According to the local, state and federal law enforcement agencies the bomb threat against Ketchikan fuel facility turned to be a hoax. It is told that the Captain of the Port Southeast Alaska returned the Maritime Security (MARSEC) Level in the Port of Ketchikan to Level 1. The MARSEC Level was raised to Level 2 in response to the threat.
The authority also said that the elevation in the MARSEC Level required the Coast Guard, other law enforcement agencies and the marine industry to assume a heightened security posture. It is told that the 500-yard safety zone imposed around the facility has been lifted. Coast Guard Station Ketchikan, Coast Guard Cutter Naushon and Coast Guard Cutter Anthony Petit were under way to enforce the safety zone.
Security responsibility is jointly shared by the personnel from Coast Guard Marine Safety Detachment Ketchikan and Petro Marine. Coast Guard inspectors routinely work with waterfront facilities such as Petro Marine to prepare for security incidents such as this morning’s threat. It is found that the call was hoax in which the caller threatened to detonate fuel tanks at the Petro Marine fuel facility in Ketchikan.
