Spills · grounding

Towing vessel aground; mile marker 526 of mississippi river, arkansas

NOAAORR-11036

issued
2025-07-21 00:00Z
status
cancelled 2025-08-04 00:00Z
self-cancels
2025-08-04 00:00Z
authority
NOAA OR&R
position
33.230, -91.107
source
incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z

Original warning text

Towing Vessel Aground; Mile Marker 526 of Mississippi River, Arkansas.
Shives, AR, USA.
1. Initial Report: At 1730 local time on 21 July 2025, U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) Sector Memphis contacted the NOAA Scientific Support Coordinator (SSC) regarding an ITV (inspected towing vessel) that ran aground on a dike located at mile marker 526 on the Mississippi River near Lakeport, Arkansas. No discharge has been reported, but the vessel sustained damage near the starboard fuel tank with a capacity of 78,000 gallons of diesel onboard. USCG is requesting a trajectory analysis for a potential WCD (worst case discharge).
2. THREAT: OIL. COMMODITY: DIESEL. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 78000 GALLONS. TAGS: GROUNDING.
3. POSITION 33.230N 091.107W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 11036: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/11036

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