Tug Sea Cypress Grounding; Lavallette Beach, NJ, USA
Lavallette Beach, NJ, USA | 2018-Jul-24
Initial Notification: USCG Sector Delaware Bay notified the NOAA SSC at 0530 hours on 24 July 2018 that the Tug Sea Cypress ran aground on a beach earlier this morning onLavallette Beach, New Jersey. Tug has 17,000 gallons of diesel fuel on board, USCG reported no discharge at this time.
Incident Details
Primary threat: | Oil |
Products of concern: | Diesel Fuel |
Total amount at risk of spill: | 17,000 gallons |
Latitude (approximate): | 39° 58.20′ North |
Longitude (approximate): | 74° 3.60′ West |