MT Kapitan Egora; Guayanilla harbor, Puerto Rico

Guayanilla harbor, Puerto Rico | 1998-Jun-21

Initial Notification: At apprxomiately 6:30 PM Eastern Time today the M/T Kapitan Egora ran aground in Puerto Rico at Guayanilla Harbor near Bouy #1 at the location of 17 deg. 57.7 min. N and 066 deg. 45.96 W. The vessel is 206 meters long and is carrying 298,000 gallons of #6 fuel oil. There is no reported spillage at this point; only that the vessel is hard aground. US Coast Guard personnel are en route. NOAA Hazmat is providing trajectory and resources at risk information at this time. USCG district 1.