Spills · grounding
A 474 foot container ship is aground on the coast of cuba off mariel
Hansa Berlin; Mariel, Cuba · Mariel, Cuba · NOAAORR-8500
- issued
- 2012-08-27 00:00Z
- status
- cancelled 2012-09-10 00:00Z
- self-cancels
- 2012-09-10 00:00Z
- authority
- NOAA OR&R
- sea
- North Atlantic Ocean
- position
- 23.033, -82.783
- source
- incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z
Original warning text
Hansa Berlin; Mariel, Cuba. Mariel, Cuba. 1. A 474 foot container ship is aground on the coast of Cuba off Mariel. The vessel has RNH 380 (174,426 gal) and diesel (27,500 gal) aboard. Weather and seas caused by tropical storm Issac has prevented response so far. USCG is expecting the ship to lose the fuel and has requested a trajectory from NOAA. 2. THREAT: OIL. COMMODITY: RNH 380 AND DIESEL-POSSIBLE CONTAINER CARGO. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 200000 GALLONS. TAGS: GROUNDING. 3. POSITION 23.033N 082.783W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 8500: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/8500
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