Spills
Pedricktown, new jersey
Conrail; Pedricktown, New Jersey · NOAAORR-6536
- issued
- 1987-12-21 00:00Z
- status
- cancelled 1988-01-04 00:00Z
- self-cancels
- 1988-01-04 00:00Z
- authority
- NOAA OR&R
- sea
- North Atlantic Ocean
- position
- 39.767, -75.416
- vessel
- TANKER CARS DERAILED
- source
- incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z
Original warning text
CONRAIL; Pedricktown, New Jersey. Pedricktown, New Jersey. 1. Seven railroad tanker cars derailed in a tidal marsh area outside of Pedricktown, New Jersey, en route to a delivery site. Each car carried 26,000 gallons of vinyl chloride. USCG district 1. 2. COMMODITY: VINYL CHLORIDE. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 182000 GALLONS. 3. POSITION 39.767N 075.416W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 6536: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/6536
This area · spills & pollution incidents
567 within 180 nm since 1972 · 11 in the last 12 months · 0 in force now
72
75
80
85
90
95
00
05
10
15
20
25
26
- 700 rockaway tpke, lawrence, ny 11559, USA2026-08-19
- Coast guard pier; new haven, connecticut2026-07-09
- 1 fernbrook st, yonkers, ny 107052026-07-03
- Baltimore inner harbor2026-06-27
- Montauk, ny, USA2026-06-25
- 4101 post rd, trainer, pa 19061, USA2026-06-25
Season · when spills & pollution incidents happen here
J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
month of issue, all years in the archive
Nearby now · within 120 nm
Nothing else in force within 120 nm.
Worldwide now
7 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 →
Not for navigation. This is a re-rendering of an official navigational warning for awareness; mariners must use official NAVAREA broadcasts and their national MSI service.