Spills · grounding

Lower columbia river, or/wa

MV Global Challenger; Lower Columbia River, Or/wa · NOAAORR-1250

issued
2005-01-07 00:00Z
status
cancelled 2005-01-21 00:00Z
self-cancels
2005-01-21 00:00Z
authority
NOAA OR&R
sea
North Pacific Ocean
position
46.257, -123.537
vessel
MV GLOBAL CHALLENGER
source
incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z

Original warning text

MV Global Challenger; Lower Columbia River, OR/WA.
Lower Columbia River, OR/WA.
1. The 528-foot freighter Global Challenger grounded the night of January 6, 2005 in the Columbia Rivernear Skamokawa, WA. The vessel was refloated the morning of January 7, 2005. The grain vessel was heading upriver and was not carrying any cargo, but had 258,836 gallons of heavy oil and 56,339 gallons of diesel onboard. No oil was released during the grounding or refloating.
2. THREAT: OIL. COMMODITY: HEAVY OIL AND DIESEL. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 315000 GALLONS. TAGS: GROUNDING.
3. POSITION 46.257N 123.537W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 1250: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/1250

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