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 |