knutsen" is convert|533|ft|m|sing=on long and is owned and operated by Knutsen O.A.S. Shipping. The "Sidsel Knutsen" is designed for the shipping of oil products, including gasoline, plain crude oil, and biodiesel. The "Sidsel Knutsen" also has a sistership, the "Turid Knutsen", which is also a tanker, and was built in 1993. The home port of both ships is Haugesund, Norway. Both ships are capable of hauling 5,000 tons of cargo and are commonly loaded with over 1,000,000 gallons of various liquids. The "Sidsel Knutsen" makes frequent trips from Norway to the United States to pick up loads of biodiesel and deliver them to European ports. The company that the "Sidsel Knutsen" gets her biodiesel from is Lake Erie Biofuels, Erie, Pennsylvania. It is a major producer of biofuel in the United States.

Accident

The "Sidsel Knutsen" is perhaps best known for an incident that occurred in the Detroit River. A mail boat, "J.W. Westcott II", capsized shortly after 0700 on an October morning as she was delivering a pilot to "Sidsel Knutsen". "Westcott"’s captain, Catherine Nasiatka, 48, and deckhand David Lewis, 50, were killed in the accident. Two Canadian pilots who were aboard "Westcott" swam to safety in the fast-moving river that separates Detroit from Windsor, Ontario. The "Sidsel Knutsen" was unharmed by the incident because of her large size and steel hull.

References

*cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Tug Accidents Claim Lives. (News Bitts).
url=http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-2071458_ITM |work=Workboat |publisher= |date=01-DEC-2001 |accessdate=2008-07-14
*cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title= Ferry company's tug rescues passengers of sunken mail boat.(Detroit-Windsor Truck Ferry Inc.)
url=http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-10152600_ITM |work=Crain's Detroit Business |publisher= |date=29-October 2001 |accessdate=2008-07-14
*cite news |first= Dan |last=Shine |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Canadian Agency Says Many Tiny Factors Led to Deadly Detroit-Area Boat Sinking |url=http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-8657330_ITM |work=Detroit Free Press (Detroit, Michigan) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News) |publisher= |date=29 March 2002 |accessdate=2008-07-14
*cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=J.W. Westcott denies blame in deaths |url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=DTNB&s_site=detnews&f_site=detnews&f_sitename=Detroit+News%2C+The+%28MI%29&p_multi=DTNB&p_theme=gannett&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0F753A171D686AAB&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM |work=The Detroit News |publisher= |date=November 26, 2001 |accessdate=2008-07-14

External links

* [http://www.knutsenoasshipping.com Knutsen O.A.S. Shipping.]
* [http://www.vesseltracker.com/en/Ships/Sidsel-Knutsen-9019779.html locate the Sidsel Knutsen]


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