Spills · oil
6 oil at imtt bulk terminal; elizabeth river, virginia
Spill of No · NOAAORR-10919
- issued
- 2025-02-14 00:00Z
- status
- cancelled 2025-02-28 00:00Z
- self-cancels
- 2025-02-28 00:00Z
- authority
- NOAA OR&R
- sea
- North Atlantic Ocean
- position
- 36.776, -76.310
- source
- incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z
Original warning text
Spill of No. 6 Oil at IMTT Bulk Terminal; Elizabeth River, Virginia. 2837 S Military Hwy, Chesapeake, VA 23323, USA. 1. At 12:30pm on 14 Feb 2025, Virginia Dept of Environmental Quality notified the NOAA SSC that at 0710am the International-Matex Tank Terminals (IMTT) bulk terminal reported that an equipment failure resulted in the release of an estimated 1,700 gallons of No. 6 oil into the Elizabeth River. 2. THREAT: OIL. 3. POSITION 36.776N 076.310W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 10919: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/10919
This area · spills & pollution incidents
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Timeline · 3 messages since 2025-01-09 · closed 2025-03-31
- Navy vessel at newport news terminal; newport news, va2025-01-09 → 2025-01-23
- 6 oil at imtt bulk terminal; elizabeth river, virginia this message2025-02-14 → 2025-02-28
- Norfolk, va, USA2025-03-17 → 2025-03-31
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