M/V Star Evviva; South Carolina Coast

South Carolina Coast | 1999-Jan-14

Initial Notification: By January 16, 1999, USCG offices in Charleston, South Carolina and Wilmington, North Carolina began receiving reports of a number of oiled birds washing up along the beaches. By January 29 approximately 186 birds were retrieved along the Carolina coasts served by MSOs Charleston and Wilmington.. The birds were predominantly loons, but ganats, cormorants, sea gulls, ducks, and a pelican were also impacted. Oil samples were taken from a number of vessels that had transited the area by a number of MSOs including New Orleans, Mobile, Wilmington, and Charleston. Samples taken from the bilges of the M/V Star Evvivn by MSO Mobile matched samples taken from feathers of the oiled birds along the Carolina coasts. Additional information received during the investigation suggested that possibly 24,000 gallons of #6 fuel oil was discharged by the M/V Star Evviva into the Atlantic off the South Carolina coast on January 14, 1999. USCG district 5. Keyword: COIL match.