Spills · oil
On december 11, 2003 the 74 foot wood fishing vessel mizb was reported abandoned 21 miles off chincoteaque, va
F/V Miz B Adrift; Offshore, Va · Offshore, Va · NOAAORR-1131
- issued
- 2003-12-11 00:00Z
- status
- cancelled 2003-12-25 00:00Z
- self-cancels
- 2003-12-25 00:00Z
- authority
- NOAA OR&R
- sea
- North Atlantic Ocean
- position
- 37.617, -75.083
- vessel
- F/V MIZ B
- source
- incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z
Original warning text
F/V MIZ B Adrift; Offshore, VA. Offshore, VA. 1. On December 11, 2003 the 74 foot wood fishing vessel MIZB was reported abandoned 21 miles off Chincoteaque, VA. The vessel was reported to have a capacity of 13,000 gallons of diesel fuel. NOAA provided vessel drift trajectories and weather forecasts, no pollution was reported to have been released. 2. THREAT: OIL. COMMODITY: DIESEL. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 13000 GALLONS. 3. POSITION 37.617N 075.083W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 1131: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/1131
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