Spills · marine_debris
Gulf of mexico off la
Southern Recycling Drifting Dry Dock; Gulf of Mexico Off la · NOAAORR-8502
- issued
- 2012-08-28 00:00Z
- status
- cancelled 2012-09-11 00:00Z
- self-cancels
- 2012-09-11 00:00Z
- authority
- NOAA OR&R
- sea
- Gulf of Mexico
- position
- 27.500, -90.217
- source
- incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z
Original warning text
Southern Recycling Drifting Dry Dock; Gulf of Mexico off LA. Gulf of Mexico off LA. 1. On 28Aug12, USCG Sector New Orleans contacted the NOAA SSC for a trajectory for a drifting floating dry dock, 650'long x 137'wide. Dry dock is owned by Southern Recycling, who was towing it to a "breaking yard" when the tow cable parted. Draft of the dry dock is reported as 7', and height of the wing walls is estimated as 35' (based on discussion with a Tampa dry dock company). Below are the last known positions and drift speed and direction from 27 AUG. 1430 pos'n: 27-57.478 089-43.403W, Course 220T, 3kts (radar) 1630 pos'n: 27-41N 089-56W, Course 220T, 4kts (radar) 2030 pos'n: 27-34N 090-08W, Course 220T, 4kts (DR) 2230 pos'n: 27-30N 090-13W, Wind NNE 35-40kts (DR) 2. THREAT: OTHER. COMMODITY: HAZARD TO NAVIGATION. TAGS: MARINE DEBRIS. 3. POSITION 27.500N 090.217W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 8502: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/8502
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