Spills · grounding
Barge KTC115; saint lawrence river, ny
NOAAORR-1197
- issued
- 2004-07-27 00:00Z
- status
- cancelled 2004-08-10 00:00Z
- self-cancels
- 2004-08-10 00:00Z
- authority
- NOAA OR&R
- position
- 44.340, -75.925
- vessels
- TUG COULD RECOVER THE KTC 115TUG DURING A STEERING FAILUREBARGE GROUNDING · 19 messagesBARGE KTC-115 BROKE FREEBARGE KTC115BARGE SUSTAINED DAMAGE · 3 messages
- source
- incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z
Original warning text
Barge KTC115; Saint Lawrence River, NY. Saint Lawrence River, NY. 1. On 07/27/2004, the SSC was notified of a barge grounding on the Saint Lawrence Seaway. The Canadian flagged, barge KTC-115 broke free from its tug during a steering failure. Before the tug could recover the KTC 115, it grounded on Frontenac Shoal in position 44deg 20.408' N 075deg 55.508' W near Alexander Bay NY. KTC-115 contained 35% calcium chloride solution. The barge sustained damage to the starboard tank, which contained 170,000 gallons. Over 12,000 gallons spilled from the tank before it reached equilibrium. Divers found three cracks near the starboard bow. NOAA provided a worst case scenario for a release of the product. 2. THREAT: CHEMICAL. COMMODITY: CALCIUM CHLORIDE. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 170000 GALLONS. TAGS: GROUNDING. 3. POSITION 44.340N 075.925W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 1197: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/1197
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