LNG TANKER Catalunya Spirit

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One mention so far. The message has its own page: NOAAORR-7769. This page grows when the name is issued again.

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   Spills·NOAAORR-77692008-02-11 00:00Z → cancelled 2008-02-25 00:00Z
   Lng catalunya spirit; 37 nm east of provincetown, ma
   North Atlantic Ocean

   LNG Catalunya Spirit; 37 NM East of Provincetown, MA.
   37 NM East of Provincetown, MA.
   1. On 2/11/08, NOAA ERD was notified that the 940-foot LNG Tanker Catalunya Spirit was disabled and adrift offshore of Cape Cod, MA. Vessel has 2400 MT bunker, 110 MT diesel, and 137,808 cubic meters of LNG. The tanker is drifting offshore and not in immediate peril, and tugs and a technician are enroute. At current drift rate and course, the USCG estimates the vessel will encounter Cultivator Shoals at Georges Bank 1000 Tuesday. NOAA ERD was requested to provide trajectory for the bunker fuel onboard and more detailed bathymetry for the shoal.
   2. THREAT: OIL. COMMODITY: BUNKER, LNG. TAGS: PIPELINE.
   3. POSITION 42.140N 069.364W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 7769: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/7769