Spills
Barge stc 9; chesapeake bay, maryland
NOAAORR-6636
- issued
- 1988-12-06 00:00Z
- status
- cancelled 1988-12-20 00:00Z
- self-cancels
- 1988-12-20 00:00Z
- authority
- NOAA OR&R
- sea
- North Atlantic Ocean
- position
- 38.679, -76.295
- vessels
- BARGE CARRIED A CARGO OF 22BARGE STC 9
- source
- incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z
Original warning text
Barge STC 9; Chesapeake Bay, Maryland. Chesapeake Bay, Maryland. 1. At approximately 2300 on December 5, 1988, the barge STC 9 was run aground by its tow on hard bottom two miles north of Poole Island in the Chesapeake Bay. The single skin barge carried a cargo of 22, 700 barrels of asphalt, heated at 280?F in eight tanks. USCG district 5. 2. COMMODITY: ASPHALT. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 953000 GALLONS. 3. POSITION 38.679N 076.295W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 6636: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/6636
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