Decals

Decal celebrating the loading of the 14,000 tanker at the Valdez Marine Terminal.  That vessel was the ARCO M/V Juneau, and it was on December 31, 1995.

On August 1, 1977, ARCO M/V Juneau was loaded with 843.000 barrels of Alaska crude oil, the very first oil delivered by TAPS, and headed for Cherry Point, WA.

The 42 gallon standard barrel was officially adopted for shipping crude oil in 1872 but goes back much further. It was already the standard for shipping wine, whale oil, molasses, eel, etc., on sailing ships by 1700.

A barrel of crude oil produces about 45 to 48 gallons of products (due to refinery gain). About half becomes gasoline, then diesel fuel, heating oil, jet fuel, natural gas liquids, and asphalts, lubricants, and other products, the primary feed stocks for plastics, polyurethanes, various medical goods, etc.

December 31, 1995 [JEF]

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Decal for “15 Years of Commitment, Challenge, Change”

[JEF]

This decal celebrates the 500 Voyages to Valdez by the tanker, “Arco Fairbanks.”

The ARCO M/V Fairbanks was the first tanker to visit the Valdez Terminal, arriving before start-up to participate in a month of training exercises. The 883 foot long tanker made regular weekly 1,200 miles trips from Valdez, AK to Cherry Point, WA, even through the severe winter seas of the Gulf of Alaska.

May 25, 1996 [JEF]

A decal featuring the 1995 Environmental Excellence Program.

 1995 [LNM]

The Ships Escort/Response Vessel System (SERVS) was initially established on July 10, 1989 for oil spill prevention and response in the Prince William Sound.

This decal celebrates the 10 years of SERVS service in 1999.

 July 10, 1999 [LNM}

This decal celebrates two milestones for Alyeska,

one for the Ship Escort/Response Vessel System (SERVS):

• The 7,000th SERVS escort was on May 21, 1999

and one for the Valdez Marine Terminal (VMT):

• The M/V Arco Spirit was 16,000th tanker to load on June 26, 1999.

May 21, 1999 and June 26, 1999 [LNM]