Cabot strait, newfoundland

Original warning text

Kurdistan; Cabot Strait, Newfoundland.
Cabot Strait, Newfoundland.
1. On March 15, 1979, the British motor tanker Kurdistan, en route from Nova Scotia to Quebec, broke in two sections south of Cabot Strait, Newfoundland. The damage was attributed to a fracture initiated by a weld defect and aggravated by wave impacts on the bow at low temperatures. Although the tanker remained intact for some time after the initial hull plate failure, the bow and stern sections eventually separated and spilled an estimated 43,900 barrels of Bunker C into Cabot Strait. The bow and stern sections drifted towards Canadian waters. Approximately 50,000 barrels of oil remained in the bow section while 115,000 barrels remained in the stern. A wide band of mobile pack ice initially prevented the spilled oil from reaching the shoreline. The Environmental Protection Service (EPS) immediately initiated the formation of the Regional Environmental Emergencies Team (REET) to provide [...]
2. COMMODITY: BUNKER C.
3. POSITION 46.000N 060.000W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 6249: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/6249