M/V Paris Express-Lost

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One mention so far. The message has its own page: NOAAORR-7637. This page grows when the name is issued again.

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   Spills·NOAAORR-76372007-05-07 00:00Z → cancelled 2007-05-21 00:00Z
   Offshore cape hatteras, nc
   M/V Paris Express-lost Containers; Offshore Cape Hatteras, Nc · North Atlantic Ocean

   M/V Paris Express-lost containers; offshore Cape Hatteras, NC.
   offshore Cape Hatteras, NC.
   1. At approximately 2138 yesterday (6May07), the M/V Paris Express lost 15-20 containers about 25 miles offshore from Cape Hatteras, NC. The vessel was experiencing bad weather at the time. Contents of the containers is unknown at this time. Containers Lost Overboard in Storm Friday, May 11, 2007 Styrofoam packing material began washing ashore on the beaches of the North Carolina Outer Banks Wednesday afternoon as a result of a container ship encountering severe weather off the coast. The debris field ranges from Cape Lookout northward to the Virginia border. The most densely littered areas are from Cape Lookout to Cape Hatteras. Late Sunday evening, the Hapag-Lloyd vessel Paris Express encountered severe weather in the Atlantic while en route from Savannah to Norfolk, resulting in the loss of 21 containers overboard, including some containing Styrofoam "peanuts." None of the cargo [...]
   2. THREAT: OTHER. COMMODITY: STYROFOAM PACKING .
   3. POSITION 35.017N 075.050W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 7637: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/7637