Blue Magpie (ship)

History
NameBlue Magpie
OwnerJinyu Shipping Company
Port of registry Panama
BuilderShin Kurushima Dockyard, Hiroshima, Japan
Launched1982
IdentificationIMO number: 8217673
Fate
General characteristics
TypeCargo ship
Tonnage
Length110 metres (360 ft)
Crew19

Blue Magpie was a 105-metre 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 285,000 litres of crude oil into the coastal waters.