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Bolivar roads, bolivar peninsula, tx

Red Flag Barge Allision ; Bolivar Roads, Bolivar Peninsula, Tx · NOAAORR-7879

issued: 2008-08-28 00:00Z
status: cancelled 2008-09-11 00:00Z
self-cancels: 2008-09-11 00:00Z
authority: NOAA OR&R
sea: Gulf of Mexico
position: 29.410, -94.737
vessel: BARGE ALLISION · 6 messages
source: incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z

Original warning text

Red Flag Barge Allision ; Bolivar Roads, Bolivar Peninsula, TX.
Bolivar Roads, Bolivar Peninsula, TX.
1. During the early morning hours of Thursday, 28 August 2008, the NOAA ERD HAZMAT Duty Officer was notified of an allision in Bolivar Roads. The regional Scientific Support Coordinator (SSC) was notified and provided the support requested by USCG MSU Galveston. The report was that a tow containing two red flagged barges had an illision with a stationary barge. The actual details were unknown, but there was damage reported, but no release.
2. THREAT: OIL. COMMODITY: CRUDE OIL AND NAPHTHA. TAGS: COLLISION.
3. POSITION 29.410N 094.737W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 7879: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/7879

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