Spills · grounding
Barge rtc 150; western long island sound, ny
NOAAORR-7957
- issued
- 2009-01-22 00:00Z
- status
- cancelled 2009-02-05 00:00Z
- self-cancels
- 2009-02-05 00:00Z
- authority
- NOAA OR&R
- sea
- North Atlantic Ocean
- position
- 40.848, -73.756
- vessels
- BARGE HIT BOTTOMTUG MEREDITH C REINAUERBARGE RTC 150BARGE RTC 150 RAN
- source
- incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z
Original warning text
Barge RTC 150; Western Long Island Sound, NY. Western Long Island Sound, NY. 1. At 1438R, TUG MEREDITH C. REINAUER with loaded Barge RTC 150 ran aground. The Barge hit bottom near Execution Rocks, NY. The barge was loaded with 140,517 bbls (5,901,714 gals) of home heating oil. The barge is taking on water, but not discharging any oil att. The barge is double hulled. The barge is at anchor approx 1/2 nm NE of Hart Island, NY. 2. THREAT: OIL. COMMODITY: #2 HEATING OIL. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 5901714 GALLONS. TAGS: GROUNDING. 3. POSITION 40.848N 073.756W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 7957: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/7957
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Timeline · 2 messages since 2009-01-15 · closed 2009-02-05
- Hudson river, ny2009-01-15 → 2009-01-29
- Barge rtc 150; western long island sound, ny this message2009-01-22 → 2009-02-05
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