Publication Summary

Title

Prevention Bulletin 96-02: The Barge 101

Month-Year PublishedDecember 1996
Revised onFebruary 2000
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Short Description

Report describes the 1994 grounding of the tank barge, BARGE 101, on a charted reef in the San Juan Islands, Washington, and the subsequent spill of about 27,000 gallons of diesel oil. Covers probable causes, analysis of incident, lessons learned, and prevention recommendations to vessel owners/operators and vessel traffic services.

Publication Number00-08-008
Author(s)Mike Lynch
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Number of pages 5
Keywords barge, bulletin, grounding, marine safety, oil, pollution prevention, prevention, report , spill, spills, tank, vessel
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