merchant vessel · named in official warnings

MV Sapphire

1 message · 2025-08-19

status: no warning in force
first mention: 2025-08-19 00:00Z
latest mention: 2025-08-19 00:00Z
reported as: Spills1
sea: North Atlantic Ocean
last position: 39.220, -76.530

Messages · 1, oldest first

One mention so far. The message has its own page: NOAAORR-11052. This page grows when the name is issued again.

Spills·NOAAORR-110522025-08-19 00:00Z → cancelled 2025-09-02 00:00Z

6CWR+QX baltimore, md, USA

Explosion Aboard M/V W-sapphire; Baltimore, Maryland · North Atlantic Ocean

Explosion aboard M/V W-SAPPHIRE; Baltimore, Maryland.
6CWR+QX Baltimore, MD, USA.
1. At 6:00am on August 19, 2025, U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) Sector Maryland/NCR notified the NOAA Scientific Support Coordinator (SSC) that at 8:30pm on August 18, an explosion occurred aboard the MV SAPPHIRE, a bulk carrier loaded with coal, on the Patapsco River, Baltimore, Maryland. Cause of explosion is unknown, no pollution reported, no reported damage to fuel tanks. No NOAA support requested at this time.
2. THREAT: OIL. COMMODITY: OIL. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 400000 GALLONS.
3. POSITION 39.220N 076.530W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 11052: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/11052

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