At about 8:00 a.m. PST on November 7, 2007, the Hong Kong- flagged Cosco Busan departed the Port of Oakland in foggy conditions with a San Francisco Bay Bar Pilot on the bridge directing the navigation of the vessel.  At about 8:30 a.m., the ship, destined for Busan, Korea, struck the fendering system at the base of one of the bridge's supporting towers. Damage to the vessel caused a breech in two of the ship's fuel tanks, which resulted in the oil spill.  Preliminary property damage and environmental clean-up costs are estimated to exceed $60 million.

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Hearing Information:

April 8-9, 2008

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• Webcast Archive for Tuesday, April 8, 2008:
  
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• April 3, 2008
• March 6, 2008