Spills
Delaware bay, delaware
T/v Notos; Delaware Bay, Delaware · NOAAORR-6678
- issued
- 1989-03-09 00:00Z
- status
- cancelled 1989-03-23 00:00Z
- self-cancels
- 1989-03-23 00:00Z
- authority
- NOAA OR&R
- sea
- North Atlantic Ocean
- position
- 39.000, -75.000
- vessels
- BARGE BEGAN LIGHTERING OILTANKER NOTOS
- source
- incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z
Original warning text
T/V NOTOS; Delaware Bay, Delaware. Delaware Bay, Delaware. 1. The Liberian tanker NOTOS, carrying 995,000 barrels of West African Takula crude oil, grounded in the northwest corner of the Big Stone Anchorage in Delaware Bay at midnight on March 9, 1989. At approximately 0200, a tug and barge began lightering oil from the NOTOS. USCG district 1. 2. COMMODITY: WEST AFRICAN TAKULA CRUDE OIL. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 41800000 GALLONS. 3. POSITION 39.000N 075.000W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 6678: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/6678
This area · spills & pollution incidents
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- 6C9J+FR baltimore, md, USA2026-04-08
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Timeline · 2 messages since 1989-03-09 · closed 1989-04-10
- Delaware bay, delaware this message1989-03-09 → 1989-03-23
- Nantuxent cove, delaware bay, new jersey1989-03-27 → 1989-04-10
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Nearby now · within 120 nm
Nothing else in force within 120 nm.
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Spills
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