Hansa Berlin, Mariel, Cuba
A 474 foot container ship is aground on the coast of Cuba off Mariel. The vessel has RNH 380 (174,426 gal) and diesel (27,500 gal) aboard. Weather and seas caused by tropical storm Issac has prevented...
View ArticleSouthern Recycling Drifting Dry Dock, Gulf of Mexico off LA
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...
View ArticleAnhydrous ammonia leak, Fisherman's terminal, Seattle
On August 31 at approximately 1445 NOAA SSC was notified of a anhydrous ammonia leak aboard the fish processing vessel PACIFIC PRODUCER located at Fishermen's terminal in Seattle. The leak started on...
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 ArticleMystery Sheen, Cheboygan, MI
On 04 SEPT 2012, USCG received a report of a sheen from an unknown source on the sand and in Lake Huron in Cheboygan, MI. A retired USCG Chief was on scene and reported that the sheen did not reform...
View ArticleF/V GEMINI, F/V WESTERN FLYER, Swinomish Channel, WA
At approximately 1200 Pacfic time September 24, 2012 NOAA SSC was notified by USCG Sector Puget Sound of the sunk fishing vessel GEMINI (officially registered as WESTERN FLYER) under the Twin Bridges...
View ArticleF/V MAVERICK, 30 miles W. of La Push, WA
At about 0830 Pacific time Coast Guard Sector Puget Sound contacted NOAA SSC about a vessel collision. Between approximately 0530 and 0600 a vessel collision occurred in position 47 55.5 N, 125 19.6 W...
View ArticleHurricane Sandy - Spills in the Arthur Kill, Arthur Kill, NJ
USCG Sector New York requested scientific support from NOAA Emergency Response Division on 31Oct2012 for Hurricane Sandy related pollution incidents. The USCG is currently responding to oil spills in...
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 ArticleChloride Solution, Jackson, AL
At 0830 Central Time, 11NOV12, a 0.10% Chloride solution began leaking from a valve in piping coming off a 110,000 gallon tank which was about 80% full (88,000 gallons of solution). As of 1300, the...
View ArticleMODU 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 ArticleOiled Wildlife, St Lawrence Island, Alaska
The NOAA Scientific Support Coordinator in Alaska was notified by Coast Guard Sector Anchorage on the morning of 7 November 2012 that subsistence hunters in Savoonga and Gamble on St. Lawrence Island,...
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 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...
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