On september 30, 1990, the liberian tank vessel world brazilia, loaded with approximately 1.8 million…

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T/V WORLD BRAZILIA; Mobile, Alabama.
Mobile, Alabama.
1. On September 30, 1990, the Liberian tank vessel WORLD BRAZILIA, loaded with approximately 1.8 million barrels of Arabian medium crude oil (API 30) anchored in about 21 fathoms of water about 57 nautical miles south of Mobile, Alabama. She had begun lightering operations to a Chevron transfer vessel when small amounts of oil were noticed coming from near the BRAZILIA's mid-ship hull. After some cargo was removed, lightering operations were suspended by Chevron officials and divers were called to discover the cause of the oil leak. The BRAZILIA, a single-skinned hull, 1,125-foot vessel had undergone hull work before this cruise, but reported she had sailed without incident in heavy seas crossing the Atlantic. Divers found a 6- to 8-inch fatigue crack in the BRAZILIA's bottom, mid-ship hull, 93 feet down her port side, about 5 feet inboard of the turn of her bilge. The crack was athwart [...]
2. COMMODITY: OIL.
3. POSITION 30.695N 088.037W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 6757: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/6757