Container Ship with Containers Overboard; Washington Coast
Washington Coast & B.C. | 2021-Oct-22
Initial Notification: On the morning of OCT 22 at 0800 the NW SSC was notified of a container ship approximately 40 miles west of the entrance to the Straits of Juan de Fuca lost about 40 containers overboard on the evening of OCT 21 at 2330. Their is a potential the overboard containers contain chemicals. Sector Puget Sound requested trajectories for the containers.
Incident Details
| Primary threat: | Other |
| Products of concern: | Approx. 110 containers |
| Latitude (approximate): | 48° 20.31′ North |
| Longitude (approximate): | 123° 21.64′ West |
| On-Water Recovery: | Unknown/Not applicable |
| Shoreline Cleanup: | Applied |
| Dispersants: | Unknown/Not applicable |
| In-Situ Burn: | Unknown/Not applicable |
| Bioremediation: | Unknown/Not applicable |