Intermar Alliance; Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania

Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania | 1986-Mar-21

Initial Notification: At approx 1000 hrs 21 Mar 86, the T/V INTERMAR ALLIANCE struck a pier at Sun Oil Facility at Marcus Hook, PA. . Initial report is a 12 foot gash, 3 feet above the water line was made in the #1 port tank. . Inital report is that 1,000 bbls of Ninian Crude was spilled into the Delaware River. . At approx 1100 hours the leak was reported to have been stopped. Total time of the leak was reported to be 50 minutes. . NOAA RESPONSE . Based upon the above information, the spill would have occured near slack water and not moved much upstream. . The downsteam excursion would be estimated at 5 miles for this tidal cycle. . Winds reported from the NW would tend to move the floating crude oil onto the New Jersey shore in the Penns Grove areas. . Recommend that Oldmans Creek receive priority attention for booming. . After the tide changes, Raccon Creek should receive booming attention. . Deflection booming or stnadby booming for the Christina River should be made available if overflight observations indicate enough oil has escaped Sun Oil's efforts at booming the spill at the source. . Future planning for boom deployment downriver in the Salem River areas should be considered. These expensive actions would depend on observations made both today March 21st and tomorrow March 22. USCG district 3.