Cruise ship industry presenter gets grilled at 7/27/18 Rockland public relations meeting

On July 27,  Bryan Salerno of CLIA Cruise Lines Industry Assn gave a talk on the environmental impacts of his industry.   While Salerno could barely find any issues, the audience relentlessly pursued a variety of issues, som0e that left Salerno stumped.

1. Introduction 2min 44sec

2  Brian Salerno presentation pt 1 8min 32sec

3 Brian Salerno pt 2. 3min

4 Brian Salerno pt 3 Sulfur 3min 3sec

5 Brian Salerno pt 4 Carbon 2min27sec

6  Brian Salerno pt 5. 2min

7 Brian Salerno pt 6. 3min 47sec

8 Brian Salerno pt 7. 2min 25sec

9 Brian Salerno pt 8 graywater 52sec

10 Brian Salerno discharges high seas 4min3sec

11 Brian Salerno safety  3min 7sec

12 Brian Salerno Community relations 3min

Q&A 1. 6min 16sec

Q&A 2 7min 33sec

Q&A 3 8min 3sec

Q&A 4 8min 125sec

Q&A 5. 6min 2sec

Q&A 6 4min 26sec

Audience after talk 2min 14sec

Rockland Planning Board considers, approves Yachting Solutions temporary buildings

0 Meeting  pre-start chatter  5min

1 Meeting start_public QA_responses_11min 30sec

2  Part 2 9min 25sec

3 Part 3  7min 8sec

4 Part 4  7min 21sec

5 Part 5  12min 5sec

Belfast's secret river

One of midcoast Maine's best kept secrets in Belfast along its southern border with Northport on water district land is the Little River Community Trail. Three of us hiked it Sunday morning to see where a Salmon aquaculture initiative is proposed, finding workmen with chainsaws and a skidder removing trees.

From a picturesque ocean viewing dam on Route 1 a pine needle-coated trail meanders northwesterly beside a narrow pond called Little River Reservoir through swales, knolls and groves of evergreens with fluctuating pretty undeveloped frontage vistas. Except for the brick Water District office near the lower dam the only building in sight along the shore was a white house on the Northport side. A chewed-off tree stump next to its trunk signalled the presence of beavers.

Further ahead the pond narrows into a stream called Little River, remaining in view of the trail rising above it as a field comes into sight to its right, and then both intersect newly-paved Perkins road meeting Congress Street and Herrick Road, about a mile from the trail head by the lower dam.

After a short distance on the road another dam appears across the street and a second trail continues along the bank of the pond it forms, although the map calls it “Little River Community Trail,” and names the second pond “Upper Little River Reservoir.” even though the trail is bisected by two streets.

Almost as lovely as the lower trail, upper Little River Community Trail winds around the Airport and emerges at “Walsh Field Recreation Area” opposite Troy Howard school on Lincolnville Avenue.

For over 40 years I have driven by both ends of this lovely trail without knowing it existed. Walking through the pond-side needles on a summer day reminds me of Henry David Thorough's Walden Pond where I learned how to swim as a child.

On stakes and trees along the trail were bright colored surveyors' ribbons. Let's hope that construction of the aquaculture initiative doesn't mar this precious resource so the wild life habitat around these trails remains for posterity.

Pictures here show some of the features of Little River Community Trail.

Randall Parr

Appleton

Regarding Penobscot Bay Aquaculture initiatives

Appleton citizen Randall Parr addresses common concerns about the proposal for land based salmon farming

Apprehensions been voiced about land-based Atlantic Salmon farms proposed near Penobscot Bay.

In their aquatic environment over 95 percent of baby wild salmon die before adulthood, while most of those in salmon farms fed copious amounts of food without predation should live through maturity.

Fish oil, which fresh Salmon when eaten as food provide, contain Omega-3 fatty acids that help heart and circulatory systems is prescribed by doctors to reduce risk of coronary heart disease, the leading cause of death for humankind. Salmon also contain Vitamin D, Riboflavin, Calcium, Phosphorus, Iron,  Zinc, Iodine, Magnesium, and Potassium. The American Heart Association recommends eating fish at least twice a week as part of a healthy diet.

Concerns were raised about the quantity of water Salmon farms would extract to circulate in fish tanks from wells in Belfast. Copious rainfalls in recent years continue to amply recharge aquifers in coastal Maine, and unlimited seawater is available for desalinization for land-based fish farms.

