Nome fuel delivery complete, vessels prepare for departure

NOME, Alaska – Coast Guard, state, local, and industry personnel completed the safe delivery of an estimated one million gallons of diesel and 300,000 gallons of gasoline to the city of Nome Thursday at 5:30 a.m.

Two hoses were used to transfer the much needed fuel from the Russian-flagged tanker vessel Renda more than 500 yards across the Bering Sea ice to an on shore fuel tank storage facility. Fuel transfer operations began Monday and continued until all the fuel was safely delivered and the last hose was disconnected on Thursday.