BTS | Table 4-50: Petroleum Oil Spills Impacting Navigable U.S. Waterways

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Table 4-50: Petroleum Oil Spills Impacting Navigable U.S. Waterways

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Source	1985		1990		1995		1996		1997		1998		1999		2000
Source	Incidents	Gallons spilled	Incidents	Gallons spilled	Incidents	Gallons spilled	Incidents	Gallons spilled	Incidents	Gallons spilled	Incidents	Gallons spilled	Incidents	Gallons spilled	Incidents	Gallons spilled
Vessel sources
Tankship	164	732,397	249	4,977,251	148	125,491	122	219,311	124	22,429	104	56,673	92	8,414	111	608,176
Tank barge	385	3,683,548	457	992,025	353	1,101,938	313	1,163,258	252	165,649	220	248,089	227	158,977	229	133,540
Other vessels^a	1,113	446,966	1,779	417,882	4,977	396,724	5,151	298,451	4,971	192,801	4,848	316,473	5,361	409,084	5,220	291,927
Total vessel sources	1,662	4,862,911	2,485	6,387,158	5,478	1,624,153	5,586	1,681,020	5,347	380,879	5,172	621,235	5,680	576,475	5,560	1,033,643
Nonvessel sources
Offshore pipelines	23	17,977	73	46,228	7	1,143	4	386	13	810	10	843	5	35,707	4	17
Onshore pipelines	362	759,040	76	270,700	23	10,751	13	978,006	19	223,312	35	47,020	20	433	21	17,004
Other^b	2,417	2,473,212	2,435	1,091,544	1,086	946,328	1,061	429,911	1,324	^R277,143	1,508	198,853	1,590	515,241	1,620	356,740
Total nonvessel sources	2,802	3,250,229	2,584	1,408,472	1,116	958,222	1,078	1,408,303	1,356	^R501,265	1,553	246,716	1,615	551,381	1,645	373,761
Mystery^c	1,705	323,108	3,108	119,377	2,444	55,854	2,671	28,508	1,921	60,430	1,590	17,352	1,244	44,593	1,149	23,966
Total all spills	6,169	8,436,248	8,177	7,915,007	9,038	2,638,229	9,335	3,117,831	8,624	^R942,574	8,315	885,303	8,539	1,172,449	8,354	1,431,370

KEY: R = revised.

^a Other vessels include commercial vessels, fishing boats, freight barges, freight ships, industrial vessels, oil recovery vessels, passenger vessels, unclassified public vessels, recreational boats, research vessels, school ships, tow and tug boats, mobile offshore drilling units, offshore supply vessels, publicly owned tank and freight ships, as well as vessels not fitting any particular class (unclassified).

^b Other nonvessel sources include designated waterfront facilities, nonmarine land facilities, fixed offshore and inshore platforms, mobile facility, municipal facility, aircraft, land vehicles, railroad equipment, bridges, factories, fleeting areas, industrial facilities, intakes, locks, marinas, MARPOL reception facilities, nonvessel common carrier facilties, outfalls, sewers, drains, permanently moored facilities, shipyards, ship repair facilities.

^c Mystery spills are spills from unknown or unidentified sources. U.S. Coast Guard investigators are unable to identify the vessel or facility that spilled the oil into U.S. navigable waters.

SOURCE: U.S. Coast Guard, Oil Spill Compendium 2000, personal communication, Sept. 12, 2001.