Spills
Texas city, tx
Two Barges; Texas City, Tx · NOAAORR-7241
- issued
- 1997-11-06 00:00Z
- status
- cancelled 1997-11-20 00:00Z
- self-cancels
- 1997-11-20 00:00Z
- authority
- NOAA OR&R
- sea
- Gulf of Mexico
- position
- 29.401, -94.821
- vessels
- BARGE CC479BARGE CC483BARGE DRAWS
- source
- incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z
Original warning text
Two Barges; Texas City, TX. Texas City, TX. 1. Hazmat was notified at 1720 PDT of a potential chemical spill from two barges aground near Texas City, Texas. At 0540 local time the barges CC483 and CC479 grounded outside the shipping channel near light #7. The water depth at the grounding location is approximately 4 feet, each barge draws approximately 5.5 feet of water. The barges are stable and no product is leaking. - - Barge CC483 is carrying 1600 tons of ethylene glycol monoalkyl ether in 6 cargo tanks. - Barge CC479 is carrying 1600 tons of ethanolamine in 6 cargo tanks. USCG district 8. 2. COMMODITY: ETHYLENE GLYCOL MONOALKYL, ETHANOLAMINE. 3. POSITION 29.401N 094.821W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 7241: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/7241
This area · spills & pollution incidents
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- On april 27, 2026, the U.S2026-04-27
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Timeline · 3 messages since 1997-10-18 · closed 1997-11-20
- Barge pv 5996; bolivar peninsula, texas1997-10-18 → 1997-11-01
- Gulf of mexico1997-10-27 → 1997-11-10
- Texas city, tx this message1997-11-06 → 1997-11-20
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Nearby now · within 120 nm
Nothing else in force within 120 nm.
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Spills
Oil and chemical spills, groundings and vessel casualties with a pollution threat: NOAA IncidentNews responses since 1957, and spill-response areas broadcast as navigational warnings. All current spills & pollution incidents →
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