Spills & pollution incidents in 1998

Oil and chemical spills, groundings and vessel casualties with a pollution threat: NOAA IncidentNews responses since 1957, and spill-response areas broadcast as navigational warnings.

issued in 1998
109
still in force
0
vs 1997
+43%
first · last
01-02 · 12-28

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  • NOAA IncidentNews108
  • HYDROLANT1

Where · top seas

Gulf of Mexico4945%
North Atlantic Ocean3431%
North Pacific Ocean98%
Caribbean Sea76%
Gulf of Alaska66%
The Coastal Waters of Southeast Alaska and British Columbia22%
Tyrrhenian Sea11%
South Pacific Ocean11%

All spills & pollution incidents issued in 1998 · 109

  1. NOAAORR-73671998-12-28 → 1999-01-11
    During the early morning, msu galveston received a report from the M/V violetta indicating that they had a…
    MV Violetta; Galveston, Tx · Galveston, Tx
  2. NOAAORR-73661998-12-28 → 1999-01-11
    During the early morning of december 28, 1998, msu galveston received a report from the M/V violetta, that…
    M/V Violetta; Galveston, Texas · Galveston, Texas
  3. NOAAORR-73651998-12-23 → 1999-01-06
    Tampa bay, fl
    FV Captain Justin; Tampa Bay, Fl
  4. NOAAORR-73641998-12-23 → 1999-01-06
    Tampa bay, florida
    F/V Captain Justin; Tampa Bay, Florida
  5. NOAAORR-73631998-12-19 → 1999-01-02
    Long island, new york
    T/v Nord-jahre Traveler; Long Island, New York
  6. NOAAORR-73621998-12-16 → 1998-12-30
    He cruise ship, monarch of the seas, a royal caribbean cruise ship vessel hit a reef as it departed sint…
    Monarch Seas Rcl; St · Martin Island · St · Martin Island
  7. NOAAORR-73611998-12-16 → 1998-12-30
    St marteen, virgin islands
    Monarch of the Seas; St Marteen, Virgin Islands
  8. NOAAORR-73591998-12-15 → 1998-12-29
    T/b ctco 2601; tampa bay, florida
  9. NOAAORR-73601998-12-15 → 1998-12-29
    Tb ctco 2601; tampa bay, fl
  10. NOAAORR-73581998-12-09 → 1998-12-23
    Gulf of alaska
    MV Haida Monarch; Gulf of Alaska
  11. NOAAORR-73571998-12-09 → 1998-12-23
    M/V haida monarch gulf of alaska log spill #1; s of cape st
  12. HYDROLANT 2250/981998-11-25 → 1999-05-28
    The international maritime organization (imo) has adopted a new two-way route for the bonifacio strait for…
  13. NOAAORR-73561998-11-23 → 1998-12-07
    Gulf of mexico
    Tv Somerset; Gulf of Mexico
  14. NOAAORR-73551998-11-23 → 1998-12-07
    Gulf of mexico
    T/v Somerset; Gulf of Mexico
  15. NOAAORR-73541998-11-18 → 1998-12-02
    At approximately 1700 hrs on 18 nov., mso houston requested assistance with a chemical incident aboard a…
    Lykes Liberator; Texas · Texas
  16. NOAAORR-73531998-11-13 → 1998-11-27
    New haven, connecticut
    C/v Atlantic Atoll; New Haven, Connecticut
  17. NOAAORR-73521998-11-11 → 1998-11-25
    Sea barge trader; from jacksonville, florida to san juan, puerto rico
  18. NOAAORR-73501998-11-09 → 1998-11-23
    On 9 november, station freeport received a cellular phone call from the F/V joyce
    Freeport Sunken Vessel; Freeport, Texas · Freeport, Texas
  19. NOAAORR-73511998-11-09 → 1998-11-23
    On november 9, 1998, uscg station freeport received a cellular phone call from the F/V joyce
    Sunken Vessel; Freeport, Texas · Freeport, Texas
  20. NOAAORR-73471998-11-04 → 1998-11-18
    Group galveston reported that F/V miss conch was taking on water about 11 nm south west of freeport, tx
    FV Miss Conch; Freeport, Texas · Freeport, Texas
  21. NOAAORR-73461998-11-04 → 1998-11-18
    Noaa was notified of this incident on november 4, 1998, by mso galveston who requested a trajectory and…
    F/V Miss Conch; Freeport, Texas · Freeport, Texas
  22. NOAAORR-73451998-10-29 → 1998-11-12
    On October.29, 1998, a crewman welding aboard the 557-foot tank ship champion trader triggered an explosion…
    Champion Trader; Mississippi River · Mississippi River
