MAVRO VETRANIC; 7.5 miles north east of Ft Jefferson in the Dry Tortugas

7.5 miles north east of Ft Jefferson in the Dry Tortugas | 1989-Oct-31

Initial Notification: Freight Ship MAVRO VETRANIC, 475 ft Yugoslavian Freigher has grounded in position 24-42.8N, 82-47.5W. This is approximately 7.5 miles north east of Ft Jefferson in the Dry Tortugas. The position is within the boundry of the Ft. Jefferson National Park. As of 0850 we have no further information regarding damage, no pollution has been reported. MSO Miami has launched a helo to overfly the area, and an additional investigator is enroute to Key West. We will update as soon as we have more information. . Capt. Whitten sends. TO: R4AL R4ARMY R4COE R4DHHS R4DOE R4DOI R4EPA R4FEMA R4FL R4GA R4KY CC: From: CGD7 'Capt. Sandy Tanos' {OAD } Date: MON, OCT 30 1989 10:28:15 Subject: Potential Major Spill POLREP2 for RRT ---------------------------- This is a midday update on the situation involving the M/V Mavro Vetranic. Due to location and lack of comms, detailed information is difficult to come by. The vessel is a freight vessel loaded with 14,300 metric tons of phosphate rock loaded in Tampa. She departed Tampa on 10/29 with a next port schedule for Greece. Draft of the vessel is 29 feet. She is still hard aground, but overflights indicate no pollution or visible damage. The actual amount of fuel onboard is unknown, but we do know the vessel loaded 300 MT of IFO 180 (approx 80 thousand gallons of heavy fuel oil) and 50 MT (approx 12,000 gal) of Diesel in Tampa. Response actions so far: 1500 feet of boom from Key West is enroute the vessel. USCG district 7.