Spills · event
Inverted barge, MM130; mississippi river, near killona, la
3 messages · 2016-01-15 to 2016-02-09
- status
- closed 2016-02-09 00:00Z
- opened
- 2016-01-15 00:00Z
- sea
- Gulf of Mexico
- position
- 29.994, -90.422
- joined by
- proximity (same type, same sea, within 30 nm and 30 days)
- key
- pollution:NOAAORR-9217
Timeline · 3 messages, oldest first
- 1NOAAORR-92172016-01-15 00:00Z → cancelled 2016-01-29 00:00ZNew orleans, lacollision
Stone Oil Barge Allision; New Orleans, LA. New Orleans, LA. 1. On January 15, 2015, a tug and barge allided with the transfer barge at the Stone Oil dock in New Orleans, LA, discharging approximately 20 gallons of #6 fuel oil from inactive transfer arms which were sheared off in the allision. USCG requested a trajectory analysis. 2. THREAT: OIL. COMMODITY: NUMBER 6 FUEL OIL. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 20 GALLONS. TAGS: COLLISION. 3. POSITION 29.924N 090.061W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 9217: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/9217
- 2NOAAORR-92202016-01-20 00:00Z → cancelled 2016-02-03 00:00ZOn january 20, 2016, the uscg sector new orleans notified the noaa ssc that approximately 15 barges in a…oil
Sunken Barges; Davant, LA. Davant, LA. 1. On January 20, 2016, the USCG Sector New Orleans notified the NOAA SSC that approximately 15 barges in a fleeting area at River Mile 52 of the Mississippi River had broken loose from their moorings and collided with nearby vessels. One barge carrying either coal or petroleum coke sank mid-channel, and another has been pushed into the bank. Sector NOLA requested advice on fate, toxicity, and effects for these products. 2. THREAT: OIL. COMMODITY: COAL OR PET COKE. 3. POSITION 29.601N 089.841W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 9220: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/9220
- 3NOAAORR-92282016-01-26 00:00Z → cancelled 2016-02-09 00:00ZInverted barge, MM130; mississippi river, near killona, lacollision
Inverted Barge, MM130; Mississippi River, near Killona, LA. Mississippi River, near Killona, LA. 1. On January 26, 2016, the USCG notified the NOAA SSC of a collision between two tows in vicinity of Mile Marker 130 on the lower Mississippi River. One of the tows included two (2) barges with cargoes of caustic soda (sodium hydroxide, NaOH), one of which capsized. USCG requested initial chemical hazard assessment for the known contents of the overturned barge. 2. THREAT: CHEMICAL. COMMODITY: CAUSTIC SODA (50% SODIUM HYDROXIDE NAOH). MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 420000 GALLONS. TAGS: COLLISION. 3. POSITION 29.994N 090.422W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 9228: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/9228
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