Yasa Golden Dardanelles Grounding; GOM, off Galveston, TX
GOM, off Galveston, TX | 2009-Feb-21
Initial Notification: At about 1200 on Friday, Feb 20 the Yasa Golden Dardenells ground about 29 nm from the entrance to Galveston Bay. ERD duty officer received the call from CG at about 0430 CST on Saturday, Feb 21. The vessel has not leaked any oil. It has 621,000 bbls of low sulfur #2 fuel oil onboard. NOAA SSC Charlie Henry has been notified.
Incident Details
| Primary threat: | Oil |
| Tags: | Grounding |
| Products of concern: | #2 fuel oil |
| Total amount at risk of spill: | 621,000 barrels |
| Latitude (approximate): | 29° 5.21′ North |
| Longitude (approximate): | 94° 15.07′ West |