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   Spills·NOAAORR-62721985-02-01 00:00Z → cancelled 1985-02-15 00:00Z
   Delaware river, marcus hook, pennsylvania
   T/v Grand Eagle; Delaware River, Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania · North Atlantic Ocean

   T/V Grand Eagle; Delaware River, Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania.
   Delaware River, Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania.
   1. At 2330 on September 28, 1985, the Panamanian Tank Vessel Grand Eagle, loaded with 530,659 barrels of Ninian Crude oil, ran aground in the Delaware River near Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania. A cargo tank ruptured causing the release of 10,370 barrels of oil into the waterway, impacting a 12 mile section of the river and the surrounding shoreline. The weather at the time of the accident was clear with broken cloud coverage. Winds were NNW at 17-21 knots and the temperature was 68?F. The U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) was notified immediately. The On-Scene Coordinator (OSC) supervised all response and cleanup operations from September 28 to November 8, 1985. The Grand Eagle was freed from its grounding site at 0040, September 29 and was moved to the Sun Oil Company Refinery at Marcus Hook where the remaining cargo was offloaded. The OSC authorized movement of the vessel with tug escort to [...]
   2. COMMODITY: NINIAN CRUDE OIL. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 436000 GALLONS.
   3. POSITION 39.833N 075.417W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 6272: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/6272

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   Restricted·NAVAREA IV 351/012001-09-14 00:51Z → cancelled 2001-11-09 18:40Z
   The port of new york/new jersey is closed to high capacity passenger vessels
   The Port of New York/new Jersey Open On Selective Basis

   1. THE PORT OF NEW YORK/NEW JERSEY OPEN ON SELECTIVE BASIS.
   2. THE PORT OF NEW YORK/NEW JERSEY IS CLOSED TO HIGH CAPACITY
      PASSENGER VESSELS.
   3. ALL INCOMING VESSELS SHALL BE CONTROLLED BY U.S. COAST GUARD
      BOARDING PARTY, TUG ESCORT AND INSPECTION OF CREW LIST.
   4. MARINERS MAY CONTACT U.S. COAST GUARD ON VHF CHANNEL 16
      REGARDING THIS MSG.
   5. CANCEL NAVAREA IV 337/01.