Spills
Sealand terminal, elizabeth, new jersey
C/v Sealand Leader; Sealand Terminal, Elizabeth, New Jersey · NOAAORR-6324
- issued
- 1986-01-15 00:00Z
- status
- cancelled 1986-01-29 00:00Z
- self-cancels
- 1986-01-29 00:00Z
- authority
- NOAA OR&R
- sea
- North Atlantic Ocean
- position
- 40.651, -74.217
- vessel
- CONTAINER VESSEL SEALAND LEADER
- source
- incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z
Original warning text
C/V Sealand Leader; Sealand Terminal, Elizabeth, New Jersey. Sealand Terminal, Elizabeth, New Jersey. 1. On January 15, 1986 the container vessel Sealand Leader arrived at Sealand Terminal in Elizabeth, New Jersey with an unknown number of leaking 55-gallon drums of dimethoate, a solid pesticide, in two 35-foot containers. The leaking containers had to be safely removed from the vessel, the leaking material put into overpack containers, and the vessel and other affected cargo decontaminated. USCG district 3. 2. COMMODITY: DIMETHOATE. 3. POSITION 40.651N 074.217W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 6324: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/6324
This area · spills & pollution incidents
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Timeline · 10 messages since 1986-01-15 · closed 1986-05-05
- Sealand terminal, elizabeth, new jersey this message1986-01-15 → 1986-01-29
- E. rockways inlet1986-01-21 → 1986-02-04
- Kill van kull, bayonne, new jersey1986-02-11 → 1986-02-25
- Arthur kill, port redding, new jersey1986-03-08 → 1986-03-22
- Proctor and gamble manufacturing co.; arthur kill, staten island, new york1986-03-12 → 1986-03-26
- Long island expressway, flushing bay, new york1986-03-30 → 1986-04-13
- Mamaroneck, new york1986-04-09 → 1986-04-23
- Swineburne island, ny1986-04-16 → 1986-04-30
- A tank truck of morpholine exploded killing the driver in bayonne, nj1986-04-21 → 1986-05-05
- Jersey city, new jersey1986-04-21 → 1986-05-05
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Spills
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