Incidents Gallery

[NOAA OR&R Photo] Tanker IGLOO MOON incident, Key Biscayne, Florida, November 1996. Oil lightering operations in choppy seas involving the IGLOO MOON chemical tanker. The barge company was very cautious about coming into these shallow coral-filled waters to conduct lightering. Tanker IGLOO MOON incident, Key Biscayne, Florida, November 1996. IGLOO MOON chemical tanker. Salvors on-scene from commerical and U.S. Navy work together closely. They calculated that nearly 1/4 of the cargo would have to be offloaded in order to refloat the ship. [NOAA OR&R Photo] Tanker IGLOO MOON incident, Key Biscayne, Florida, November 1996. IGLOO MOON chemical tanker alongside the SELMA KOSAN, which was brought in to offload some of the chemical cargo of the grounded tanker. Tanker IGLOO MOON incident, Key Biscayne, Florida, November 1996. A close-up of the IGLOO MOON chemical tanker and the SELMA KOSAN during lightering operations. [NOAA OR&R Photo] Tanker IGLOO MOON incident, Key Biscayne, Florida, November 1996. The IGLOO MOON chemical tanker and the SELMA KOSAN during lightering operations. IXTOC I oil well blowout, Bay of Campeche, Mexico, June 1979 to March 1980. The well and source of a spill that lasted until the next Spring. [NOAA OR&R Photo] IXTOC I oil well blowout, Bay of Campeche, Mexico, June 1979 to March 1980. Airplane applying chemical dispersants to the oil slick. IXTOC I oil well blowout, Bay of Campeche, Mexico, June 1979 to March 1980. Airplane applying chemical dispersants to the oil slick. [NOAA OR&R Photo] IXTOC I oil well blowout, Bay of Campeche, Mexico, June 1979 to March 1980. Airplane applying chemical dispersants to the oil slick. IXTOC I oil well blowout, Bay of Campeche, Mexico, June 1979 to March 1980. Airplane applying chemical dispersants to the oil slick. [NOAA OR&R Photo] IXTOC I oil well blowout, Bay of Campeche, Mexico, June 1979 to March 1980. Oil on water. IXTOC I oil well blowout, Bay of Campeche, Mexico, June 1979 to March 1980. Oil on water. IXTOC I oil well blowout, Bay of Campeche, Mexico, June 1979 to March 1980. Oil on water. [NOAA OR&R Photo] IXTOC I oil well blowout, Bay of Campeche, Mexico, June 1979 to March 1980. Oil on water. IXTOC I oil well blowout, Bay of Campeche, Mexico, June 1979 to March 1980. Oil on water. IXTOC I oil well blowout, Bay of Campeche, Mexico, June 1979 to March 1980. Shoreline impact. [NOAA OR&R Photo] IXTOC I oil well blowout, Bay of Campeche, Mexico, June 1979 to March 1980. Impacted shoreline. IXTOC I oil well blowout, Bay of Campeche, Mexico, June 1979 to March 1980. Oil on water. IXTOC I oil well blowout, Bay of Campeche, Mexico, June 1979 to March 1980. Oil on water. [NOAA OR&R Photo] IXTOC I oil well blowout, Bay of Campeche, Mexico, June 1979 to March 1980. Oil on water.

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