Had a quick break today and went to pick up our taxes. Stopped at the beach and took the picture of the Horizon Line ship.
At a dock in the Port of Bellingham sits a freighter with the words “Horizon Lines” on the sides that never seems to move.
The ship’s actual name is Horizon Fairbanks and it is an overflow relief ship for cargo being transported from Alaska,
The Horizon Fairbanks was originally built in 1973 and weighs more than 20,000 tons. It measures about 650 feet in length and is one of the smaller ships in Horizon’s fleet, with some of the largest ships measuring up to 1,000 feet.
Since the Horizon Fairbanks is not fuel efficient, and the costs of diesel fuel are high, the ship is moored in the bay until it is needed,.
Caretakers are assigned to monitor and repair the ship every month in order to make sure it is in working condition, as it takes at least 48 hours in order to get the ship moving, he said.
Originally, the company that owns the ship started out as Sea-Land Service in 1956 and changed its name to Horizon Lines in 2003. Horizon’s fleet has 20 ships that all fly United States flags.
Horizon Lines pays about $1,000 a day to have the Horizon Fairbanks ship stored in the Port of Bellingham.
The ship is currently in Bellingham because the daily rental fees are cheaper here than in Seattle or Tacoma, Dave Warter, Marine Terminal supervisor for the port said.
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