M/V Navios Pioneer Floated

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• Spills · 2 messages1999-07-21 → 1999-08-04Port royal sound, south carolina

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One mention so far. The message has its own page: NOAAORR-7418. This page grows when the name is issued again.

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   Spills·NOAAORR-74181999-07-21 00:00Z → cancelled 1999-08-04 00:00Z
   Port royal sound, south carolina
   M/V Navios Pioneer; Port Royal Sound, South Carolina · North Atlantic Ocean

   M/V Navios Pioneer; Port Royal Sound, South Carolina.
   Port Royal Sound, South Carolina.
   1. At approximately 0400 hours July 21, 1999, the M/V Navios Pioneer ran aground on a mud bank near the entrance to Port Royal Sound, South Carolina. The vessel was inbound and ran hard aground between buoys 4 and 5. The 590-foot long vessel was carrying a cargo of crushed granite. The M/V Navios Pioneer was drawing 27 feet and soundings indicated 27 feet of water at the site. The vessel contained 60 metric tons of #2 fuel oil, 532 metric tons of IFO 180, and 25 metric tons of gas oil. At 1427 hours July 21the M/V Navios Pioneer floated off the bank under her own power. She was inspected at her anchorage and no damage to her bottom plating was noted. The NOAA trajectory analysis suggested that the winds were 10-15 knots from the WSW and would becoming more westerly as the afternoon progressed. The forecast was for more westerly wind 5-10 knots through Thursday. Based on these winds and [...]
   2. COMMODITY: #2 FUEL OIL, IFO 180, GAS OIL, CRUSHED GRANITE.
   3. POSITION 32.097N 080.584W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 7418: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/7418