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Northeast coast, dominican republic

T/v Captain W. Arvelo; Northeast Coast, Dominican Republic · 2 messages · 1989-02-15 to 1989-03-10

status
closed 1989-03-10 00:00Z
opened
1989-02-15 00:00Z
sea
North Atlantic Ocean
position
19.400, -69.155
joined by
proximity (same type, same sea, within 30 nm and 30 days)
key
pollution:NOAAORR-6666

Timeline · 2 messages, oldest first

  1. 1
    NOAAORR-66661989-02-15 00:00Z → cancelled 1989-03-01 00:00Z
    Northeast coast of dominican republic
    T/B GRAN TOR; Northeast Coast of Dominican Republic.
Northeast Coast of Dominican Republic.
1. On February 15, 1989, the tug ALICE M. WINSLOW and tank barge GRAN TOR ran aground on a reef about 800 yards off the northeast coast of the Dominican Republic. The barge's cargo consisted of approximately 18,000 barrels of bunker C fuel oil. Sheens emanated from both vessels but appeared to be diesel fuel from the tug and runoff from the deck of the barge. USCG district 7.
2. COMMODITY: BUNKER C FUEL OIL.
3. POSITION 19.440N 069.048W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 6666: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/6666
  2. 2
    NOAAORR-66691989-02-24 00:00Z → cancelled 1989-03-10 00:00Z
    Northeast coast, dominican republic
    T/V CAPTAIN W. ARVELO; Northeast Coast, Dominican Republic.
Northeast Coast, Dominican Republic.
1. The tanker CAPTAIN W. ARVELO sank in high winds in the early morning hours of February 24, 1989, five nautical miles north of the northeast coast of the Dominican Republic. The vessel carried approximately 200,000 gallons of bunker C fuel oil. USCG district 7.
2. COMMODITY: BUNKER C FUEL OIL.
3. POSITION 19.400N 069.155W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 6669: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/6669

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