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M/V Fortune Epoch Detected AN OIL

1 message · 2004-11-17

status: no warning in force
first mention: 2004-11-17 00:00Z
latest mention: 2004-11-17 00:00Z
reported as: Spills1
sea: North Atlantic Ocean
last position: 31.983, -80.683

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One mention so far. The message has its own page: NOAAORR-1234. This page grows when the name is issued again.

Spills·NOAAORR-12342004-11-17 00:00Z → cancelled 2004-12-01 00:00Z

Offshore savannah, ga

M/V Fortune Epoch; Offshore Savannah, Ga · North Atlantic Ocean

M/V Fortune Epoch; Offshore Savannah, GA.
Offshore Savannah, GA.
1. On November 17, 2004, the M/V Fortune Epoch detected an oil sheen in its wake after it left the Savannah River. It then anchored and notified USCG. It was later determined that the ship had run over its own anchor when it dropped it to stop after losing stearing. There was some shoreline oiling, on water skimming, and Right Whales in the Atlantic south of the Savannah R. were briefly threatened by the oil slick. The hull was patched and the vessel returned to port on Nov. 26th.
2. THREAT: OIL. COMMODITY: IFO 180. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 37200 GALLONS. TAGS: COLLISION.
3. POSITION 31.983N 080.683W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 1234: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/1234

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