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Abandoned Vessel; Florida Keys · Florida Keys · NOAAORR-7057

issued
1994-11-14 00:00Z
status
cancelled 1994-11-28 00:00Z
self-cancels
1994-11-28 00:00Z
authority
NOAA OR&R
sea
North Atlantic Ocean
position
24.500, -80.533
source
incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z

Original warning text

Abandoned Vessel; Florida Keys.
Florida Keys.
1. Important note concerning the NOAA "HOTLINE" Communications System: Please note that this system is used for NOAA internal communications and the reports are put in chronologically. There is NO corrective "post editing" of the reports. As a result of this, early reports may have information that later proved to be incorrect. Sometimes these errors are corrected in a later report, but sometimes corrections are made over the phone or in-person, and no correcting message is entered. This reflects the use of this system as a real-time spill communications system and is not intended to be an event-log. Please keep this in mind when reading HOTLINE reports for this incident. If you have any problems with this system please contact the SSC on watch at 206-526-6317. The following information was received by NOAA HAZMAT Seattle. Initial Notification A vessel has been reported to be abandoned and [...]
2. COMMODITY: DIESEL. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 3000 GALLONS.
3. POSITION 24.500N 080.533W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 7057: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/7057

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