tanker · named in official warnings

TANKER Brazilian Marina

1 message · 1978-01-09

status: no warning in force
first mention: 1978-01-09 00:00Z
latest mention: 1978-01-09 00:00Z
reported as: Spills1
sea: South Atlantic Ocean
last position: -23.800, -45.717

Messages · 1, oldest first

One mention so far. The message has its own page: NOAAORR-6240. This page grows when the name is issued again.

Spills·NOAAORR-62401978-01-09 00:00Z → cancelled 1978-01-23 00:00Z

Sao sebastiao, sao paulo, brazil

Brazilian Marina; Sao Sebastiao, Sao Paulo, Brazil · South Atlantic Ocean

Brazilian Marina; Sao Sebastiao, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Sao Sebastiao, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
1. On the morning of January 9, 1978, the tanker Brazilian Marina grounded in the Sao Sebastiao Channel, Sao Paulo, Brazil. Tanks ruptured and spilled approximately 73,600 barrels of Kuwait crude oil. Approximately 18,000 barrels of the spilled product impacted the shoreline. Personnel from the United States Coast Guard (USCG) and the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) responded to the spill at the request of Brazilian Authorities. Most of the organized shoreline cleanup was focused on the recreational beaches. Cleanup personnel initially used dispersants to combat the oil on some beaches, but this proved to have negative ecological effects and was stopped. Keyword: Pacific Strike Team (PST), Gulf Strike Team (GST), manual removal, BRAS-X-plus, disposal..
2. COMMODITY: KUWAIT CRUDE OIL. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 3090000 GALLONS.
3. POSITION 23.800S 045.717W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 6240: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/6240

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