Land-based Atlantic Salmon farms can be expected to increase jobs, incomes, sales, tax revenues, and economic activity. These projects should expand the economy, reduce youth out-migration which has bedeviled Maine for decades, keep small businesses alive, and workers busy.

Fecal discharges through underwater pipes extending into Penobscot Bay from shore in Belfast has  been another concern of citizens. Predicted waste pipe contents have not yet been made public, but filtered salmon excrement is expected to be its principle contents. Due to over-fishing and other reasons, wild Haddock, Cod, Swordfish, Tuna, Atlantic Salmon and other Penobscot Bay fish populations have fallen in recent years, reducing the natural recurrence of fish excrement in the water.

Fish poop augments water plant propagation like fertilizer stimulates vegetable growth on land. Containing nitrogen and nutrients, fish waste nourishes species at the bottom of the food chain, which sustains fish and sea creatures that eat them and others that feed on them.

Chlorophyll-containing green water plants also photosynthesize oxygen from carbon dioxide in seawater so that fish can absorb it through their gills into their bloodstreams like mammals do from air through our lungs. If current aquaculture initiatives pan out, wild Cod, Haddock, Tuna and Swordfish poop reduction, due to decline of these species may be offset by farmed Salmon waste, which could increase sea life in the bay and make wild fish more abundant.

Some are afraid that forest wild life habitat will be clear cut to build this facility. Citizens should participate in this process to prevent that.

We should encourage these initiatives but ensure they have positive environmental impacts by participating in the process.

Randall Parr
Appleton, ME 04862

Getting Stonington pleasure boats to use pump outs.

Come on Stonington!  Maine law requires pumpout stations at “marinas”.

 A marina  provides servi o0cces and has 18 or more slips or moorings for boats greater than 24' in length.

PENOBSCOT AND BLUE HILL BAYS IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS OR CORRECTIONS TO THIS GUIDE, PLEASE LET US KNOW: 207-287-7905 OR PAMELA.D.PARKER@MAINE.GOV 

New No Discharge Areas!  Key: P = Public Pumpout Station $5 maximum charge M = Pumpout Boat, get pumpout service at your mooring! R = Reserved for customers only, $10 maximum charge. = Designated Maine Clean Boatyard or Marina = No Discharge Area VHF 

ROCKLAND
Merchant's Landing Moorings 594-7459 9 P 
Rockland City Landing 594-0312 9 P 
Journey's End Marina 594-4444 9 P 
Landings Marina 596-6573 9 P 

CAMDEN Camden Pumpout Boat 236-3353 9 P 
Wayfarer Marine 236-4378 9 P 

BELFAST Belfast Boatyard 338-1142 9 R 
Belfast City Landing 338-1142 9 P 

BUCKSPORT Port Harbor Marine at Bucksport 469-5902 9 P Mid-Coast Marine 223-4781 16 P 

CASTINE
Castine Town Landing

 Each marina must provide an easily accessible pumpout station that is functional during normal working hours and at all stages of tide or water level. The fee the marina can charge is limited to a maximum of $10, as long as the State supplies the facility with a grant to cover a portion of the cost for installation and maintenance of the system. The DEP is required to apply for grants from the Federal Clean Vessel Act Grant Program to fund pumpout installation through the Maine Pumpout Grant Program.

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Penobscot Bay area webcams, July 2018

Rockland Harbor from Harbormaster's office

Rockland Harbor from 250 Maine Hotel (scroll down to harborcam)

Rockland Breakwater webcam (Daytime only)

Belfast  Rollies Bar harbor view cam

Castine Harbor Maine Maritime webcam

Stonington Harbor

Whole Oceans discharge application online. Shows importance of chemical biosecurity.

Maine DEP recently released an application by land based salmon farm developer Whole Oceans. READ IT,  AT LINKS BELOW.   WO proposes to uptake and discharge millions of gallons of water to and from the tidal Penobscot River as it passes Bucksport.

The uptaken river waters will be lived within and breathed for a day by millions of atlantic salmon,  replaced by  continually imported riverwater, passing it through the fishes, then discharging into Penobscot River. Maine DEP is lead state agency  on reviewing the permit water, along with a coterie of commenting state agencies: DMR DIFW, MCP,  Submerged Lands and more.

