Photos by Tag: tanker
Summer’s eve Fidalgo Bay: 2011
Sailboats on Fidalgo Bay, August 2011, as evening sun reflects off of the stern of an oil tanker on Fidalgo Bay.
Moving horizon
There are times when a glance to the north end of Commercial Avenue gives the sense our downtown is in motion. In fact, that sensation is created when a huge oil tanker departs from one of the refineries on March’s Point. The tankers are BIG, and often riding high as they churn past the dock […]
Mixed use bay
Fidalgo Bay, always a busy place in spring and summer months, serves as a “highway” for a parade of vessels ranging from small sailboats to oil tankers such as this one. Refineries on March’s Point process crude oil brought in by pipeline, tanker and barge. Small U.S. Coast Guard patrol vessels such as the one […]
Tanker at anchor
Tankers such as the Nord Mariner are a typical sight in Fidalgo Bay, home to two refineries. Tesoro, once Shell, began operations in 1955. Shell, once Texaco, produced its first product in 1958. Shell’s wharf is closest to Anacortes.
Tanker under escort
An oil tanker exits Anacortes under tug escort on a Saturday morning. Visible in the foreground is Lovric’s boat yard.
Big and small
It was interesting Wednesday evening to see a one-person sailboat glide across Fidalgo Bay with Mt. Baker and a massive oil tanker in the background. The tanker brought a shipment of crude oil to the Shell Refinery.
Beautiful blues
I wasn’t the only one who decided on this beautiful Northwest day to spend part of my lunch hour at Cap Sante. This was the view looking to the northeast across Fidalgo Bay.
Plying channel waters
The oil tanker “Polar Discovery” left Fidalgo Bay Sunday afternoon, heading up the Guemes Channel under escort by two tugs. Pictured in the foreground of this photograph is Lovric’s Shipyard.
Tanker moves to wharf
Crew members on this oil tanker, the Polar, will be away from their friends and families when the new year arrives. The Polar arrived under tug escort on a clear, crisp Monday afternoon, tying up at the Shell Puget Sound Refinery wharf to unload a shipment of crude oil.