Chesapeake and delaware canal

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T/B New Jersey; Chesapeake and Delaware Canal.
Chesapeake and Delaware Canal.
1. The T/B New Jersey grounded at 0130 on September 18, 1993, in the Chesapeake and Delaware (C&D) Canal. The tug and barge continued through the canal and tied up on the Delaware River side. The initial reports from vessels and responders were that the amount of the loss of #6 black oil from #1 starboard tank or the extent of oil trailing the vessel could not be determined. Heavy fog prevented an overflight of the potentially impacted areas from daybreak on September 18 until late afternoon. The C&D Canal remained closed from the time of the incident report until Saturday afternoon when the first overflights reported visible light sheen, but no visible oil in the canal or its immediate approaches. USCG response vessel's personnel reported only small oil streamers from off Turkey Point to the Elk River. Soundings of the T/B New Jersey by the AST on the same afternoon suggested that the [...]
2. COMMODITY: #6 FUEL OIL.
3. POSITION 39.500N 076.567W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 6963: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/6963