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TANKER Exxon Houston

1 message · 1989-03-03

status
no warning in force
first mention
1989-03-03 00:00Z
latest mention
1989-03-03 00:00Z
reported as
Spills1
sea
North Pacific Ocean
last position
21.294, -158.125

Messages · 1, oldest first

One mention so far. The message has its own page: NOAAORR-6674. This page grows when the name is issued again.

  1. 1
    Spills·NOAAORR-66741989-03-03 00:00Z → cancelled 1989-03-17 00:00Z
    At about 2000 on march 2, 1989, the tanker exxon houston, with 90,000 barrels of prudhoe bay crude oil…
    Exxon Houston; Honolulu, Hawaii · Honolulu, Hawaii · North Pacific Ocean
    EXXON HOUSTON; Honolulu, Hawaii.
Honolulu, Hawaii.
1. At about 2000 on March 2, 1989, the tanker EXXON HOUSTON, with 90,000 barrels of Prudhoe Bay crude oil aboard, broke loose from her moorings at an offshore terminal off Barbers Point, Oahu, Hawaii, during offloading operations. The vessel subsequently grounded 0.7 miles off Barbers Point. A wing tank containing Bunker C fuel oil was damaged when the EXXON HOUSTON ran aground, spilling approximately 2,200 barrels of oil. USCG district 14.
2. COMMODITY: PRUDHOE BAY CRUDE OIL. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 92400 GALLONS.
3. POSITION 21.294N 158.125W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 6674: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/6674

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