Spills · grounding
Lake worth inlet, fl
Tug New River; Lake Worth Inlet, Fl · NOAAORR-1127
- issued
- 2003-12-04 00:00Z
- status
- cancelled 2003-12-18 00:00Z
- self-cancels
- 2003-12-18 00:00Z
- authority
- NOAA OR&R
- sea
- North Atlantic Ocean
- position
- 26.767, -80.048
- vessel
- TUG NEW RIVER
- source
- incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z
Original warning text
Tug New River; Lake Worth Inlet, FL. Lake Worth Inlet, FL. 1. At 1020 AM(EST), MSO Miami received a report that the 40 foot Tug New River capsized in the Lake Worth Inlet at position 26-46N; 080-02.9W. This position is near the turning basin just south of Peanut Island. The vessel had a total of 2000 gallons of diesel fuel on board. The tug was pulled over and grounded on Peanut Island where offloading and salvage operations could be conducted. It was estimated that approximately 300 gallons of the diesel had spilled. The NOAA SSC was contacted and provided weather, tides and oil fate information. 2. THREAT: OIL. COMMODITY: DIESEL FUEL. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 2000 GALLONS. TAGS: GROUNDING. 3. POSITION 26.767N 080.048W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 1127: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/1127
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