Pleasure Craft Marimar; Salinas Bay, Puerto Rico
Salinas Bay, Puerto Rico | 2014-Oct-24
Initial Notification: On October 22, 2014, the USCG Sector San Juan Incident Management Division received a report of a sunken 33.8' pleasure craft "MARIMAR II" at the Marina De Salinas, in Salinas Bay, Puerto Rico. The vessel is submerged and aground on its starboard side. The USCG opened a Federal Project to hire a certified BOA contractor (Clean Harbors Environmental Services) to deploy 100' of hard boom and 120' sorbents around vessel, containing any possible potential discharge.
Incident Details
Primary threat: | Oil |
Products of concern: | diesel |
Total amount at risk of spill: | 250 gallons |
Latitude (approximate): | 17° 57.54′ North |
Longitude (approximate): | 66° 17.67′ West |