Spills · grounding
Sunken barge ems 319; mm 92.5, mississippi river, new orleans
NOAAORR-9267
- issued
- 2016-04-20 00:00Z
- status
- cancelled 2016-05-04 00:00Z
- self-cancels
- 2016-05-04 00:00Z
- authority
- NOAA OR&R
- sea
- Gulf of Mexico
- position
- 29.953, -90.028
- vessels
- BARGE CONTAINING CRUDE OILBARGE EMS 319
- source
- incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z
Original warning text
Sunken Barge EMS 319; MM 92.5, Mississippi River, New Orleans. MM 92.5, Mississippi River, New Orleans. 1. On April 20, 2016, USCG Sector NOLA notified the NOAA SSC of a sinking barge containing crude oil at MM 92.6 on the Lower Mississippi River. Barge has a capacity of 25,000 bbls. SSC has provided trajectory based on river flow estimates, and fate analysis for several types of crude oils. 2. THREAT: OIL. COMMODITY: CRUDE OIL (SWEET LOUSIANA CRUDE). MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 1050000 GALLONS. TAGS: GROUNDING. 3. POSITION 29.953N 090.028W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 9267: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/9267
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