TABLE C-1 U.S. Coast Guard CASMAIN Database of Lightering Incidents in U.S. Waters, 1984 to 1996
Location |
Vessel |
Gallons |
Primary Cause |
Secondary Cause |
EAST COAST |
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Baybridge Anchorage, NY Harbor, 1993 |
Hiltra |
200 |
unknown |
unknown |
NY Harbor Upper Bay, 1988 |
Cibro Albany |
126 |
equipment failure |
hose rupture |
NY Harbor Upper Bay, 1988 |
Jarama |
63,000 |
intended discharge |
ballast pumping |
Arthur Kill, Linden, NJ, 1988 |
Jarama |
3,000 |
unintended discharge |
ballast pumping |
Bigstone Anchorage, Delaware Bay, 1994 |
Protank Medway |
126 |
unknown |
unknown |
North Atlantic, Delaware, 1986 |
Jahre Pearl |
42 |
unintended discharge |
tank overflow |
Bigstone Anchorage, Delaware Bay, 1986 |
Hera |
1 |
equipment failure |
valve failure |
Bigstone Anchorage, Delaware Bay, 1986 |
Interstate 138 |
3 |
equipment failure |
valve failure |
Slaughter Beach, Delaware Bay, 1991 |
Interstate 52 |
1 |
structural failure |
hull rupture, leak |
Limestone Bay, St. Croix, 1988 |
Berge Princess |
2 |
unintended discharge |
NEC |
WEST COAST |
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Long Beach Harbor, Port of LA/LB, 1986 |
Prince William Sound |
2 |
equipment failure |
hose rupture |
Port of Richmond, San Francisco Bay, 1986 |
Barge 1 |
42 |
tank spill |
tank overflow |
Long Beach Harbor, Oahu, Hawaii, 1989 |
Exxon North Slope |
1 |
uintended discharge |
NEC |
Honolulu Harbor, Oahu, Hawaii, 1993 |
Titan Express |
50 |
unknown |
unknown |
Prince William Sound, Valdez, AK, 1993 |
Fort Liscum |
1 |
unknown |
unknown |
GULF COAST |
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Navigable Waters, Lake Charles, LA, 1987 |
DF 101 |
1 |
unintended discharge |
NEC |
Navigable Waters, Texas City, TX, 1991 |
S-2011 |
1 |
structural failure |
hull rupture, leak |
SW Pass Lightering, Gulf of Mexico, 1994 |
Kraka |
1 |
unknown |
unknown |
Gulf of Mexico 12-200, 1990 |
Energy Progress |
2 |
equipment failure |
gasket failure |
Intercoastal Waterway, Burns, LA, 1994 |
7008 |
2 |
unknown |
unknown |
Gulf of Mexico 12-200, 1990 |
Solena |
3 |
unintended discharge |
NEC |
Galveston Bay, Galveston, TX, 1987 |
Alison C |
5 |
unintended discharge |
NEC |
Gulf of Mexico 12-200, 1989 |
White Sea |
5 |
tank spill |
tank overflow |
Location |
Vessel |
Gallons |
Primary Cause |
Secondary Cause |
Lower Mississippi River, New Orleans, 1990 |
Hollywood 1513 |
5 |
structural failure |
hull rupture, leak |
LOOP Terminal, Gulf of Mexico 12-200, 1992 |
Berge Nisa |
5 |
unknown |
unknown |
Navigable Waters, Amelia, TX, 1993 |
Cape Charles |
5 |
unknown |
unknown |
Gulf of Mexico, Galveston, TX, 1988 |
Loire |
10 |
unknown |
NEC |
Gulf of Mexico Coastal, 1988 |
Chevron Stream |
10 |
equipment failure |
NEC |
Mississippi Sound, 1988 |
Chevron Stream |
10 |
unintended discharge |
NEC |
Gulf of Mexico 12-200, 1990 |
Hansa Vega |
10 |
unknown |
NEC |
Navigable Waters, Texas City, TX, 1991 |
H.T. Co. 1802 |
10 |
structural failure |
hull rupture, leak |
Navigable Waters, Lake Charles, LA, 1991 |
Navidad |
15 |
unintended discharge |
tank overflow |
Gulf of Mexico 12-200, 1989 |
Esso Bermuda |
16 |
unknown |
NEC |
Gulf of Mexico 12-200, 1989 |
Texaco Wilmington |
20 |
unknown |
NEC |
Gulf of Mexico 12-200, 1990 |
Alandia Breeze |
20 |
equipment failure |
pipeline rupture |
Gulf of Mexico 12-200, 1994 |
Venilza |
20 |
unknown |
unknown |
Lower Mississippi River, Davant, LA, 1990 |
Trade Quest |
40 |
equipment failure |
NEC |
Gulf of Mexico, Galveston, TX, 1995 |
Hellspont Grand |
40 |
unknown |
unknown |
Gulf of Mexico Coastal, 1988 |
Samuel H. Armacost |
42 |
equipment failure |
NEC |
Gulf of Mexico 12-200, 1990 |
Iseult |
42 |
structural failure |
hull rupture, leak |
Gulf of Mexico 12-200, 1990 |
Esso Nassau |
42 |
structural failure |
ballast pumping |
Gulf of Mexico 12-200, 1991 |
Nor Explorer |
50 |
equipment failure |
hose rupture |
Gulf of Mexico, Pascagoula, MS, 1993 |
Chevron South America |
63 |
unknown |
unknown |
Gulf of Mexico 12-200, 1989 |
Esso Mexico |
84 |
equipment failure |
hose rupture |
Gulf of Mexico, Freeport, TX, 1986 |
Artemis Garofaldis |
100 |
equipment failure |
hose rupture |
Gulf of Mexico, Galveston, TX, 1988 |
Katrine Maersk |
126 |
equipment failure |
hose rupture |
Gulf of Mexico 12-200, 1989 |
Stena Explorer |
126 |
equipment failure |
hose rupture |