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T/v aquila vegetable oil spill; mississippi river, mm 98, la

NOAAORR-10108

issued
2020-06-22 00:00Z
status
cancelled 2020-07-06 00:00Z
self-cancels
2020-07-06 00:00Z
authority
NOAA OR&R
sea
Gulf of Mexico
position
29.910, -90.097
source
incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z

Original warning text

T/V Aquila Vegetable Oil Spill; Mississippi River, MM 98, LA.
Mississippi River, MM 98, LA.
1. On June 20, 2020, the USCG Sector New Orleans Incident Management Division (IMD) received a report of a discharge of an unknown amount of vegetable oil (palm oil and coconut oil) from the T/V AQUILA (IMO#9692258) into the Lower Mississippi River (MM 98). OSRO deployed. The NOAA SSC and RRO were notified via email.
2. THREAT: OTHER. COMMODITY: VEGETABLE OIL.
3. POSITION 29.910N 090.097W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 10108: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/10108

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