MODU in Distress, 14nm Offshore, LA
On 17DEC12, MSU Morgan City contact NOAA for scientific support relating to a potential release of 1,000 gl of marine diesel from a MODU in distress. The vessel is located 14nm offshore, west of Marsh...
View ArticleM/T STENA PRIMORSK, Albany, NY
The SSC was notified by Sector NY of the grounding of the 800 foot M/T Stena Primorsk south of Albany, NY. At this time there is no oil being released. The ballast tank has been breached. No request...
View ArticleShell drill rig Kulluk adrift, NW Gulf of Alaska
On Friday, Dec. 28, the Aiviq tow vessel lost its engine power while towing Shell's Arctic drill rig Kulluk from Dutch Harbor to Seattle for winter maintenance, allowing the drill rig to drift freely...
View ArticleHurricane Isaac - Sector Mobile Responses, Sector Mobile, AOR-MS, AL, FL...
This is a sub-incident hotline started 7Sep12 of the General Hurr Isaac General support that is for activities within the Sector Mobile AOR.
View ArticleTX Petroleum Investment. Co, Breton Sound, LA Gulf of Mexico
On December 26, 2012, 1130am/CST, the USCG requested a NOAA trajectory for a 1BBL (42 gallons)crude oil discharge into Breton Sound on the east side of the Mississippi River Delta. The discharge was...
View ArticleShell Drill Rig Kulluk adrift, NW Gulf of Alaska
The Royal Dutch Shell drilling rig Kulluk went aground on Sitkalidak Island, Alaska on January 1, 2013. Sitkalidak is an uninhabitated island just south of Kodiak Island. The Kulluk was being towed...
View ArticleF/V Robert Henry, Cape Arago, Oregon
At 0330 January 2, the F/V Robert Henry ran aground at the south tip of Cape Arago near Coos Bay, Oregon. The 39-foot fishing vessel reportedly has 400 gallons of diesel aboard. USCG Sector Columbia...
View ArticleM/T Elia, Baytown, TX
On 13JAN, USCG contacted NOAA SSC about a release of ship-board oily waste from M/T Elias into the Houston Ship Channel due to malfunctioning oily-water separator. The vessel is berthed in Baytown, TX....
View ArticleRuptured Flowline, Pass a Loutre WMA, LA
On 14JAN, USCG Sector New Orleans contacted NOAA SSC about a ruptured flowline in Pass a Loutre Wildlife Management Area. The release was discovered on 6JAN and initially reported as 4 gl and then...
View ArticleORB Exploration, Bayou Sorrel, Outside Baton Rouge, LA
On 15JAN13, USCG MSU Baton Rouge contact NOAA SSC in regards to a spill in Bayou Sorrel which occurred on 3JAN13. USCG was notified on 15JAN of the spill and gather information. The spill is estimated...
View ArticleUTV Saint Paul, MM 135, North of New Orleans, LA
On 17JAN13, USCG Sector New Orleans contacted NOAA SSC in regards to a towing vessel which sank 200 ft off the right descending bank of the Mississippi River at mile marker 135, about 40 river miles...
View ArticleBarge HMS 2000, Port Angeles, WA
USCG Sector Puget Sound notified the NOAA SSC that at 0320 this morning the Barge HMS 2000 spilled 840 gallons of IFO 380 heavy fuel oil at the Harley Marine Service Facility in Ediz Hook in Port...
View ArticleBarge MOC-12 Allision with Miss. R. Bridge, Miss R. at Vicksburg, MS
The NOAA Hazmat Duty Officer was contacted late morning on 27 Jan 13 for assistance with a barge discharging a light crude oil into the Mississippi River in the vicinity of Vickburg, MS after an...
View ArticleBarge YON268, Apra Harbor, Guam
USCG Sector Guam contacted the SSC for the Pacific Islands to request oil spill trajectories in the event of a release of 112,000 gallons of heavy oil aboard a derelict barge in Apra Harbor, Guam. The...
View ArticleApache Rig, Main Pass 295, 20 mi Offshore LA
On 15FEB13, USCG Sector New Orleans contacted NOAA SSC in regards to a potential release of crude oil and condensate from an exploratory well being drilled about 50 mi east of Venice, LA. There is...
View ArticleOily Water Discharge, Vermillion Bay, LA
On 24FEB at 1120 CST, USCG MSU Morgan City contacted NOAA SSC about a release of 10 bbls of saltwater and crude oil mixture (equivalent of 5 bbls crude oil) into central Vermillion Bay, LA. The release...
View ArticleWellhead Allision, Lake Washington, LA
On 26FEB13, USCG Sector New Orleans contacted NOAA SSC in regards to an allision that occurred at 8:00 pm between a 42 ft. aluminum hull crew boat and an inactive wellhead in the Lake Washington Field...
View ArticleOffshore Collision, Vermillion Block 94, LA
On 26FEB13, USCG MSU Morgan City contacted NOAA SSC about a potential release from a drilling rig due to a collision with a salvage work boat. A drilling rig has been lifted and resting on the seabed...
View ArticleTug Miss Melinda, Near Empire Locks, LA
On February 28, 2013, 0815 PST the USCG Sector New Orleans reported a sunken tug, Miss Melinda, located 1 NM off of Empire Locks in Louisiana. Sector New Orleans requested NOAA's Emergency Response...
View ArticleM/V Champion Express adrift, Off Half Moon Bay, CA
In the evening of 28-Feb-2013, the 628 foot M/V CHAMPION EXPRESS was reported adrift approximately 8NM West of Half Moon Bay, CA. The loaded bulk cargo ship carrying liquid fertilizer had reported an...
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