Spills
Rtc 380; carteret, new jersey
NOAAORR-5127
- issued
- 1997-05-15 00:00Z
- status
- cancelled 1997-05-29 00:00Z
- self-cancels
- 1997-05-29 00:00Z
- authority
- NOAA OR&R
- sea
- North Atlantic Ocean
- position
- 40.586, -74.206
- vessel
- BARGE RTC 380
- source
- incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z
Original warning text
RTC 380; Carteret, New Jersey. Carteret, New Jersey. 1. At 0040 on May 15, 1997, the USCG ACT NY was notified of an oil spill at the GATX facility in Carteret, New Jersey. The discharge was the result of a tankerman falling asleep and overfilling the barge RTC 380. The weather was overcast and temperature was 50?F. An estimated 1,000 barrels of #2 fuel oil spilled into the water of the Arthur Kill. At the time of loading, the barge was surrounded by containment boom. The majority of the oil was held within the boom. Within 24 hours most of the oil was skimmed from within the boom. ACT NY acted as FOSC, Reinhauer Transportation, Inc. was the designated RP, and New Jersey and New York spill response agencies responded to form the Unified Command. Two cleanup contractor companies were hired to deploy boom and remove the oil. USCG district 1. Keyword: containment boom, evaporation, skimmers, vacuum trucks, weir/pump skimmer. 2. COMMODITY: #2 FUEL OIL. 3. POSITION 40.586N 074.206W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 5127: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/5127
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Timeline · 3 messages since 1997-05-15 · closed 1997-07-11
- Barge RTC320; arthur kill1997-05-15 → 1997-05-29
- Rtc 380; carteret, new jersey this message1997-05-15 → 1997-05-29
- Westchester creek, new york1997-06-27 → 1997-07-11
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