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Shipping Containers Overboard; Port of Oakland, CA 94607, USA

Port of Oakland, CA 94607, USA | 2017-Sep-22

Initial Notification: On September 22, 2017, the USCG Sector San Francisco contacted NOAA ERD to request assistance with re-locating some empty shipping containers lost overboard from the M/V Mol Maxim. The ship was docked in the Port of Oakland’s Outer Harbor area on the afternoon of 21-SEP-2017 when eleven 40’ shipping containers were lost overboard. All containers were empty, closed and non-refrigerated. The USCG has requested a drift estimate to assist with relocation efforts. No pollution concern has been identified.

Incident Details
Primary threat:Other
Products of concern:Shipping containers
Latitude (approximate): 37° 48.64′ North
Longitude (approximate): 122° 19.53′ West
On-Water Recovery: Applied
Shoreline Cleanup: Unknown/Not applicable
Dispersants: Unknown/Not applicable
In-Situ Burn: Unknown/Not applicable
Bioremediation: Unknown/Not applicable