M/V Old Hat; Little Irish Bayou, LA
Little Irish Bayou, LA | 2020-Jun-01
Initial Notification: On June 1, 2020, the USCG Sector New Orleans Incident Management Division (IMD) received NRC Report # 1278550 stating that the M/V OLD HAT is continually taking on water and being pumped out, creating a sheen in the water around the vessel, while moored at a private dock, near Little Irish Bayou, a tributary of Lake Pontchartrain, in Orleans Parish, LA. IMD team are conducting on site assessment.
Incident Details
Primary threat: | Oil |
Products of concern: | Oil (Sheen) |
Total amount at risk of spill: | unknown gallons |
Latitude (approximate): | 30° 10.64′ North |
Longitude (approximate): | 89° 22.27′ West |