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Noaa hazmat was notified at 19:00 pst 3/20/00 (13:00 guam standard time (gst), 3/21/00) of an apparent leak…
MV Reliance; Guam · Guam · NOAAORR-7481
- issued
- 2000-03-22 00:00Z
- status
- cancelled 2000-04-05 00:00Z
- self-cancels
- 2000-04-05 00:00Z
- authority
- NOAA OR&R
- sea
- Philippine Sea
- position
- 13.502, 144.745
- vessel
- MV RELIANCE · 3 messages
- source
- incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z
Original warning text
MV Reliance; Guam. Guam. 1. NOAA HAZMAT was notified at 19:00 PST 3/20/00 (13:00 Guam Standard Time (GST), 3/21/00) of an apparent leak of chlorine on-board the M/V Reliance enroute to Guam. ETA of the vessel was 20:00 GST 3/21. The Master reported that on 3/19, he and the First Mate found a greenish liquid on the deck outside the container during routine inspection. The leaking container is located on starboard deck with three other containers stacked on top. The First Mate made a Level B inspection of the container and found approximately one liter of greenish liquid on the floor of container. The ships manifest indicates that this container carried one hundred and thirty 150# chlorine cylinders, two 2,000# chlorine cylinders and several empty oxygen cylinders. After arriving at Guam on 3/21, the vessel maintained position off Apra Harbor. A shuttle transported CG pollution investigators and a hazmat team to [...] 2. COMMODITY: CHLORINE. 3. POSITION 13.502N 144.745E. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 7481: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/7481
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