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Little irish bayou, la

M/V Old Hat; Little Irish Bayou, la · NOAAORR-10102

issued
2020-06-01 00:00Z
status
cancelled 2020-06-15 00:00Z
self-cancels
2020-06-15 00:00Z
authority
NOAA OR&R
sea
Gulf of Mexico
position
30.177, -89.371
vessel
M/V OLD HAT
source
incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z

Original warning text

M/V Old Hat; Little Irish Bayou, LA.
Little Irish Bayou, LA.
1. On June 1, 2020, the USCG Sector New Orleans Incident Management Division (IMD) received NRC Report # 1278550 stating that the M/V OLD HAT is continually taking on water and being pumped out, creating a sheen in the water around the vessel, while moored at a private dock, near Little Irish Bayou, a tributary of Lake Pontchartrain, in Orleans Parish, LA. IMD team are conducting on site assessment.
2. THREAT: OIL. COMMODITY: OIL (SHEEN).
3. POSITION 30.177N 089.371W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 10102: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/10102

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