Oil Spill in SF Bay

[Flutterby]

"OAKLAND, Calif. -- U.S. Coast Guard crews are responding to an apparent oil spill from a boat anchored in San Francisco Bay, a Coast Guard lieutenant said.

The spill was reported at about 7 a.m. Friday from the Dubai Star, a vessel located at Anchorage 9 south of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, according to Lt. Steve Youde.

The initial report was that the sheen is about a mile to mile-and-a-half long, Youde said.

Coast Guard crews are responding to the spill via boat and helicopter."

From Bay City News:
http://www.kcra.com/news/21476615/d...sac_break&ts=T&tmi=sac_break_1_11110110302009

 

[yzer]

Thanks for the tip!

At 600 ft. the Dubai Star is a pretty big boat: I noticed KCRA called it the same. Dubai Star is a tanker located in the General Anchorage east of Mission Bay. It's surrounded by 3-4 police, USCG and workboats right now.

http://www.boatingsf.com/ais_map.php

 

[yzer]

Some details. The Dubai Star arrived in SF late last evening.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/10/30/BA9B1ACTST.DTL&tsp=1

 

[Flutterby]

Thanks for the extra info Dan!