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Arthur kill, port redding, new jersey

Amerada Hess Oil Company; Arthur Kill, Port Redding, New Jersey · NOAAORR-6340

issued
1986-03-08 00:00Z
status
cancelled 1986-03-22 00:00Z
self-cancels
1986-03-22 00:00Z
authority
NOAA OR&R
sea
North Atlantic Ocean
position
40.556, -74.241
source
incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z

Original warning text

Amerada Hess Oil Company; Arthur Kill, Port Redding, New Jersey.
Arthur Kill, Port Redding, New Jersey.
1. On March 8, 1986, the Amerada Hess Oil Company spilled an unknown amount of No. 2 oil into the Arthur Kill at Port Redding, New Jersey. The majority of the spilled oil remained in the Arthur Kill, although some may have drifted beneath the Varrazano Narrows Bridge, and out into the Lower New York Bay. The oil tended to collect in the Arthur Kill along piers and bulkheads, staining pilings and seawalls. USCG district 3.
2. COMMODITY: NO. 2 OIL.
3. POSITION 40.556N 074.241W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 6340: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/6340

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Timeline · 10 messages since 1986-01-15 · closed 1986-05-05

  1. Sealand terminal, elizabeth, new jersey1986-01-15 → 1986-01-29
  2. E. rockways inlet1986-01-21 → 1986-02-04
  3. Kill van kull, bayonne, new jersey1986-02-11 → 1986-02-25
  4. Arthur kill, port redding, new jersey this message1986-03-08 → 1986-03-22
  5. Proctor and gamble manufacturing co.; arthur kill, staten island, new york1986-03-12 → 1986-03-26
  6. Long island expressway, flushing bay, new york1986-03-30 → 1986-04-13
  7. Mamaroneck, new york1986-04-09 → 1986-04-23
  8. Swineburne island, ny1986-04-16 → 1986-04-30
  9. A tank truck of morpholine exploded killing the driver in bayonne, nj1986-04-21 → 1986-05-05
  10. Jersey city, new jersey1986-04-21 → 1986-05-05

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