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Oil spill following allision

The Coast Guard responded to a gasoline spill near Port Isabel, Texas, on July 10, 2021. A barge pushed by the ITV 'Albert' allided with the ITV 'Paddy' as it transited the Port Isabel Offshore Terminal, resulting in one of the 'Paddy'’s barges sustaining damage and releasing gasoline into the waterway. It was estimated that five to 10 gallons of fuel per minute were leaking into the water. The damaged barge held a maximum potential of 187,000 gallons of fuel. The crew of the 'Paddy' notified Coast Guard Sector/Air Station Corpus Christi watchstanders of the allision at approximately 10 a.m. They also reported that they were pumping gasoline from the damaged compartment into an overflow tank and had placed containment boom around the impacted area. The Coast Guard watchstanders issued a safety marine information broadcast and dispatched a Sector/Air Station Corpus Christi HC-144 Ocean Sentry airplane crew, a Coast Guard Station South Padre Island 24-foot Special Purpose Craft-Shallow Water boat crew and Coast Guard Marine Safety Detachment Brownsville pollution teams to the scene. As of 12:44 p.m., the Port Isabel Channel was closed to all vessel traffic. Coast Guard crews, Port Isabel Fire Department crews and Texas General Land Office personnel were working in conjunction to coordinate cleanup operations and assess impacts.