* Part 1 Discharge application 12 pages

*  Purchase & title 27 pg

* Topographic map 2pgs  Attach c

*  Food Processing Facility permit 6pgs  Attachment D

* US EPA New  Source Dischargers 5pgs

* Water Effluent Flows Sterilizing discharges 4pgs

* Estimated Annual Chemical Use for outfall 003. 2pgs

 * Fish Rearing Application 4pgs

*  Outfall information from WO. 3pgs

*  Description of waste treatment facilities. 10pgs

* Certificate of Public Outreach

*  WO Rsponses to Significant Issues. 3pages

Searsport Shipping News 2018, June 13 - 26, 2018

Shipping news, June 13 - 26 (Courtesy Village soup)

Commercial marine traffic calling at Searsport and Bucksport

Jun 28, 2018

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Photo by: Ethan AndrewsCargo ship Industrial Diamond passes between Northport and Islesboro June 14, bound for Searsport with a load of steel components from Thailand.

June 14

Industrial Diamond, a 392-foot general cargo ship, arrived in Searsport from Sattahip, Thailand, and delivered steel components to Cianbro. Three previous shipments of similar components have been trucked to Cianbro's Brewer manufacturing facility for an undisclosed project. Industrial Diamond departed June 16 for Albany, N.Y.

June 18

Ning Yue Hai, a 655-foot bulk carrier, arrived in Searsport, from Damietta, Egypt, and delivered road salt. It departed June 23 for New Orleans.

Chemical Pioneer, a 662-foot chemical tanker, arrived in Searsport from Lake Charles, La. via Sunny Point, N.C., and delivered caustic soda. It departed later that day for New York.

June 20

Denali, a Kirby Corp. tug and fuel barge based in New York, arrived in Searsport from Portland and delivered ethanol. It departed June 21 for Saint John, New Brunswick.

June 21

Tanja, a 606-foot bulk carrier, arrived in Searsport from Vila do Conde, Brazil, via Portland, and delivered clay slurry, an additive used in paper manufacturing. It departed June 22, returning to Brazil.

June 24

Noreaster, a 604-foot Irving Oil tanker, arrived in Searsport from Saint John, New Brunswick, and delivered gasoline and ultra-low-sulfur diesel. It departed June 25 for Boston.

Expected arrivals:

June 29 (estimated) - Ocean Giant, unknown port of origin, delivering steel components for Cianbro.

Shipping news is compiled using automatic identification system (AIS) data from marinetraffic.com, local sources and direct observation at ports.

Tanja, left, a clay slurry ship from Brazil, passes behind Ning Yue Hai, a bulk carrier delivering road salt to Searsport from Egypt. (Photo by: Ethan Andrews)

Industrial Diamond, a cargo ship loaded with steel components from Thailand, travels up Penobscot Bay on June 14, bound for Searsport. (Photo by: Ethan Andrews)

Searsport Shipping News 2017, Nov. 1 - 14, 2017

Shipping news Nov. 1 - 14, 2017 

Nov 15, 2017

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Photo by: Ethan AndrewsIrving Oil tanker New England docks at Mack Point Cargo Terminal in Searsport Nov. 6.

Nov. 3

Tanja, 606-foot bulk carrier, arrived at Mack Point from Trois-Rivières, Quebec, delivered cargo unknown and departed Nov. 5 for Vila do Conde, Brazil. The ship was last in Searsport July 29. In the interim, it delivered a load from Vila do Conde to Vancouver, British Columbia, then returned to the Brazilian port for an another load to bring north to Quebec and Searsport.

Nov. 5

New England, a 599-foot Irving Oil tanker, arrived from Saint John, New Brunswick and made deliveries to Mack Point Nov. 5 and Bucksport Nov. 7. It departed Nov. 8, returning to Saint John.

Nov. 7

Genesis Liberty, a Genesis Energy tug, pushed a fuel barge to Mack Point from New York via Portland. It departed Nov. 8 for Boston.

Shipping news is compiled by Republican Journal reporter Ethan Andrews using automatic identification system (AIS) data from marinetraffic.com and direct observation at local ports.

Searsport Shipping News 2018, , May 2 - 15, 2018

Shipping news, May 2 - 15

Commercial marine traffic at Searsport and Bucksport

May 17, 2018

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Photo by: Ethan AndrewsA pair of tug boats on May 2 guide bulk cargo ship Serenitas N to the dock at Mack Point cargo terminal in Searsport.

May 2

Serenitas N, a 623-foot bulk carrier, arrived in Searsport from from Mizushima, Japan, and delivered slag cement for Dragon Products. It departed May 8 for New Haven, Conn.

