Blue Magpie (ship)

History
NameBlue Magpie
OwnerJinyu Shipping Company
Port of registry Panama
BuilderShin Kurushima Dockyard, Hiroshima, Japan
Launched1982
IdentificationIMO number8217673
Fate
General characteristics
TypeCargo ship
Tonnage
Length110 metres (360 ft)
Crew19

Blue Magpie was a 105-meter Japanese freighter owned by Jinyu Shipping Company. She was registered at Panama, and chartered to a Dutch corporation. In November 1983, she ran aground at Newport, Oregon, spilling 265,000 litres of fuel oil into the coastal waters.