General cargo ship ALASKABORG is suspect in an oil spill off the southern coast of Newfoundland on Feb 10, when the ship was passing Newfoundland en route from Baie Comeau Canada to Rotterdam, ETA Feb 19. Canadian authorities were alerted on Feb 10, the quantity of leaked oil was unknown. It is known only, that the ship’s fuel tank was somehow, damaged while she was sailing in stormy weather, with allegedly, ensuing oil leak. The tank was sealed, but the ship was ordered to remain on the “crime scene”, she’s looping back and forth since afternoon Feb 10. The ship’s operator, Wagenborg, has been ordered to provide a response plan, Wagenborg already contracted a Transport Canada-certified spill response company, according to the Canadian Coast Guard.
General Cargo ALASKABORG is currently located at ECCAN – East Coast Canada at position 47° 00′ 37.8″ N, 051° 59′ 19.3″ Was reported by MarineTraffic Terrestrial Automatic Identification System on 2022-02-11 21:52 UTC (2 minutes ago)
The wind in this area at that time blows from the West direction at force 6 Beaufort.
The vessel departed from BAIE COMEAU, CA on 2022-02-07 21:44 LT (UTC -5) and is currently sailing at 13.6 knots with Northwest direction heading to ROTTERDAM, NL with reported Estimated Time of Arrival at 2022-02-18 13:00 LT (UTC -5) local time (in 6 days, 20 hours )
ALASKABORG (IMO: 9466374) is a General Cargo that was built in 2012 (10 years ago) and is sailing under the flag of the Netherlands.
Its carrying capacity is 17294 t DWT and her current draught is reported to be 7 meters. Her length overall (LOA) is 142 meters and her width is 21 meters.
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