Spills · collision

Tampa bay, fl

Diversified Environmental Services; Tampa Bay, Fl · NOAAORR-8002

issued
2009-04-01 00:00Z
status
cancelled 2009-04-15 00:00Z
self-cancels
2009-04-15 00:00Z
authority
NOAA OR&R
sea
Gulf of Mexico
position
27.930, -82.428
vessel
BARGE OWNED · 5 messages
source
incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z

Original warning text

Diversified Environmental Services; Tampa Bay, FL.
Tampa Bay, FL.
1. At 1130local, April 1, 2009, as a result of a collision while docking, roughly 2300gal (estimate as of noon, 2Apr09)) of waste oil (slops) was discharged from a barge owned by Diversified Environmental Services, Inc., into McKay Bay, a secondary bay of Tampa Bay, FL. Location of the spill was at the "Shrimp Docks" on the southwest side of the 22nd St. Causeway. The majority of the spill was apparently contained in the immediate vicinity of the dockside facility by the responsible party, since they are also an oil spill cleanup contractor whose HQ is at the dock where the oil was discharged. The collision opened a 2 foot long gash in the port forward quarter of the barge, puncturing one of the barges tanks. It is a single skin barge. NOAA ERD was apparently not notified, and the SSC learned of it through ARD personnel at 1850 local, 1Apr09, although the earliest reports indicated the [...]
2. THREAT: OIL. COMMODITY: WASTE OIL. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 5000 GALLONS. TAGS: COLLISION.
3. POSITION 27.930N 082.428W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 8002: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/8002

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