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Thomas barge grounding; st

St · 2 messages · 1986-02-06 to 1986-02-20

status
closed 1986-02-20 00:00Z
opened
1986-02-06 00:00Z
sea
Caribbean Sea
position
18.335, -64.935
joined by
proximity (same type, same sea, within 30 nm and 30 days)
key
pollution:NOAAORR-6328

Timeline · 2 messages, oldest first

  1. 1
    NOAAORR-63281986-02-06 00:00Z → cancelled 1986-02-20 00:00Z
    Thomas, US virgin islands
    Barge St. Thomas; St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands.
St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands.
1. At 1730 on February 6, 1986, the barge St. Thomas, in tow by the Todd W. Boudreaux, struck a submerged piling as it was entering port in Crown Bay, St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. Approximately 1,200 barrels of an intermediate fuel oil leaked through a four-foot long hole in the barge's no. 1 starboard tank, approximately 50 feet away from the bulkhead in crown Bay. The owners of the oil, Statis Terminals, immediately began deploying boom around the leaking barge. Later, a diver applied a temporary patch to the leaking barge. USCG district 7.
2. COMMODITY: INTERMEDIATE FUEL OIL. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 50400 GALLONS.
3. POSITION 18.396N 064.958W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 6328: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/6328
  2. 2
    NOAAORR-91101986-02-06 00:00Z → cancelled 1986-02-20 00:00Z
    Thomas barge grounding; stoil
    St. Thomas Barge Grounding; St. Thomas, BVI.
St. Thomas, BVI.
1. Grounding of the barge St. Thomas in Crown Bay, St Thomas (~ 18 20. 1 N 64 56. 5 W) ~ struck a submerge car and punctured its bottom. Carrying approx. 100,000 gallons of #6, intial estimate is that approx 20,000 gallons are in the water.
2. THREAT: OIL.
3. POSITION 18.335N 064.935W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 9110: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/9110

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