Spills · oil
The vessel had sank about 5 miles east of ft lauderdale at
Freighter Silhouette Sinking; Offshore Ft · Lauderdale, Fl · Offshore Ft · Lauderdale, Fl · NOAAORR-1071
- issued
- 2003-06-15 00:00Z
- status
- cancelled 2003-06-29 00:00Z
- self-cancels
- 2003-06-29 00:00Z
- authority
- NOAA OR&R
- sea
- North Atlantic Ocean
- position
- 26.103, -80.121
- source
- incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z
Original warning text
Freighter Silhouette Sinking; Offshore Ft. Lauderdale, FL. Offshore Ft. Lauderdale, FL. 1. The vessel had sank about 5 miles east of Ft Lauderdale at. In addition to the 6000 gallons of diesel, it was carrying 6000 one-gallon containers of cooking oil, several automobiles with associated oils, and a variety of possible floating debris. NOAA provided a new trajectory based on this position for the oil and floating debris. 2. THREAT: OIL. COMMODITY: COOKING OIL, DIESEL OIL. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 12000 GALLONS. 3. POSITION 26.103N 080.121W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 1071: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/1071
This area · spills & pollution incidents
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Timeline · 3 messages since 2003-06-04 · closed 2003-08-08
- Offshore miami beach, fl2003-06-04 → 2003-06-18
- The vessel had sank about 5 miles east of ft lauderdale at this message2003-06-15 → 2003-06-29
- Off port everglades, fl2003-07-25 → 2003-08-08
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