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Container Ship With Containers Overboard; Washington Coast · NOAAORR-10374

issued
2021-10-22 00:00Z
status
cancelled 2021-11-05 00:00Z
self-cancels
2021-11-05 00:00Z
authority
NOAA OR&R
sea
The Coastal Waters of Southeast Alaska and British Columbia
position
48.338, -123.361
source
incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z

Original warning text

Container Ship with Containers Overboard; Washington Coast.
Washington Coast & B.C.
1. On the morning of OCT 22 at 0800 the NW SSC was notified of a container ship approximately 40 miles west of the entrance to the Straits of Juan de Fuca lost about 40 containers overboard on the evening of OCT 21 at 2330. Their is a potential the overboard containers contain chemicals. Sector Puget Sound requested trajectories for the containers.
2. THREAT: OTHER. COMMODITY: APPROX. 110 CONTAINERS.
3. POSITION 48.338N 123.361W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 10374: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/10374

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