T/V Aquila Vegetable Oil Spill; Mississippi River, MM 98, LA
Mississippi River, MM 98, LA | 2020-Jun-22
Initial Notification: On June 20, 2020, the USCG Sector New Orleans Incident Management Division (IMD) received a report of a discharge of an unknown amount of vegetable oil (palm oil and coconut oil) from the T/V AQUILA (IMO#9692258) into the Lower Mississippi River (MM 98). OSRO deployed. The NOAA SSC and RRO were notified via email.
Incident Details
| Primary threat: | Other |
| Products of concern: | Vegetable Oil |
| Total amount at risk of spill: | unknown gallons |
| Latitude (approximate): | 29° 54.61′ North |
| Longitude (approximate): | 90° 5.83′ West |