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<span style="color:#0066cc">''' ''Speranza Maria''</span> (#106961) (-2022)'''</span>, 60-foot seiner that went aground at Chinese Harbor, Santa Cruz Island on December 15, 2022. | |||
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''' | '''December 15, 2020 [US Times Post]:''' “A fishing vessel ran aground on Santa Cruz Island Thursday morning, prompting the U.S. Coast Guard to initiate oil cleanup operations, the agency said. The 60-foot ''Speranza Marie'' ran aground around 2 a.m. in China Harbor on the northeast side of the island. The vessel was carrying six people and approximately 1,000 gallons of diesel fuel, the Coast Guard said in a news release. A photo posted on Twitter by Scott Safechuck, the Santa Barbara County Fire Department’s public information officer, showed the ship on its left or port side near a rocky shoreline. A “Good Samaritan” fishing boat responded to the wreck and transported the six crew members — none of whom were injured — to Ventura, the Coast Guard said in a news release. Clean-up crews were on site Thursday afternoon to “contain and recover the diesel fuel,” and recovery operations were underway, the agency said. The fuel is likely to evaporate quickly even in cold weather, the Coast Guard said. “Diesel fuel is considered an unstable oil compared to a heavier bunker or crude oil product even in the calmest sea conditions because it loses 40% of its volume to evaporation in 48 hours in cold weather,” the agency said. “No wildlife impacts have been reported/observed at this time, but crews are monitoring them,” officials said. Employees from the California Department of Fish and Wildlife’s Office of Spill Prevention and Response have been placed on standby. The cause of the accident is being investigated. ” | ||
Revision as of 14:06, 16 December 2022
Speranza Maria (#106961) (-2022), 60-foot seiner that went aground at Chinese Harbor, Santa Cruz Island on December 15, 2022.
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December 15, 2020 [US Times Post]: “A fishing vessel ran aground on Santa Cruz Island Thursday morning, prompting the U.S. Coast Guard to initiate oil cleanup operations, the agency said. The 60-foot Speranza Marie ran aground around 2 a.m. in China Harbor on the northeast side of the island. The vessel was carrying six people and approximately 1,000 gallons of diesel fuel, the Coast Guard said in a news release. A photo posted on Twitter by Scott Safechuck, the Santa Barbara County Fire Department’s public information officer, showed the ship on its left or port side near a rocky shoreline. A “Good Samaritan” fishing boat responded to the wreck and transported the six crew members — none of whom were injured — to Ventura, the Coast Guard said in a news release. Clean-up crews were on site Thursday afternoon to “contain and recover the diesel fuel,” and recovery operations were underway, the agency said. The fuel is likely to evaporate quickly even in cold weather, the Coast Guard said. “Diesel fuel is considered an unstable oil compared to a heavier bunker or crude oil product even in the calmest sea conditions because it loses 40% of its volume to evaporation in 48 hours in cold weather,” the agency said. “No wildlife impacts have been reported/observed at this time, but crews are monitoring them,” officials said. Employees from the California Department of Fish and Wildlife’s Office of Spill Prevention and Response have been placed on standby. The cause of the accident is being investigated. ”
