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Diesel Discharge from M/V Defiant; Baltimore Harbor, MD

Rock Hall, MD, USA | 2024-Sep-27

Initial Notification: At 0730 on 27 September 2024, USCG Sector Maryland notified the NOAA SSC that the MV DEFIANT was discharging diesel fuel into Baltimore Harbor. WCD is 180,000 gallons of diesel fuel. Sector Maryland requested trajectory and RAR.

Incident Details
Primary threat:Oil
Products of concern:Diesel Fuel
Total amount at risk of spill: 180,000 gallons
Latitude (approximate): 39° 8.40′ North
Longitude (approximate): 76° 19.80′ West