Port-Alfred

The state Department of Ecology and U.S. Coast Guard continue to look into what caused the "Ranunculus" at a log dock in Tacoma’s Hylebos Waterway to list about 8 degrees. The ship’s crew has returned the ship on even keel. It appears the list was caused by stability problems during the loading operation. Initial conclusions were that the ship may have touched bottom during low tide. But after gathering more information about operations performed just prior to the ship beginning to list, and after a dive team inspected the hull Jan 25 night, investigators determined the ship remained floating throughout the incident. Divers from Global Diving and Salvage reported seeing no damage to the hull. Divers are looking at the hull on Jan 27 during daylight. A boom was placed around the ship as a precaution.