Elizabeth river fuel barge spill; elizabeth river in downtown norfolk, va

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Elizabeth River Fuel Barge Spill; Elizabeth River in downtown Norfolk, VA.
Elizabeth River in downtown Norfolk, VA.
1. At 1500 yesterday afternoon (31 Oct.) a barge that had been used to remove diesel fuel from a Navy vessel in a dry dock was damaged and some volume of diesel was released into the Elizabeth River in downtown Norfolk. Most of the released diesel was reported to have been captured by a boom at Metro Machine's floating dry-dock. At 1700 hours NOAA received a call from MSO Hampton Roads about the spill and provided weather, tides, and a trajectory forecast for where the diesel might go if the oil escaped from the boom. This NOAA forecast suggested that the diesel would move with the Southerly wind and with the tide out of the harbor - maybe as far as Craney Island - and if the release was constant maybe as far as the mouth of the James River by 1 November. This morning the Port of Hampton Roads has very heavy fog and no over flights were conducted. However, the spill is reported by MSO [...]
2. THREAT: OIL. COMMODITY: DIESEL.
3. POSITION 36.883N 076.333W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 7586: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/7586