  23. NOAAORR-73441998-10-16 → 1998-10-30
    At approximately 0800 hawaii standard time on 16 oct 98, the 89 foot fishing vessel paradise queen II went…
    Paradise Queen Ii; Kure Atoll · Kure Atoll
  24. NOAAORR-73431998-10-07 → 1998-10-21
    Monterey bay, ca
    Mystery Spill Off Monterey Bay; Monterey Bay, Ca
  25. NOAAORR-73421998-10-01 → 1998-10-15
    Mississippi river delta
    Bp Pipeline Spill; Mississippi River Delta
  26. NOAAORR-73411998-09-30 → 1998-10-14
    During a routine pipeline transfer operation from british petroleum (bp) mississippi canyon 109A, a spill of…
    Bp/chevron Pipeline; Mississippi Canyon · Mississippi Canyon
  27. NOAAORR-73401998-09-28 → 1998-10-12
    San francisco, ca
    Point San Pedro Mystery Spill; San Francisco, Ca
  28. NOAAORR-50121998-09-24 → 1998-10-08
    San francisco bay, california
    T/v Command; San Francisco Bay, California
  29. NOAAORR-73391998-09-24 → 1998-10-08
    During the night of september 23, 1998, there was a shoreside release of diesel into chignik lake on the…
    Chignik Lake; Alaska Peninsula · Alaska Peninsula
  30. NOAAORR-73381998-09-24 → 1998-10-08
    Anchorage #9; san francisco, ca
  31. NOAAORR-50591998-09-22 → 1998-10-06
    Lake washington, la
    Rig Mallard; Lake Washington, la
  32. NOAAORR-73371998-09-21 → 1998-10-05
    Noaa ssc and information management support from genwest was requested on scene by uscg fosc from mso san juan
    Hurricane Georges; Puerto Rico · Puerto Rico
  33. NOAAORR-73361998-09-17 → 1998-10-01
    At 2145 cst, 17SEPT98 a vessel allided with a drilling rig at main pass block 155 in position, latitude 29…
    Drill Rig Allision; Offshore Louisiana · Offshore Louisiana
  34. NOAAORR-73351998-09-15 → 1998-09-29
    On 9/15/98 the swedish t/v mare princess informed mso boston that she had a minor leak in her #1 port tank
    Tv Mare Princess; Boston, Ma · Boston, Ma
  35. NOAAORR-73331998-09-11 → 1998-09-25
    Timbalier bay, louisiana
    Jack-up Rig; Timbalier Bay, Louisiana
  36. NOAAORR-73321998-09-08 → 1998-09-22
    Ponce, puerto rico
    MV Author; Ponce, Puerto Rico
  37. NOAAORR-73311998-09-08 → 1998-09-22
    Ponce, puerto rico
    M/V Author; Ponce, Puerto Rico
  38. NOAAORR-73291998-09-05 → 1998-09-19
    Manhattan island, ny
    Barge Ocean State; Manhattan Island, Ny
  39. NOAAORR-73301998-09-05 → 1998-09-19
    East river, new york
    T/b Ocean State; East River, New York
  40. NOAAORR-73281998-09-04 → 1998-09-18
    Frying pan shoals, north carolina
    T/b Maria Teresa; Frying Pan Shoals, North Carolina
  41. NOAAORR-73261998-09-03 → 1998-09-17
    Breton sound, la
    Breton Sound Mystery Spill; Breton Sound, la
  42. NOAAORR-73271998-09-03 → 1998-09-17
    Mystery slick 9.3.1998; breton sound, louisiana
  43. NOAAORR-73251998-09-01 → 1998-09-15
    Womens bay, kodiak, alaska
    MV Cape Douglas; Womens Bay, Kodiak, Alaska
  44. NOAAORR-73241998-09-01 → 1998-09-15
    Womens bay, kodiak, alaska
    M/V Cape Douglas; Womens Bay, Kodiak, Alaska
  45. NOAAORR-73231998-08-31 → 1998-09-14
    Tug creole river; 2 miles east of pascagoula river
  46. NOAAORR-73221998-08-06 → 1998-08-20
    Duck, north carolina
    Unused Medical Waste; Duck, North Carolina
  47. NOAAORR-73211998-08-01 → 1998-08-15
    Houston ship channel, tx
    MV Floreana; Houston Ship Channel, Tx
  48. NOAAORR-73201998-07-31 → 1998-08-14
    The acid, which leaked from a train tanker car in a rail yard, sent a cloud of fumes into the air, forced…
    Railcar Release; Cambridge, Ma · Cambridge, Ma
  49. NOAAORR-73191998-07-28 → 1998-08-11
    Terrebone bay, la
    Terrebone Bay Mystery Slick; Terrebone Bay, la
  50. NOAAORR-73181998-07-26 → 1998-08-09
    Atlantic city, new jersey
    Mystery Slick, Terrebonne Bay; Atlantic City, New Jersey

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