Spills · oil
High sulfur fuel spill mississippi river; 5901 terminal dr, new orleans, la 70115, USA
NOAAORR-9702
- issued
- 2018-04-12 00:00Z
- status
- cancelled 2018-04-26 00:00Z
- self-cancels
- 2018-04-26 00:00Z
- authority
- NOAA OR&R
- sea
- Gulf of Mexico
- position
- 29.912, -90.117
- source
- incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z
Original warning text
High Sulfur Fuel Spill Mississippi River; 5901 Terminal Dr, New Orleans, LA 70115, USA. 5901 Terminal Dr, New Orleans, LA 70115, USA. 1. On April 12, 2018, the Singapore-flagged vessel Pac Antares struck a wharf at Mississippi River mile marker 100.6 and punctured one of the ship's fuel tanks resulting in a discharge of High Sulfur Fuel Oil. The initial worst case discharge was 114,000 gallons, but this was later revised to approximately 4200 gallons. More than 5 miles of Mississippi river is closed. Visual obs and NOAA trajectory indicate 5-6 miles currently impacted. USCG on-scene. Cleanup underway. 2. THREAT: OIL. 3. POSITION 29.912N 090.117W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 9702: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/9702
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Timeline · 10 messages since 2018-01-04 · closed 2018-05-22
- Fuel oil 6 discharge, miss r. MM144.6; 4804 LA-44, mt airy, la 70076, USA2018-01-04 → 2018-01-18
- Heavy fuel oil spill mississippi river mm 145; 4006 LA-44, mt airy, la 70076, USA2018-02-10 → 2018-02-24
- Marathon petroleum co, mississippi river MM140; 2310 LA-44, reserve, la 70084, USA2018-03-21 → 2018-04-04
- Bio-diesel discharge; kirby inland marine; industrial canal locks, andry st2018-03-25 → 2018-04-08
- Oil & produced water,dead end well canal, la; 385 paradise ln, larose, la 70373, USA2018-03-30 → 2018-04-13
- Bay jacques crude spill; 23627 LA-1, golden meadow, la 70357, USA2018-04-03 → 2018-04-17
- Mystery sheen mississippi mm 163; 8307 LA-18, st james, la 70086, USA2018-04-06 → 2018-04-20
- High sulfur fuel spill mississippi river; 5901 terminal dr, new orleans, la 70115, USA this message2018-04-12 → 2018-04-26
- M/V iver exporter; mississippi river mm 126, la, USA2018-04-23 → 2018-05-07
- New orleans terminal - DHS015; terminal dr, new orleans, la, USA2018-05-08 → 2018-05-22
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