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Oil spill during fuel transfer

A fuel transfer operation has been linked to 300 gallons of diesel spilled into Mississippi's Gulfport Harbor on June 15, 2016. The spill occurred during the transfer of fuel from a barge to the "LV North Ocean 105". The USCG was salerted to the situation when the Coast Guard Sector Mobile received a report from watchstanders at around 5 a.m. that up to 250 gallons of diesel had entered Gulfport Harbor. The cleanup process is reported to have taken over eight hours. The USCG was working alongside the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ), the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and the Oil Response Company to contain the spill. In an effort to reduce the impact on the harbour, the Oil Response Company deployed 1,000 feet of containment boom around the vessel. Photos: https://www.dvidshub.net/image/2661132/coast-guard-responds-diesel-spill https://www.dvidshub.net/image/2661050/coast-guard-responds-diesel-spill