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 |