M/V Violetta Indicating

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• Spills · 5 messages1998-12-28 → 1999-02-23Gulf of mexico

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One mention so far. The message has its own page: NOAAORR-7367. This page grows when the name is issued again.

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   Spills·NOAAORR-73671998-12-28 00:00Z → cancelled 1999-01-11 00:00Z
   During the early morning, msu galveston received a report from the M/V violetta indicating that they had a…
   MV Violetta; Galveston, Tx · Galveston, Tx · Gulf of Mexico

   MV VIOLETTA; Galveston, TX.
   Galveston, TX.
   1. During the early morning, MSU Galveston received a report from the M/V Violetta indicating that they had a main space fire which was burning out of control. The Violetta is an empty break-bulk freighter anchored in the Bolivar Anchorage (near the Galveston Jetties). The initial report included a potential of 10 metric tones of bunker fuel, eighty metric tones of diesel, and 33 small (15-gallon) containers of lube oil. An air-eye equipped HU-25 from Air Station Corpus Christi is surveying the area for possible pollution. USCG district 8.
   2. COMMODITY: BUNKER FUEL, DIESEL, LUBE OIL. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 180000 GALLONS.
   3. POSITION 29.342N 094.753W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 7367: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/7367