Spills · grounding
The roll-on, roll-off container vessel centaurus leader ran aground 13Feb2008 while inbound to brunswick, ga
M/V Centaurus Leader; Brunswick, Ga · Brunswick, Ga · NOAAORR-7772
- issued
- 2008-02-13 00:00Z
- status
- cancelled 2008-02-27 00:00Z
- self-cancels
- 2008-02-27 00:00Z
- authority
- NOAA OR&R
- sea
- North Atlantic Ocean
- position
- 31.111, -81.470
- vessels
- M/V CENTAURUS LEADERCONTAINER VESSEL CENTAURUS LEADER RAN
- source
- incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z
Original warning text
M/V Centaurus Leader; Brunswick, GA. Brunswick, GA. 1. The roll-on, roll-off container vessel Centaurus Leader ran aground 13Feb2008 while inbound to Brunswick, GA. The position is at buoys 26 and 27, Lat 31-06.69; Long 081-28.18. The vessel is grounded on mud bottom and reports damage to two tanks; #1 Stbd used for ballast and #1 Stbd/center which has 1320 gallons of Heavy Fuel Oil. No release is reported at this time. 2. THREAT: OIL. COMMODITY: HFO. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 1320 GALLONS. TAGS: GROUNDING. 3. POSITION 31.111N 081.470W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 7772: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/7772
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