M/V Kate Maersk

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• Spills · 5 messages1985-10-21 → 1985-11-15Mississippi river, new orleans, la

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One mention so far. The message has its own page: NOAAORR-6292. This page grows when the name is issued again.

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   Spills·NOAAORR-62921985-10-25 00:00Z → cancelled 1985-11-08 00:00Z
   At approximately 0340 on october 18, 1985, a collision between the kate maersk, a tanker which had just…
   M/V Kate Maersk; Offshore Louisiana · Offshore Louisiana · Gulf of Mexico

   M/V Kate Maersk; Offshore Louisiana.
   Offshore Louisiana.
   1. At approximately 0340 on October 18, 1985, a collision between the Kate Maersk, a tanker which had just concluded discharging cargo to the Louisiana Offshore Oil Port (LOOP) terminal, and the barge Ocean Trader, which was bunkering the Kate Maersk, resulted in the release of an estimated 20,000 gallons of Bunker C fuel oil about six miles southeast of the LOOP platform. USCG district 8.
   2. COMMODITY: BUNKER C FUEL OIL. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 20000 GALLONS.
   3. POSITION 28.983N 089.887W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 6292: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/6292