TANKER Haven Caught

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One mention so far. The message has its own page: NOAAORR-6801. This page grows when the name is issued again.

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   Spills·NOAAORR-68011991-04-11 00:00Z → cancelled 1991-04-25 00:00Z
   On april 11, 1991, the tanker haven caught fire while anchored 7 miles off of genoa, italy
   T/v Haven; Genoa, Italy · Genoa, Italy · Ligurian Sea

   T/V Haven; Genoa, Italy.
   Genoa, Italy.
   1. On April 11, 1991, the tanker Haven caught fire while anchored 7 miles off of Genoa, Italy. The Haven suffered a series of explosions and broke into three parts. A portion of the deck sank, and the rest of the vessel began to drift to the southwest. The bow section sank in water 7 miles off Arenzano. The rest of the vessel was towed to shallower waters 1.5 miles off Arenzano where it sank on April 14. Keyword: International Tanker Owners Pollution Federation (ITOPF), volunteers, remotely operated vehicle (ROV), sub-surface oil, boom, containment boom, skimmers, suction operations, vacuum trucks, manual removal, preventative booming, fire, explosion, sinking..
   2. COMMODITY: IRANIAN HEAVY CRUDE. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 6000000 GALLONS.
   3. POSITION 44.333N 009.000E. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 6801: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/6801