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Tallaboa, puerto rico

Amazon Venture; Tallaboa, Puerto Rico · NOAAORR-6713

issued
1989-07-31 00:00Z
status
cancelled 1989-08-14 00:00Z
self-cancels
1989-08-14 00:00Z
authority
NOAA OR&R
sea
Caribbean Sea
position
17.989, -66.725
source
incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z

Original warning text

AMAZON VENTURE; Tallaboa, Puerto Rico.
Tallaboa, Puerto Rico.
1. NOAA/OMA was notified of the incident on July 31, 1989, by the Coast Guard Marine Safety Office, San Juan, and was asked to provide information on environmental resources-at-risk from the spill and on the slick's probable trajectory. NOAA reported that the shoreline is mostly sand beaches, gravel beaches, mixed sand and gravel beaches, and rocky shores or seawalls. The offshore islands that are surrounded by mangroves would not be affected if the winds continued to be easterly. NOAA estimated that the slick would tend to the west or northwest and would come ashore on beaches inshore and to the west of the facility. This could have occurred for a considerable distance, depending on the weather conditions and local small-scale oceanographic circulation patterns. There was a small chance that, with a large enough quantity of free-floating, unrestricted oil and continued easterly winds, the [...]
2. COMMODITY: NUMBER 6 FUEL OIL. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 8500 GALLONS.
3. POSITION 17.989N 066.725W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 6713: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/6713

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