M/V Violetta; Galveston, Texas

Galveston, Texas | 1998-Dec-28

Initial Notification: During the early morning of December 28, 1998, MSU Galveston received a report from the M/V Violetta, that she had a main space fire that was burning out of control. The vessel was an empty break-bulk freighter anchored in the Bolivar Anchorage (near the Galveston Jetties). Two crewmen were missing. The initial report included a potential of 10 metric tones of bunker fuel, 80 metric tones of diesel, and 33 small (15-gallon) containers of lube oil. An air-eye equipped HU-25 from Air Station Corpus Christi surveyed the area for possible pollution. USCG district 8. Keyword: potential.