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BARGE SP-4

1 message · 1986-07-28

status
no warning in force
first mention
1986-07-28 00:00Z
latest mention
1986-07-28 00:00Z
reported as
Spills1
sea
Gulf of Mexico
last position
29.591, -90.712

Messages · 1, oldest first

One mention so far. The message has its own page: NOAAORR-6384. This page grows when the name is issued again.

  1. 1
    Spills·NOAAORR-63841986-07-28 00:00Z → cancelled 1986-08-11 00:00Z
    Tank barge SP-4; houma, louisiana
    Gulf of Mexico
    Tank Barge SP-4; Houma, Louisiana.
Houma, Louisiana.
1. On July 28, 1986, the tank barge SP-4 loaded with 24,000 barrels of cyclohexane, struck a sunken shell barge in the vicinity of the DeLarge Bridge in the Intracoastal Waterway in Houma, Louisiana. The number 1 tank, containing 1,054 barrels of product, began leaking below the waterline at an unknown rate. The second barge of the tow containing butane was not damaged. A strong gasoline odor, characteristic of cyclohexane, was reported in the vicinity of the barge. USCG district 8.
2. COMMODITY: CYCLOHEXANE.
3. POSITION 29.591N 090.712W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 6384: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/6384

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