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Norfolk, va, USA

Tanker Truck Release, Colonna's Shipyard; Norfolk, Virginia · 3 messages · 2025-01-09 to 2025-03-31

status
closed 2025-03-31 00:00Z
opened
2025-01-09 00:00Z
sea
North Atlantic Ocean
position
36.835, -76.277
joined by
proximity (same type, same sea, within 30 nm and 30 days)
key
pollution:NOAAORR-10897

Timeline · 3 messages, oldest first

  1. 1
    NOAAORR-108972025-01-09 00:00Z → cancelled 2025-01-23 00:00Z
    Navy vessel at newport news terminal; newport news, vaoil
    Spill from U.S. Navy Vessel at Newport News Terminal; Newport News, VA.
Victory Landing Park, 50 26th St, Newport News, VA 23607, USA.
1. On January 9, 2025, USCG Sector Virginia notified the NOAA SSC that there was an 11,000 gallon diesel fuel spill into the James River from a U.S. Navy vessel docked at the Newport News Terminal, Newport, Virginia. Source has been secured. OSROs on-scene. Booms have been deployed. Skimmers and vac trucks recovering product. USCG has requested a NOAA trajectory.
2. THREAT: OIL. COMMODITY: DIESEL FUEL. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 10000 GALLONS.
3. POSITION 36.975N 076.434W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 10897: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/10897
  2. 2
    NOAAORR-109192025-02-14 00:00Z → cancelled 2025-02-28 00:00Z
    6 oil at imtt bulk terminal; elizabeth river, virginiaoil
    Spill of No. 6 Oil at IMTT Bulk Terminal; Elizabeth River, Virginia.
2837 S Military Hwy, Chesapeake, VA 23323, USA.
1. At 12:30pm on 14 Feb 2025, Virginia Dept of Environmental Quality notified the NOAA SSC that at 0710am the International-Matex Tank Terminals (IMTT) bulk terminal reported that an equipment failure resulted in the release of an estimated 1,700 gallons of No. 6 oil into the Elizabeth River.
2. THREAT: OIL.
3. POSITION 36.776N 076.310W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 10919: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/10919
  3. 3
    NOAAORR-109362025-03-17 00:00Z → cancelled 2025-03-31 00:00Z
    Norfolk, va, USAoil
    Tanker Truck Release, Colonna's Shipyard; Norfolk, Virginia.
Norfolk, VA, USA.
1. On March 17, 2025, the USCG Sector Virginia notified the NOAA SSC that a fuel tanker truck with 8,000 gallons of diesel fuel rolled over due to equipment failure and discharged 7,500 gallons. An estimated 200-400 gallons of diesel entered the eastern branch of the Elizabeth River, Norfolk, Virginia.
2. THREAT: OIL. COMMODITY: DIESEL. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 8000 GALLONS.
3. POSITION 36.835N 076.277W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 10936: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/10936

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