EXPLOSION AND FIRE ON BOARD THE UNMANNED TANK BARGE OCEAN 80 AT CARTERET, NEW JERSEY ON 25 OCTOBER 1972 WITHOUT LOSS OF LIFE. MARINE CASUALTY REPORT

On October 25, 1972, the tank barge OCEAN 80 was loading gasoline and fuel oil at the General American Transportation Corporation Terminal, Arthur Kill, Carteret, New Jersey. About 0600, a fire and several explosions occurred on the barge. Before the resultant fires were extinguished, the barge was destroyed and the terminal and nearby facilities were damaged substantially. The National Transportation Safety Board determines that the probable cause of the casualty was the ignition, by an unidentified source, of gasoline which spilled from overflowing cargo tanks on the OCEAN 80. A major contributing factor was the failure of the barge tankerman and the terminal dockman to adhere to prescribed cargo transfer procedures. The National Transportation Safety Board's recommendations listed in this report are addressed to the U.S. Coast Guard.

• Corporate Authors:

  National Transportation Safety Board

  800 Independence Avenue, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20594

  United States Coast Guard

  2100 Second Street, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20593
• Publication Date: 1975-5-2

Media Info

• Pagination: 30 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crash investigation; Crashes; Explosions; Fatalities; Fires; Fuel oils; Gasoline; Human error; Machine valves; Petroleum terminals; Regulations; Safety; Tank barges; Tankers; Terminal operations; Water transportation crashes
• Identifier Terms: United States Coast Guard
• Old TRIS Terms: Cut off valves; Explosive vapor ignition; Liquid level control; Ship casualties; Ss ocean 80; Tanker explosions
• Subject Areas: Law; Marine Transportation; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00091458
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: USCG-NTSB-MAR-75-3
• Files: NTIS, TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 24 1978 12:00AM