M/V Selendang AYU

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One mention so far. The message has its own page: NOAAORR-1242. This page grows when the name is issued again.

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   Spills·NOAAORR-12422004-12-08 00:00Z → cancelled 2004-12-22 00:00Z
   Unalaska-aleutian islands, ak
   M/V Selendang Ayu; Unalaska-aleutian Islands, Ak · Bering Sea

   M/V Selendang Ayu; Unalaska-Aleutian Islands, AK.
   Unalaska-Aleutian Islands, AK.
   1. During early December of 2004, a huge storm drove the floundering M/V Selendang Ayu onto the rockly shoals on the west side of Unalaska Island, where the vessel broke in two releasing over 75% (337,000 gallons) of its total petroleum fuel products of IFO-380 and marine diesel. Nearly all the oil was driven onto the mostly rocky shorelines of Makushin and Skan Bays. Within two weeks the bow section had sunk; however, the stern section remained afloat with the balance of the fuel. From early January, 2005, until mid-February, 2006, a heavy lift helicopter was used to lighter this fuel from the stern section with over 70 round trips to Dutch Harbor, 25 miles away, and using a 2000 gallon steel sling-loaded cube. Due to the potential for an additional release during this period, skimmers and dispersants (Corexit 9500) were maintained as standby response measures. Reasonable weather during [...]
   2. THREAT: OIL. COMMODITY: IFO-380 FUEL OIL, MARINE DIESEL AND SMALL AMOUNT OF LUBE OIL. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 445000 GALLONS. TAGS: GROUNDING.
   3. POSITION 53.757N 167.346W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 1242: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/1242