Mega Borg
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The Mega Borg was a tanker that was struck by a devastating fire off the coast of Galveston, Texas, in June 1990.[1] The fire burned for 8 days. The vessel was a write-off, and her hull was towed to be dismantled in Karachi, Pakistan.
She was a single-hulled vessel, built in 1975.
The Mega Borg contained 38 million gallons of oil, three times as much as had been carried by the Exxon Valdez which had run aground, releasing all her oil, in Valdez, Alaska, in 1989.[1] A side-effect of the fire is that most of her cargo was consumed by fire, and did not leak onto the sea.[1] 17,000 gallons did leak into the sea.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Lisa Belkin. Flaming Oil Is Spilled Into Gulf as Blasts Rack Tanker, New York Times, 1990-06-11, p. A1. Retrieved on 2022-08-01.