May 5

Iver Prosperity, a 604-foot Irving Oil tanker, arrived in Bucksport from Saint John, New Brunswick, via Portland and delivered No. 2 heating oil. It departed May 6 returning to Saint John.

May 6

Lincoln Sea, a Kirby Corp. articulated tug and barge, arrived in Searsport from New York and delivered No. 2 fuel oil.

May 9

Coho, a Kirby Corp. articulated tug and barge, arrived in Searsport from Boston and delivered asphalt. It departed May 10 for Saint John, New Brunswick.

May 13

East Coast, a 600-foot Irving Oil tanker, arrived in Searsport from Saint John, New Brunswick, via Portland and delivered gasoline. On May 14, it continued to Bucksport and delivered jet fuel. On May 15, it returned to Saint John.

In recent weeks, truckloads of fabricated steel components have been leaving Mack Point in Searsport bound for Cianbro's manufacturing plant in Brewer. The components, which include scores of large steel panels studded with hundreds of small tabs, came from Thailand aboard three cargo ships that arrived in Searsport from February to April. In Brewer, the panels are being assembled into massive boxes with the tabs facing inward. A representative from Cianbro said the company's contract prohibits them from disclosing any details about the project.

Shipping news is compiled by Republican Journal reporter Ethan Andrews using automatic identification system (AIS) data from marinetraffic.com, local sources and direct observation at ports.

Mysterious steel components leaving Mack Point on May 9 for Cianbro's manufacturing facility in Brewer. (Photo by: Ethan Andrews)

A close-up of the tab-studded steel panels that are being trucked from Searsport's marine cargo terminal to Cianbro's manufacturing facility in Brewer. (Photo by: Ethan Andrews)

Searsport Shipping news 2018, April 4 - 17, 2018

Shipping news, April 4 - 17, 2018

Apr 20, 2018

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Photo by: Ethan AndrewsNoreaster, pictured here in September 2017, was one of three ships to call at Searsport in mid-April. The 604-foot tanker regularly shuttles fuel to the Midcoast from the Irving Oil refinery in New Brunswick.

April 11

Great Eastern, a 600-foot Irving Oil tanker, arrived in Searsport from Saint John, New Brunswick, via Boston. After two days at anchor in Searsport Harbor, it docked at Mack Point on April 13 and delivered fuel, type unknown. It departed April 14 for Saint John, New Brunswick.

April 9

Denali, a Kirby Corp. tug and fuel barge, arrived in Searsport from New York, via Portland, and delivered ethanol. It departed April 10 for Portland, then Boston.

April 7

Noreaster, a 604-foot Irving Oil tanker, arrived in Searsport from New York and delivered fuel, type unknown. It departed April 9 for Saint John, New Brunswick.

Expected arrivals

April 21 - Ocean Glory, to Searsport from Sattahip, Thailand, delivering steel.

Shipping news is compiled by Republican Journal reporter Ethan Andrews using automatic identification system (AIS) data from marinetraffic.com, local sources and direct observation at ports.

Searsport Shipping News 2017 Aug. 30 - Sept. 14, 2017

Shipping News Aug. 30 - Sept. 14 2017

Sep 15, 2017

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Photo by: Ethan AndrewsBrooke Chapman, a tugboat traveling from New York with a fuel barge, arrives in Searsport Sept. 6.

Searsport's Mack Point Cargo Terminal and Bucksport were quiet for a full week, with no ship traffic from Aug. 29 through Sept. 5.

Sept. 6

Brooke Chapman, a tug owned and operated by Kirby Corp., arrived at Mack Point from New York with a fuel barge. Type of fuel unknown. It departed Sept. 8, returning to New York.

Sept. 10

Genesis Liberty, a tug owned and operated by Genesis Energy, arrived at Mack Point from New York, via Boston. Type of fuel unknown. It departed the next morning for New York.

Sept. 14

Iver Prosperity, an oil tanker coming from Saint John, NB, anchored near Mack Point, en route to Bucksport.

Shipping news is compiled by Republican Journal reporter Ethan Andrews using automatic identification system (AIS) data from marinetraffic.com and direct observation at local ports.

