Spills · collision
Corpus christi, tx
Tug Texian; Corpus Christi, Tx · NOAAORR-1255
- issued
- 2005-01-14 00:00Z
- status
- cancelled 2005-01-28 00:00Z
- self-cancels
- 2005-01-28 00:00Z
- authority
- NOAA OR&R
- position
- 29.829, -97.162
- vessels
- TUG INCIDENT · 3 messagesDREDGE PIPE BREECHING THE BOTTOMTUG TEXIANM/V TEXIAN HIT A DREDGE PIPE
- source
- incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z
Original warning text
Tug Texian; Corpus Christi, TX. Corpus Christi, TX. 1. On Friday morning, 14 January 2005, the NOAA Scientific Support Coordinator was notified of a Tug incident off Pelican Island in the Corpus Christi Channel. At approximately 2345 last night, while in tow with 2 empty barges, the M/V TEXIAN hit a dredge pipe breeching the bottom of the starboard fuel tank that was reported to hold 6500 gallons of diesel (a total of approximately 9000 gallons was reported on-board). The tug lost both barges in tow. 2. THREAT: OIL. TAGS: COLLISION. 3. POSITION 29.829N 097.162W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 1255: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/1255
This area · spills & pollution incidents
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- Fuel oil spill: M/V msc vancouver and fuel barge; morgan's point, texas2025-09-05
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Nothing else in force within 120 nm.
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Spills
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