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TANKER RED SEA Gull

1 message · 1993-09-02

status
no warning in force
first mention
1993-09-02 00:00Z
latest mention
1993-09-02 00:00Z
reported as
Spills1
sea
Gulf of Mexico
last position
28.717, -94.667

Messages · 1, oldest first

One mention so far. The message has its own page: NOAAORR-6962. This page grows when the name is issued again.

  1. 1
    Spills·NOAAORR-69621993-09-02 00:00Z → cancelled 1993-09-16 00:00Z
    M/V red seagull 93; galveston, tx
    Gulf of Mexico
    M/V RED SEAGULL 93; Galveston, TX.
Galveston, TX.
1. At approximately 0230 (CST), the tanker RED SEA GULL, carrying about 900,000 Gallons (21,430 BBL) of Light Kuwaiti Crude Oil, began leaking at a rate of approximately one barrel every three minutes. The vessel is about 30 miles south of Galveston, Texas, at 28Deg. 43Min. North, 94Deg. 40Min. West. . An oil slick 4 miles long and 300 feet wide has been reported moving North. Winds are SSW at 10 to 15 Kts, seas 2 to 4 feet. USCG district 8.
2. COMMODITY: LIGHT KUWAITI CRUDE OIL.
3. POSITION 28.717N 094.667W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 6962: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/6962

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