MV Global Challenger; Lower Columbia River, OR/WA

Lower Columbia River, OR/WA | 2005-Jan-07

Initial Notification: The 528-foot freighter Global Challenger grounded the night of January 6, 2005 in the Columbia Rivernear Skamokawa, WA. The vessel was refloated the morning of January 7, 2005. The grain vessel was heading upriver and was not carrying any cargo, but had 258,836 gallons of heavy oil and 56,339 gallons of diesel onboard. No oil was released during the grounding or refloating.