Spills & pollution incidents in 2003

Oil and chemical spills, groundings and vessel casualties with a pollution threat: NOAA IncidentNews responses since 1957, and spill-response areas broadcast as navigational warnings.

issued in 2003
102
still in force
0
vs 2002
+580%
first · last
01-02 · 12-30

By month

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By NAVAREA series

  • NOAA IncidentNews102

Where · top seas

Gulf of Mexico4646%
North Atlantic Ocean3434%
North Pacific Ocean99%
The Coastal Waters of Southeast Alaska and British Columbia44%
Gulf of Alaska44%
Bering Sea11%
Southern Ocean11%
Caribbean Sea11%

All spills & pollution incidents issued in 2003 · 102

  1. NOAAORR-10372003-01-07 → 2003-01-21
    East breaks block 160; gulf of mexico
  2. NOAAORR-10332003-01-02 → 2003-01-16
    On 26 december 2002 the M/V kyowa violet struck the northern side of the reef on the entrance to yap harbour
    M/V Kyowa Violet Grounded; Yap, Fsm · Yap, Fsm

Sea boundaries: Flanders Marine Institute (2018), IHO Sea Areas v3, marineregions.org (CC BY 4.0). Not for navigation — follow official NAVAREA / coastal broadcasts and your national MSI service.

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