BARGE PV

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• Spills · 3 messages1997-10-18 → 1997-11-20Texas city, tx

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One mention so far. The message has its own page: NOAAORR-7233. This page grows when the name is issued again.

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   Spills·NOAAORR-72331997-10-18 00:00Z → cancelled 1997-11-01 00:00Z
   Barge pv 5996; bolivar peninsula, texas
   Gulf of Mexico

   Barge PV 5996; Bolivar Peninsula, Texas.
   Bolivar Peninsula, Texas.
   1. At 0030, October 18, 1997, the hopper barge PV 5996 began taking on water and had to be grounded along the bank of the Intracoastal Waterway (ICWW). The barge was carrying an unknown amount of ammonium nitrate (fertilizer) of unknown concentration. The amount of damage done to the barge and the amount of product spilled were also unknown. On October 29, 1997, the product was identified as urea fertilizer, not ammonium nitrate. An unknown quantity of the product was scooped from the barge and the barge refloated. USCG district 8. Keyword: potential.
   2. COMMODITY: UREA FERTILIZER.
   3. POSITION 29.428N 094.717W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 7233: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/7233