M/V Kure

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2

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129 d

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28 d

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4.7 nm

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4.7 nm

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   Spills·NOAAORR-72391997-11-05 00:00Z → cancelled 1997-11-19 00:00Z
   Humboldt bay, california
   M/V Kure; Humboldt Bay, California · North Pacific Ocean

   M/V Kure; Humboldt Bay, California.
   Humboldt Bay, California.
   1. At about 0420 on November 5, 1997, the M/V Kure, a 639-foot Panamanian-flagged cargo carrier transporting wood chips, was shifting at the Louisiana Pacific Dock where she was berthed and allided with pilings. The allision punched a 12-inch hole about 10-feet above the waterline and, in the time required to plug the hole, approximately 4537 gallons of IFO 180 had discharged into Humboldt Bay. At the time of the incident, there were cloudy skies and winds reported light and variable. USCG district 11. Keyword: boom, Clean Bay inc., containment boom, International Bird Rescue, warm- or hot-water washing.
   2. COMMODITY: IFO 180. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 4540 GALLONS.
   3. POSITION 40.817N 124.167W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 7239: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/7239

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   Spills·NOAAORR-72811998-03-14 00:00Z → cancelled 1998-03-28 00:00Z
   M/V kure (grounding); 100 yards off the south jetty, entrance channel, humboldt bay, ca
   North Pacific Ocean

   M/V Kure (grounding); 100 yards off the South Jetty, Entrance Channel, Humboldt Bay, CA.
   100 yards off the South Jetty, Entrance Channel, Humboldt Bay, CA.
   1. At about 1300, 14 March 1998, USCG Group Humboldt Bay reported to the MSO San Francisco that the M/V Kure was hard aground on a sandy shoal approximately 100 yards off the south jetty of the entrance channel to Humboldt Bay. The vessel was loaded with wood chips and carried 250,000 gallons of IFO 180 aboard. The vessel tanks were sounded, and no pollution was reported at the time of the grounding. The MSO notified the NOAA SSC to be on stand-by to come on-scene in the event oil was released. Assist tugs were arranged, and the vessel was refloated with out incident the next day. USCG district 11. Keyword: potential spill.
   2. COMMODITY: POTENTIAL IFO 180. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 250000 GALLONS.
   3. POSITION 40.765N 124.246W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 7281: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/7281