Mystery Sheen, South Marsh Island Block 223, LA
On 27FEB at 1530 CST, MSU Morgan City contacted NOAA SSC for trajectory support for a mystery sheen. At 1430 CST, USCG received a report of a mystery sheen with dimensions of 5mi by 1/4mi located at...
View ArticleLeaking container, Harbor Island, Seattle,WA
At 1630 PST USCG Sector Puget Sound contacted NOAA SSC regarding a leaking container on a ship on Harbor Island, WA. The container had been on the pier, and was moved into the hold of the ship before...
View ArticleF/V CHEVELLE grounding with diesel leaking, Yaquina Bay, OR
NOAA SSC notified 2100 PST of a Fishing Vessel aground on northern tip of jetty for entrance to Yaquina Bay, Oregon. Vessel is leaking diesel, at most 3000-4000 gallons. USCG requested trajectory...
View ArticlePipeline Release, Near Grand Isle, LA
At 1340 CST on 14MAR, USCG Sector New Orleans contacted the NOAA SSC about support for a sheen resulting from an break in a pipeline. USCG did not know what product was released, size/orientation of...
View ArticleBurning Platform, Off Empire, LA
At 1700 CST, on 16MAR, USCG contact NOAA SSC about a platform on fire. A small platform fire broke out on Baptiste Collette Bayou due to welding near a storage tank of crude oil. Three people vacated...
View ArticleBOA Pipeline Strike, Barataria Pass, Near Grand Isle, LA
At 1224 CST on 17MAR, USCG Sector New Orleans contact NOAA SSC about a thick black sheen (1 mi by 1 mi) discovered by USCG personnel working in the vicinity. A jack-up rig dropped their spuds onto a...
View ArticleTUG INVADER, Vigor Marine Shipyard, Everett, WA
NOAA SSC contacted 1200 PST by USCG to provide trajectory support to situation at Vigor Marine Shipyard in Everett, WA. Tug Invader is partially submerged after the dry dock began sinking on Saturday...
View ArticleM/V Overseas Beryl, Near New Orleans, LA
At 0110CST on 10APR12, USCG Sector New Orleans contacted NOAA SSC about a vessel releasing #6 fuel oil into the Mississippi River at mile marker 86.7. The incident began at about 2030CST on 09APR12....
View ArticleM/V Skyroyal, Near Honolulu, HI
USCG D14 notified the NOAA SSC that the morning of May 3, the M/V SKYROYAL contacted the Coast Guard regarding increasing temperatures in two of its cargo holds. The vessel was carrying bulk Direct...
View ArticleDeep Sea Fire and Spill, Whidbey Island, Penn Cove, WA
May 12 through May 16, 2012 Washington State Department of Ecology, U.S. Coast Guard, Camano Island Fire & Rescue, and North Whidbey Fire and Rescue responded to a boat fire on the anchored...
View ArticleMystery Sheen West Delta 117, 28nmi SE of west side ofMiss R. Delta, LA
At 1530CDT USCG MSU Morgan City contacted the New Orleans SSC to request NOAA support in locating the likely source of a light sheen observed from a platform in lease block West Delta 117. Sheen was...
View ArticleMystery Sheen, Off San Diego, CA
On the evening of 22-MAY-2012, the USCG District-11 Command Center contacted their NOAA SSC to report a mystery sheen observed by a USCG helicopter offshore of San Diego, CA at 1814hrs (local time)....
View ArticleMystery Sheen, South Marsh Island Block 112, Offshore LA
On 23MAY2012, USCG MSU Morgan City contacted the NOAA SSC about a mystery sheen discovered by BSEE during an unrelated flight. The sheen is approximately 65 miles offshore, due south of Marsh Island....
View ArticlePlatform Fire SP 93 B, Gulf of Mexico south of Miss R. (LA)
At 1430CDT the NOAA SSC for District 8 was called by MSU Morgan City to request a trajectory forecast for a potential spill if a burning tank on a platform in the Gulf should release its contents into...
View ArticleFV ARIES sunk, Offshore of Umpqua Bar, OR
At 0330 PST The NOAA SSC was contacted about a potential spill off of the Oregon Coast, 1.5 miles offshore of Umqua River Bar entrance. The 32' wooden hull FV ARIES went down, but did not release any...
View ArticleFish Market Barge Sinking, Potomac River, Washington, DC
BACKGROUND: On Tuesday, 05 JUN, at approx 12:45pm, Coast Guard Sector Baltimore was notified of a barge splitting in half in the fish market area of Southwest DC (Washington Channel) with oil in the...
View ArticleArmy Corps vessel, NW of Eureka, CA
On the afternoon of 06-JUNE-2012, the USCG District 11 Command Center notified the NOAA SSC of an Army Corps of Engineers vessel that had reported a loss of 90-110 gallons of hydraulic fluid from one...
View ArticlePipeline Leak, Off Atchafalaya Bay, LA
On 07JUN12, USCG MSU Morgan City contacted NOAA SSC about a 8 inch natural gas pipeline that has been breached and is leaking condensate and gas. The reported position is about 6 miles offshore and in...
View ArticleM/V Monterey, Chiniak Bay, Kodiak, AK
At 0600 ADT on June 9, Sector Anchorage notified the Alaskan SSC that the 175', 495 gross tons, M/V Monterrey landing craft had grounded adjacent to Puffin Island located in Chiniak Bay, Kodiak,...
View ArticlePleasure Craft Revenge, Carrington Point, Santa Rosa Island, CA
On the afternoon of 10-JUNE-2012, USCG Marine Safety Detachment Santa Barbara contacted their NOAA SSC about the vessel REVENGE that had sunk just off Carrington Point on Santa Rosa Island, CA. The...
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