tug · named in official warnings

TUG While Still

1 message · 1972-12-19

status
no warning in force
first mention
1972-12-19 00:00Z
latest mention
1972-12-19 00:00Z
reported as
Spills1
sea
Gulf of Oman
last position
25.300, 57.567

Messages · 1, oldest first

One mention so far. The message has its own page: NOAAORR-6216. This page grows when the name is issued again.

  1. 1
    Spills·NOAAORR-62161972-12-19 00:00Z → cancelled 1973-01-02 00:00Z
    Gulf of oman
    Sea Star; Gulf of Oman · Gulf of Oman
    Sea Star; Gulf of Oman.
Gulf of Oman.
1. Early on the morning of December 19, 1972, the Sea Star and the Horta Barbosa collided in the Gulf of Oman. Both vessels caught fire, and were abandoned by their crews. The Horta Barbosa fire was extinguished within a day. The Sea Star drifted SSE, leaking burning oil from a forty-foot hole in its side. The Sea Star was taken undertow by Awal Contracting and Trading Company tug while still on fire on December 21. Occasional explosions rocked the vessel, and eventually caused it to sink at 25 04 N, 058 12 E on December 24, 1972. Keyword: International Tanker Owners Pollution Federation (ITOPF), collision, fire, sinking..
2. COMMODITY: CRUDE OIL.
3. POSITION 25.300N 057.567E. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 6216: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/6216

Not for navigation. The name is read automatically from official navigational warnings; a common name can belong to more than one ship, and a message may describe work the vessel is doing (cable, survey) rather than something that happened to it. Mariners must use official NAVAREA broadcasts and their national MSI service.

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