Spills
T/b morania 440; hells gate, east river, new york
NOAAORR-6725
- issued
- 1989-09-14 00:00Z
- status
- cancelled 1989-09-28 00:00Z
- self-cancels
- 1989-09-28 00:00Z
- authority
- NOAA OR&R
- sea
- North Atlantic Ocean
- position
- 40.740, -73.960
- vessels
- TUG EAST COASTBARGE MORANIA 440
- source
- incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z
Original warning text
T/B MORANIA 440; Hells Gate, East River, New York. Hells Gate, East River, New York. 1. At approximately 2142 on September 13, 1989, the tank barge MORANIA 440 grounded on a steep embankment of rocks just north of the Triboro Bridge at Hell's Gate, in the East River. The barge, under tow by the tug EAST COAST, was carrying about 3.8 million gallons of unleaded gasoline from New Jersey to a terminal in New Haven, Connecticut. An investigation of the hull revealed a hole measuring 6-feet long by 1 to 2-feet wide, through which 108,405 gallons of gasoline had leaked. USCG district 1. 2. COMMODITY: UNLEADED GASOLINE. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 108000 GALLONS. 3. POSITION 40.740N 073.960W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 6725: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/6725
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Timeline · 2 messages since 1989-09-14 · closed 1989-09-30
- T/b morania 440; hells gate, east river, new york this message1989-09-14 → 1989-09-28
- Albany, new york1989-09-16 → 1989-09-30
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