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M/V JAHRE SPRAY; Delaware Bay, Pennsylvania

Delaware Bay, Pennsylvania | 1988-Oct-07

Initial Notification: On October 7, 1988, the M/V JAHRE SPRAY, a Liberian ship carrying 830,000 barrels of light Nigerian crude oil, was anchored in Big Stone Anchorage in Delaware Bay, trailing a sheen measuring approximately 150 feet by six miles. The nature of the sheen could have been cargo, fuel, or lube oil. USCG district 1.

Incident Details
Products of concern:Nigerian crude oil
Latitude (approximate): 39° 48.02′ North
Longitude (approximate): 75° 23.42′ West