Spills · collision
Icw at colorado river, tx
Barge Allision With Mooring Buoy; Icw At Colorado River, Tx · NOAAORR-8066
- issued
- 2009-08-04 00:00Z
- status
- cancelled 2009-08-18 00:00Z
- self-cancels
- 2009-08-18 00:00Z
- authority
- NOAA OR&R
- sea
- Gulf of Mexico
- position
- 28.682, -95.975
- vessels
- BARGE ALLISION · 6 messagesBARGE OPERATOR · 2 messages
- source
- incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z
Original warning text
Barge Allision with Mooring Buoy; ICW at Colorado River, TX. ICW at Colorado River, TX. 1. On Tuesday evening, 4 Aug. 2009, MSU Galveston reported that a barge carrying 25,000 bbls of diesel fuel allied with a mooring buoy in the ICW near the junction with the Colorado River. The bow rake, and two void tanks are damaged. The initial reports suggest that there was no damage to the cargo tanks. The barge operator is Maryland Marine. The USCG is responding to the incident and requested a potential trajectory and RAR should there be a release. 2. THREAT: OIL. COMMODITY: DIESEL FUEL. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 1050000 GALLONS. TAGS: COLLISION. 3. POSITION 28.682N 095.975W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 8066: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/8066
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