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On the morning of march 12, noaa ssc, charlie henry, was notified concerning a utv that hit a submerged…
Galveston Bay Utv; Galveston Bay · Tx · Galveston Bay · Tx · 2 messages · 2009-03-03 to 2009-03-26
- status
- closed 2009-03-26 00:00Z
- opened
- 2009-03-03 00:00Z
- sea
- Gulf of Mexico
- position
- 29.342, -94.819
- joined by
- proximity (same type, same sea, within 30 nm and 30 days)
- key
- pollution:NOAAORR-7987
Timeline · 2 messages, oldest first
- 1NOAAORR-79872009-03-03 00:00Z → cancelled 2009-03-17 00:00ZGalveston bay, txoil
T/V Minerva Iris Grounding; Galveston Bay, TX. Galveston Bay, TX. 1. At 1037 CST, in Galveston Bay Texas, the T/V Minerva grounded in the shipping channel. The vessel is reported to have 600,000 bbls of crude oil onboard. There is not spill at this time. The shipping channel has been closed until the vessel can be moved. 2. THREAT: OIL. COMMODITY: CRUDE OIL. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 25200000 GALLONS. 3. POSITION 29.463N 094.851W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 7987: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/7987
- 2NOAAORR-79922009-03-12 00:00Z → cancelled 2009-03-26 00:00ZOn the morning of march 12, noaa ssc, charlie henry, was notified concerning a utv that hit a submerged…collision
Galveston Bay UTV; Galveston Bay. Tx. Galveston Bay. Tx. 1. On the morning of March 12, NOAA SSC, Charlie Henry, was notified concerning a UTV that hit a submerged object inside of Galveston Bay and was taking on water. The vessel was not leaking oil and it has 13,400 gallons of diesel onboard. The vessel is on the north side of Pelican Island. 2. THREAT: OIL. COMMODITY: DIESEL FUEL. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 13400 GALLONS. TAGS: COLLISION. 3. POSITION 29.342N 094.819W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 7992: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/7992
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