CONTAINER VESSEL Sealand Leader

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• Spills · 10 messages1986-01-15 → 1986-05-05Jersey city, new jersey

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One mention so far. The message has its own page: NOAAORR-6324. This page grows when the name is issued again.

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   Spills·NOAAORR-63241986-01-15 00:00Z → cancelled 1986-01-29 00:00Z
   Sealand terminal, elizabeth, new jersey
   C/v Sealand Leader; Sealand Terminal, Elizabeth, New Jersey · North Atlantic Ocean

   C/V Sealand Leader; Sealand Terminal, Elizabeth, New Jersey.
   Sealand Terminal, Elizabeth, New Jersey.
   1. On January 15, 1986 the container vessel Sealand Leader arrived at Sealand Terminal in Elizabeth, New Jersey with an unknown number of leaking 55-gallon drums of dimethoate, a solid pesticide, in two 35-foot containers. The leaking containers had to be safely removed from the vessel, the leaking material put into overpack containers, and the vessel and other affected cargo decontaminated. USCG district 3.
   2. COMMODITY: DIMETHOATE.
   3. POSITION 40.651N 074.217W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 6324: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/6324