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French frigate shoals, hawaii
M/V Mei Gui Hai; French Frigate Shoals, Hawaii · NOAAORR-6768
- issued
- 1990-11-10 00:00Z
- status
- cancelled 1990-11-24 00:00Z
- self-cancels
- 1990-11-24 00:00Z
- authority
- NOAA OR&R
- sea
- North Pacific Ocean
- position
- 22.180, -160.460
- vessel
- M/V MEI GUI HAI
- source
- incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z
Original warning text
M/V MEI GUI HAI; French Frigate Shoals, Hawaii. French Frigate Shoals, Hawaii. 1. On November 10, 1990, the U.S Coast Guard (USCG) Marine Safety Office (MSO) Honolulu was notified that the Chinese freighter MEI GUI HAI was taking on water and requesting permission to seek shelter in U. S. waters at French Frigate Shoals, part of the Northwest Hawaiian Islands National Wildlife Refuge, to carry out repairs. The vessel was reported to have a cargo of barium sulfate ore and approximately 713 metric tons of bunker and diesel fuels onboard. USCG district 14. 2. COMMODITY: BARIUM SULFATE ORE, BUNKER ,DIESEL. 3. POSITION 22.180N 160.460W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 6768: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/6768
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