The Cosco Busan oil spill occurred at 08:30 UTC-8 on 7 November 2007 between San Francisco and Oakland, California, in which 53,569 US gal (202,780 L) of IFO-380 heavy fuel oil, sometimes referred to as "bunker fuel", spilled into San Francisco Bay after the container ship Cosco Busan, operated by Fleet Management Limited struck Delta Tower of the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge in thick fog.
The damaged MV Cosco Busan after colliding with the bridge tower fender
Cosco Busan laid up at Pier 70 for repairs. Next to it is the SS Oceanic.
Containment booms languish about the shores and wetlands of Crissy Field.
A Contra Costa county sign in Richmond Marina Bay warns of shoreline closure due to oil contamination.
Hanjin Venezia, formerly named the Cosco Busan, is a 275 m (902 ft) container ship. On 7 November 2007, it collided with the protective fender of the Delta Tower of the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge in heavy fog. The collision sliced open two of its fuel tanks and led to the Cosco Busan oil spill in San Francisco Bay. She was renamed the Hanjin Venezia after the accident.
The then-named Cosco Busan, pictured in December 2007, with repairs of the damaged hull from the Bay Bridge collision visible.
Image: COSCO Busan damage 2007
Image: Hanjin Cosco Busan And SS Oceanic At Pier 70In San Francisco
