MV Westchester

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• Spills · 2 messages2000-11-19 → 2000-12-12MV westchester; mississippi river, mile marker 38 empire, la

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One mention so far. The message has its own page: NOAAORR-5149. This page grows when the name is issued again.

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   Spills·NOAAORR-51492000-11-28 00:00Z → cancelled 2000-12-12 00:00Z
   MV westchester; mississippi river, mile marker 38 empire, la
   Gulf of Mexico

   MV Westchester; Mississippi River, mile marker 38 Empire, LA.
   Mississippi River, mile marker 38 Empire, LA.
   1. At 1840 CDT, 28 November 2000, MSO New Orleans was notified that while transiting the Mississippi River at Mile Marker 38, the M/V Westchester lost steerage and struck something (possibly her own anchor) and was leaking oil. It is estimated that between 9000-10000 barrels of light crude may have been spilled. Mile Marker 38 is south of New Orleans near Empire, Louisiana. USCG district 8.
   2. COMMODITY: LIGHT CRUDE. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 554000 GALLONS.
   3. POSITION 29.381N 089.578W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 5149: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/5149