Spills · oil
On january 3, 2008, the noaa ssc was notified of a disabled freighter adrift 120 nm sw of oahu, hi
M/V Sun Venus; Offshore, Hi · Offshore, Hi · NOAAORR-7742
- issued
- 2008-01-03 00:00Z
- status
- cancelled 2008-01-17 00:00Z
- self-cancels
- 2008-01-17 00:00Z
- authority
- NOAA OR&R
- sea
- North Pacific Ocean
- position
- 20.000, -159.550
- vessel
- M/V SUN VENUS
- source
- incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z
Original warning text
M/V Sun Venus; Offshore, HI. Offshore, HI. 1. On January 3, 2008, the NOAA SSC was notified of a disabled freighter adrift 120 NM SW of Oahu, HI. The vessel is reportedly carrying 4272 metric tons of fish oil, 258 metric tons of MFO, and 43 metric tons of MGO. 2. THREAT: OIL. COMMODITY: FISH OIL, BUNKER FUEL. 3. POSITION 20.000N 159.550W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 7742: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/7742
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