Spills
New bedford, massachusetts
F/V Resolve; New Bedford, Massachusetts · NOAAORR-6438
- issued
- 1987-01-03 00:00Z
- status
- cancelled 1987-01-17 00:00Z
- self-cancels
- 1987-01-17 00:00Z
- authority
- NOAA OR&R
- sea
- North Atlantic Ocean
- position
- 41.645, -70.917
- vessel
- F/V RESOLVE
- source
- incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z
Original warning text
F/V Resolve; New Bedford, Massachusetts. New Bedford, Massachusetts. 1. On January 2, 1987, the U.S. Coast Guard Marine Safety Office (MSO) in Providence, Rhode Island received a report that a sheen of diesel oil was emanating from the sunken fishing vessel Resolve into New Bedford Harbor. In addition, the approximately thirty 55-gallon drums aboard the vessel were believed to contain bilge slops, bait, and seawater, the marking and labeling of the drums suggested that they contained a hazardous chemical. USCG district 1. 2. COMMODITY: BILGE SLOPS, BAIT, SEAWATER, HAZARDOUS CHEMICAL. 3. POSITION 41.645N 070.917W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 6438: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/6438
This area · spills & pollution incidents
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Timeline · 2 messages since 1986-12-01 · closed 1987-01-17
- New bedford, ma1986-12-01 → 1986-12-15
- New bedford, massachusetts this message1987-01-03 → 1987-01-17
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Nearby now · within 120 nm
Nothing else in force within 120 nm.
Worldwide now
8 spills & pollution incidents in force · see all
Spills
Oil and chemical spills, groundings and vessel casualties with a pollution threat: NOAA IncidentNews responses since 1957, and spill-response areas broadcast as navigational warnings. All current spills & pollution incidents →
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