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Navy vessel at newport news terminal; newport news, va

Spill From U.S · NOAAORR-10897

issued: 2025-01-09 00:00Z
status: cancelled 2025-01-23 00:00Z
self-cancels: 2025-01-23 00:00Z
authority: NOAA OR&R
sea: North Atlantic Ocean
position: 36.975, -76.434
source: incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z

Original warning text

Spill from U.S. Navy Vessel at Newport News Terminal; Newport News, VA.
Victory Landing Park, 50 26th St, Newport News, VA 23607, USA.
1. On January 9, 2025, USCG Sector Virginia notified the NOAA SSC that there was an 11,000 gallon diesel fuel spill into the James River from a U.S. Navy vessel docked at the Newport News Terminal, Newport, Virginia. Source has been secured. OSROs on-scene. Booms have been deployed. Skimmers and vac trucks recovering product. USCG has requested a NOAA trajectory.
2. THREAT: OIL. COMMODITY: DIESEL FUEL. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 10000 GALLONS.
3. POSITION 36.975N 076.434W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 10897: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/10897

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