Charleston, south carolina

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T/B Ocean Transporter; Charleston, South Carolina.
Charleston, South Carolina.
1. During the early morning hours of December 4-5, the U.S. Coast Guard Marine Safety Office (MSO), Charleston, received a report from the tug Jennifer L. Boudreaux that its towing line to the tanker barge Ocean Transporter had parted. The barge, carrying a cargo of 7,000 short tons of para-xylene in bulk, was taking on water and sinking approximately 120 nautical miles east of Charleston. The barge sank stern first; neither the bow nor any of the cargo tanks sustained any apparent damage. USCG district 7.
2. COMMODITY: PARAXYLENE. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 14000000 GALLONS.
3. POSITION 32.755N 079.780W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 6531: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/6531