MV Katania

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• Spills · 3 messages1998-03-09 → 1998-03-24Manchester dock in the houston ship channel

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   Spills·NOAAORR-72771998-03-09 00:00Z → cancelled 1998-03-23 00:00Z
   The break-bulk carrier, M/V katania, located at the manchester dock in the houston ship channel, reported a…
   M/V Katania; Houston, Texas · Houston, Texas · Gulf of Mexico

   M/V Katania; Houston, Texas.
   Houston, Texas.
   1. The break-bulk carrier, M/V Katania, located at the Manchester dock in the Houston Ship Channel, reported a fire in cargo hold #1. The majority of cargo in the hold was paper products and wood dunnage but the hold also contained three 20-inch containers of sodium cyanide, 236 one-ton bags of calcium oxide, and several drums of kerosene. A Unified Command was established with Houston Fire Department acting as OSC. By midnight the fire had been brought under control without damage to any of the hazardous cargo. USCG district 8. Keyword: potential.
   2. COMMODITY: SODIUM CYANIDE, CALCIUM OXIDE, KEROSENE.
   3. POSITION 29.733N 095.126W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 7277: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/7277

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   Spills·NOAAORR-72791998-03-10 00:00Z → cancelled 1998-03-24 00:00Z
   Manchester dock in the houston ship channel
   MV Katania; Manchester Dock In the Houston Ship Channel · Gulf of Mexico

   MV KATANIA; Manchester dock in the Houston Ship Channel.
   Manchester dock in the Houston Ship Channel.
   1. The break-bulk carrier, M/V KATANIA, located at the Manchester dock in the Houston Ship Channel reported a fire in cargo hold #1. The majority of cargo in the hold was paper products and wood dunnage but the hold also contained three 20' containers of Sodium Cyanide, 236 one ton bags of Calcium Oxide and several drums of Kerosene. A unified command was established with Houston F.D. acting as OSC. By 2400 the fire had been brought under control without damage to any of the hazardous cargo. USCG district 8.
   2. COMMODITY: SODIUM CYANIDE, CALCIUM OXIDE, AND KEROSENE.
   3. POSITION 29.722N 095.235W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 7279: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/7279