Spills
Dixon entrance, southeast alaska
T/b Kenai; Dixon Entrance, Southeast Alaska · NOAAORR-6591
- issued
- 1988-07-18 00:00Z
- status
- cancelled 1988-08-01 00:00Z
- self-cancels
- 1988-08-01 00:00Z
- authority
- NOAA OR&R
- sea
- Gulf of Alaska
- position
- 55.054, -162.529
- vessels
- BARGE KENAI · 2 messagesTUG TOW LINE · 2 messages
- source
- incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z
Original warning text
T/B KENAI; Dixon Entrance, Southeast Alaska. Dixon Entrance, Southeast Alaska. 1. On January 3, 1989, the barge KENAI grounded at Thin Point at the entrance to Cold Bay, Alaska, after breaking its tug tow line. The barge was carrying mostly dry goods, but also had a small amount of diesel fuel and 40,000 pounds of low-level, polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB)-laden soil removed from the U.S. Navy facility at Amchitka Island. The soil was being transported to a repository in Oregon. None of the containers of soil was lost overboard, however, damage to one of the tanks spilled about one hundred gallons of diesel. USCG district 17. 2. COMMODITY: DIESEL FUEL. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 100 GALLONS. 3. POSITION 55.054N 162.529W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 6591: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/6591
This area · spills & pollution incidents
74 within 180 nm since 1985 · 1 in the last 12 months · 0 in force now
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- Sand point, ak 99661, USA2025-02-06
- Sand point, ak2024-12-11
- Dutch harbor, unalaska bay, ak, USA2024-10-12
- F/V sky grounding in izembek national wildlife refuge; near cold bay, ak2024-08-12
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Nothing else in force within 120 nm.
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Spills
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