New Orleans Spill Incident: Barge DM932
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Tugs hold sections of Barge DM932 as black oil continues to leak. Photo Credit: USCG
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On July 23, 2008 at approximately 1:30 am CDT, the chemical tank ship Tintomara collided with the American Commercial Lines barge DM932, which was being pushed by the tug boat Mel Oliver near downtown New Orleans, Louisiana. The collision resulted in a spill initially reported as over 9,000 barrels (380,000 gallons) of #6 fuel oil. That volume estimate was later reduced to 270,000 gallons when one tank was found substantially intact during the wreck removal process. Following the release of the fuel oil, the Coast Guard closed the Lower Mississippi River to all vessel traffic, and traffic restrictions persisted for several weeks to accommodate cleanup operations and to prevent passing vessels from being contaminated. Cleanup of the incident took several months, with most of the response effort demobilized by early October. As of early November, 2008, only a small team remains on-scene to complete the demobilization and manage the final inspection and shoreline cleanup sign-off process. The natural resource damage assessment process is ongoing.
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- IncidentNews: Barge DM932
OR&R's IncidentNews Web site provides publicly available information related to oil and hazardous material spills. [leaves OR&R site]
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A short video describing NOAA OR&R's role in the response to the DM932 oil spill. |
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