M/V SAUDI DURYIK; HAMPTON ROADS, VA

HAMPTON ROADS, VA | 1993-Dec-02

Initial Notification: Initial Notification At 2335 EST on 01 DEC 93 (Wednesday night), USCG MSO Hampton Roads received a call via Channel 16 from the tug HARRIET MORGAN, reporting that while attempting to move the M/V SAUDI DURYIK, the tug put a gash in the port side of the vessel. The vessel tied up at Lamberts Point Dock. The tug reported that heavy black oil was coming out of the hole. The ruptured tank has a potential capacity of 42,000 gallons of #6 oil. By 0127 02 DEC (Thursday morning), MSO monitors reported that oil was no longer coming from the vessel. The vessel was boomed off by 0315. A USCG helicopter overflight at 0318 reported splotches of oil near Craney Island and in the area of the vessel. Another overflight was conducted at 0800, with sheens reported at the entrance to the Western Branch, and in the Southern Branch of the Elizabeth River. USCG district 5.