Spills
Barge TTT-103 was loading gasoline and no
Chevron Oil Refinery Pascagoula; Pascagoula, Mississippi · Pascagoula, Mississippi · NOAAORR-6388
- issued
- 1986-08-01 00:00Z
- status
- cancelled 1986-08-15 00:00Z
- self-cancels
- 1986-08-15 00:00Z
- authority
- NOAA OR&R
- sea
- Gulf of Mexico
- position
- 30.370, -88.541
- vessel
- BARGE TTT-103
- source
- incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z
Original warning text
Chevron Oil Refinery Pascagoula; Pascagoula, Mississippi. Pascagoula, Mississippi. 1. Barge TTT-103 was loading gasoline and no. 2 diesel at the Chevron Refinery delivery pier at Pascagoula, Mississippi when an explosion occurred at about 2300 on July 31, 1986. The barge and delivery pier were subsequently involved in a major fire. Local response units, the U.S. Coast Guard Marine Safety Office (MSO), Mobile, and the Coast Guard Gulf Strike Team responded to the incident. USCG district 8. 2. COMMODITY: GASOLINE, NO. 2 DIESEL. 3. POSITION 30.370N 088.541W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 6388: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/6388
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Timeline · 2 messages since 1986-08-01 · closed 1986-08-15
- Barge TTT140; bayou casotte, ms1986-08-01 → 1986-08-15
- Barge TTT-103 was loading gasoline and no this message1986-08-01 → 1986-08-15
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