Spills

Tb ctco 2601; tampa bay, fl

NOAAORR-7360

issued
1998-12-15 00:00Z
status
cancelled 1998-12-29 00:00Z
self-cancels
1998-12-29 00:00Z
authority
NOAA OR&R
sea
Gulf of Mexico
position
27.692, -82.572
vessel
TUG CAMIE CENAC · 2 messages
source
incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z

Original warning text

TB CTCO 2601; Tampa Bay, FL.
Tampa Bay, FL.
1. The T/B CTCO 2601, being towed by the tug Camie Cenac, and loaded with 23,000 Bbls of a light lube oil ran aground in Tampa Bay last night at 2000 local time. It is reportedly hard aground on a sand bottom at position 27 degrees, 41.54 minutes north and 082 degrees, 34.34 minutes west, a location 3 miles west of Palmetto and west of Port Manatee. The vessel appears to be aground along the entire length of the hull except at the starboard forward rake. The vessel dimensions are 236 feet x 52 feet x 15.5 feet. It has 5 port tanks and 5 starboard tanks with 2300 Bbls of lube oil in each tank. Both the bow and stern rakes are empty. No product has been reported leaking but damage to the vessel has not been fully assessed at this time. The shorelines in the area are highly sensitive and water depths are typically very shallow, especially to the east in Cockroach Bay were there is a preserve [...]
2. COMMODITY: LIGHT LUBE OIL. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 966000 GALLONS.
3. POSITION 27.692N 082.572W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 7360: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/7360

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Timeline · 4 messages since 1998-12-15 · closed 1999-01-06

  1. Tb ctco 2601; tampa bay, fl this message1998-12-15 → 1998-12-29
  2. T/b ctco 2601; tampa bay, florida1998-12-15 → 1998-12-29
  3. Tampa bay, fl1998-12-23 → 1999-01-06
  4. Tampa bay, florida1998-12-23 → 1999-01-06

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