Tampa bay, florida

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Howard Star; Tampa Bay, Florida.
Tampa Bay, Florida.
1. Sometime between October 4 and 5, 1978, the dry bulk carrier Howard Star discharged approximately 952 barrels of bunker C and light diesel into the Port Sutton Channel. The incident most likely occurred while the vessel was deballasting at the International Mineral and Chemical Corporation (IMC) Phosphate Terminal in Tampa, Florida. The oil spread to East Bay, Tampa Bay and Hillsborough Bay and impacted 15 widely separated shorelines over a distance of approximately 20 miles. Personnel aboard the Howard Star failed to notify authorities of the discharge. The Coast Guard Marine Safety Office (MSO) Tampa was first notified by IMC on October 4 at 2025 that approximately 15 gallons of oil was in the water at the IMC terminal. The Coast Guard discovered large quantities of floating oil streaming into Hillsborough Bay from the Port Sutton Canal. The Environmental Coastal Pollution Cleanup [...]
2. COMMODITY: BUNKER C, LIGHT DIESEL. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 40000 GALLONS.
3. POSITION 27.850N 082.417W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 6245: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/6245