LPG vessel ISOMARIA; Norfolk,VA

Norfolk,VA | 1994-Mar-22

Initial Notification: On the evening of 21 March 1994, the LPG vessel ISOMERIA completed delivery of its cargo at Atlantic Energy on the south branch of the Elizabeth River, Norfolk, Virginia and began receiving bunkers of number 6 fuel oil. At about 0200, 22 March, the vessel notified the Coast Guard that oil was leaking from a crack on the port side of the forward fuel tank. The release rate was described as similar to the flow from a garden hose. The crack is in the vicinity of the anchor hawse pipe, about 20 30 feet above the waterline. At the time of the notification, an estimated 130,000 gallons of fuel oil had been loaded in the tank above the crack. USCG district 5.