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Nantuxent cove, delaware bay, new jersey

T/v Lake Ann; Nantuxent Cove, Delaware Bay, New Jersey · 2 messages · 1989-03-09 to 1989-04-10

status
closed 1989-04-10 00:00Z
opened
1989-03-09 00:00Z
sea
North Atlantic Ocean
position
39.068, -75.189
joined by
proximity (same type, same sea, within 30 nm and 30 days)
key
pollution:NOAAORR-6678

Timeline · 2 messages, oldest first

  1. 1
    NOAAORR-66781989-03-09 00:00Z → cancelled 1989-03-23 00:00Z
    Delaware bay, delaware
    T/V NOTOS; Delaware Bay, Delaware.
Delaware Bay, Delaware.
1. The Liberian tanker NOTOS, carrying 995,000 barrels of West African Takula crude oil, grounded in the northwest corner of the Big Stone Anchorage in Delaware Bay at midnight on March 9, 1989. At approximately 0200, a tug and barge began lightering oil from the NOTOS. USCG district 1.
2. COMMODITY: WEST AFRICAN TAKULA CRUDE OIL. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 41800000 GALLONS.
3. POSITION 39.000N 075.000W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 6678: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/6678
  2. 2
    NOAAORR-66841989-03-27 00:00Z → cancelled 1989-04-10 00:00Z
    Nantuxent cove, delaware bay, new jersey
    T/V LAKE ANN; Nantuxent Cove, Delaware Bay, New Jersey.
Nantuxent Cove, Delaware Bay, New Jersey.
1. At 1739 on March 27, 1989, the 568-foot tanker LAKE ANN grounded in the Delaware Bay near Nantuxent Cove with a cargo of 15,208 gross tons of cumene. USCG district 1.
2. COMMODITY: CUMENE. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 30400000 GALLONS.
3. POSITION 39.068N 075.189W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 6684: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/6684

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