Date of incident: November 7, 2007.
Location: Central San Francisco Bay, California.
Trustees:
Case status:
Injury assessment and restoration planning are in progress.
Overview: The container ship M/V Cosco Busan struck a portion of
the fendering system for the Delta Tower of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge in San Francisco Bay,
CA, at 08:30 PST November 7, 2007. The impact tore a large gash in the hull of the vessel,
and 53,000 gallons of fuel oil (IFO 380) was released into the water. The oil quickly spread to other
parts of San Francisco Bay and the outer coast (north and south of the Golden Gate), washing
ashore along many miles of sensitive coastline, including beaches, rocky intertidal habitats,
coastal lagoons and wetlands.
