Tanker Grounded off Coney Island, NY

This just in from gCaptain.com After experiencing a steering problem the tanker “White Sea” ran aground off of Coney Island New York. The Gotahamist tells us:

The White Sea, has run aground in the Ambrose Channel,
which is a shipping channel south of Lower New York Bay, off Staten
Island, Coney Island, Breezy Point and NJ’s Sandy Hook. The Coast Guard
says that there are no reports of injuries.

The 800-foot tanker is carrying 455,000 gallons of “low sulfur fuel oil”,
none of which has spilled. The Coast Guard says “the ship’s crew
deployed a containment boom in case anything were to leak,” per the
Staten Island Advance. Read More…

WNBC has a good photo slideshow of the tanker HERE. Read the original MAritime News Discoverer Story HERE.

UPDATE: This just in from MarineLog.com

Coast Guard Sector New York Marine Inspectors and Investigators are
aboard the vessel and have initiated an investigation into the
grounding. A salvage plan is being developed to lighter the vessel and
to refloat it safely off the sandy bottom. The next high tide is at
9:00 p.m.

"We have the Atlantic Area Strike Team from Fort Dix, N.J., the
Coast Guard Cutters Katherine Walker and Willow, along with other
response agencies on standby and ready with oil recovery booming
capabilities in the low probability that oil spills into the water,"
said Lt. Richard Sullivan, Coast Guard Sector New York command duty
officer.

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