Oil tanker Iver Prosperity drops anchor near Mack Point in Searsport Sept. 14. The ship arrived from Saint John, NB, and was bound for Bucksport. (Photo by: Ethan Andrews)

Searsport Shipping News 2018, Jan. 10 - 26, 2018

Shipping news, Jan. 10 - 26

Commercial marine traffic at Searsport and Bucksport

Jan 27, 2018

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Photo by: Ethan AndrewsTugboat Genesis Glory passes Saturday Cove in Northport Jan. 16, en route to Searsport towing a fuel barge, out of frame at right.

Jan. 12

B. Franklin Reinauer, an articulated tug and fuel barge operated by Reinauer Transportation of Staten Island, N.Y., arrived in Searsport from New York via Portsmouth, N.H., and picked up a load of heating oil. It departed Jan. 14 for Portland.

Jan. 14

East Coast, a 600-foot Irving Oil tanker, arrived in Searsport from Saint John, New Brunswick, and delivered gasoline, No. 2 fuel oil and ultra-low-sulfur diesel. It departed Jan. 15 for Portland.

Jan. 15

Mount Travers, a 555-foot Pacific Basin Shipping bulk carrier, arrived in Searsport from Albany, N.Y., and picked up scrap metal from Grimmel Industries. It departed Jan. 17 for an unspecified port on the Mediterranean Sea.

Jan. 16

Genesis Glory, a Genesis Energy tug with fuel barge, arrived in Searsport from New York and delivered ethanol. It departed Jan. 17 for Portland.

Jan. 17

Ruth M. Reinauer, an articulated tug and fuel barge operated by Reinauer Transportation of Staten Island, N.Y., arrived in Searsport from New York and picked up No. 2 heating oil. It departed Jan. 18, for Portland.

Jan 18

Great Eastern, a 600-foot Irving Oil tanker, arrived in Bucksport from Saint John, New Brunswick, via Portland and delivered jet fuel. It departed Jan. 19 for Saint John.

C. Angelo, a tug with bulk barge operated by Gateway Towing of New Haven, Conn., arrived in Searsport from New Haven and picked up road salt. It departed Jan. 21 for New Haven.

Jan. 19

Chemical Pioneer, a 662-foot chemical tanker, arrived in Searsport from Jacksonville, Fla., and delivered caustic soda. It departed Jan. 29 for Portland.

Jan. 20

Brooke Chapman, a Kirby Corp. tug with fuel barge, arrived in Searsport from New York and delivered No. 6 oil. It left Mack Point Jan. 22 and anchored near Northport until Jan. 25, then returned to New York.

Ruth M. Reinauer returned to Searsport after a quick round-trip to Portland (see Jan. 17) and picked up a second load of No. 2 heating oil. It departed Jan. 25, destination not available.

Jan. 21

High Challenge, a 600-foot oil/chemical tanker, arrived in Searsport from Antwerp, Belgium, and delivered No. 2 heating oil. It departed Jan. 26 for Portland.

Jan. 24

Denali, a Kirby Corp. tug with fuel barge, arrived in Searsport from Perth Amboy, N.J. via Portland and delivered ethanol. It departed Jan. 27 for Boston.

Shipping news is compiled by Republican Journal reporter Ethan Andrews using automatic identification system (AIS) data from marinetraffic.com, local sources and direct observation at ports.

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Oil tanker Great Eastern approaches Temple Heights in Northport Jan. 18 on its way to Bucksport. (Photo by: Ethan Andrews)

A claw opens above the hold of the bulk carrier ship Mount Travers at Mack Point in Searsport Jan. 15 while Irving Oil tanker East Coast, partially visible, makes a delivery at the terminal's fuel dock. (Photo by: Ethan Andrews)

Bulk carrier Mount Travers and oil tranker East Coast (background) at Mack Point Cargo Terminal in Searsport Jan. 15. (Photo by: Ethan Andrews)

Tugboat C. Angelo heads to Searsport with a bulk cargo barge Jan. 18 to pick up a load of salt bound for New Haven, Conn. (Photo by: Ethan Andrews)

Comments (1)

POSTED BY: KENNETH W HALL | Jan 27, 2018 10:09

12 ships in 12 days!!!!!!!!!!  How wonderful to see this type of traffic at our port.

Maybe 2018 will the year the Port will finally become a working Port where is diversifies beyond a seasonal product.  So there can continue to be this kind of traffic.  I have NO doubt the employees, their unions, and the Town would like to see growth that brings this much ship traffic year round!

Seeing the Port grow beyond 75% petroleum products and diversify, so when or if petroleum products become an energy secondary source, the Port would not be a casualty of it's own lack of diversification.