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Bunker Fuel Spills From Cargo Ship into San Francisco Bay
Created by Brian Shields on 10/30/2009 9:11:00 AM


SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Crews are working to contain fuel leak in San Francisco Bay after an oil tanker spilled hundreds of gallons into the water.

Coast Guard officials say a fuel line ruptured during a fuel transfer on the Panamanian-flagged Dubai Star early Friday morning. The spill happened about 2½ miles southeast of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, and officials say none of it has made it to shore.

Mayor Gavin Newsom says booms were quickly deployed to contain the milelong oil slick and additional booms are protecting Treasure Island and Yerba Buena Island.

A nonprofit specializing in oil-spill cleanup is helping at the scene.

Newsom says officials learned from the 2007 Cosco Busan oil spill, which leaked 50,000 gallons of fuel into the bay, killed about thousands of birds and cost $70 million.
     
(Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press.  All Rights Reserved.)

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  10/31/2009 6:15:12 PM
KRON 4 News 


Photos 
Zarya, please send your photos to breakingnews@kron.com
  10/31/2009 6:10:17 PM
Zarya 


New Comment 
New CommentI have been on the Alameda shore all day and there are large spots of Bunker oil on the beach, the rock wall at Ballena Bay and Ex- naval air breakwater. The estuary ar ballena bay was not boomed off so the current brought bunker fuel in behind the booms that were rigged to protect Crab Cove and Crown beach, I took pictures of 10 to 15 birds with oil on their chest.I saw lots of NRC people both in vehicles and standing around but Zero doing anything like cleaning up a beach ??? The bunker fuel from the Cosco Pusan is still on the beach and rocks ?? will this mess get cleaned up or left like the last. Thank You Dubai Star !
  10/30/2009 9:55:15 PM
Merchant marine Officer 


Response workers on call not paid 
On call workers placed on call and not compensated to be ready to response 24 hours 360 days a year
  10/30/2009 7:14:54 PM
Anonymous 


ugly commute 
but beautiful days
  10/30/2009 4:11:08 PM
Me 


comment 
It's been a bad week in the Bay Area. :(
  10/30/2009 11:18:04 AM
Joanie 


Great Question as above. 
The later is a very good question; however, I also wonder if these ships are inspected before they leave their own turf!!!!! This has to stop.
  10/30/2009 11:12:30 AM
Merchant Marine Officer 


New Comment 
Ask the Coast Guard why the Pacific Responder, the largest oil spill response boat in the Bay, is still moored in Richmond? What happened to the small spill respose vessels that were tied to larger vessels during bunkering operations in the past to deal with kind of emergency? ALso the tide is less important than the tidal current in these situstions. Slack water at Point Avisadero was at 10AM and is now ebbing.
  10/30/2009 10:53:46 AM
Scott 


spill sensor 
The pumps (and coast gaurd should require)in the fuel boat NEEDED to put a fuel leak sensor at the water level below transfer piping between boat/ships. that would prevent a major pmp spill... DO I HAVE TO DO EVERYTHING MYSELF???
  10/30/2009 10:13:38 AM
Clyde 


Question 
Are these ships inspected by the Coast Guard prior to entering the bay? If not, why not?
     
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