M/V Baneasa

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One mention so far. The message has its own page: NOAAORR-7174. This page grows when the name is issued again.

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   Spills·NOAAORR-71741996-12-25 00:00Z → cancelled 1997-01-08 00:00Z
   Aleutian island chain, alaska
   M/V Baneasa; Aleutian Island Chain, Alaska · North Pacific Ocean

   M/V Baneasa; Aleutian Island chain, Alaska.
   Aleutian Island chain, Alaska.
   1. At 2010 December 24th the M/V BANEASA reported to the USCG that their rudder was stuck hard over to starboard and they were adrift 70 nm south of Atka Island, AK. The vessel is 833 ft. carrying a cargo of 4250 barrels (178,500 gallons) heavy fuel oil and 800 bbls (33,600 gallons) diesel. On Christmas morning 1996, the M/V Baneasa, an 833-foot unladen freighter, reported that her rudder was stuck hard to starboard and she was drifting at the mercy of the winds and seas. She was roughly 70 miles south of Amilia Island in the Aleutian Chain with southeast winds. The USCG determined that she would probably go aground sometime during the morning of December 26. The USCG mobilized part of the Pacific Strike Team (PST), NOAA was notified, NAVSUPSALV was activated, and State and Federal resource agencies were put on high alert. The first vessel on-scene was the USCG Cutter Midget who put a line [...]
   2. COMMODITY: BUNKER C, DIESEL FUEL. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 211000 GALLONS.
   3. POSITION 51.000N 174.000W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 7174: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/7174