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The Coast Guard recently concluded that a lost anchor was to blame for the November 2004 oil spill by a Cypriot-registered tanker on the Delaware River, one of the most costly and destructive environmental disasters in the region. The investigation cleared the Greek shipping company of any wrongdoing for the spill that occurred between the channel and a Citgo asphalt refinery in West Deptford, the ship's destination. The lost anchor, weighing 18,000 pounds and standing nearly 7 feet tall, punctured the tanker Athos I, spewing 264,000 gallons of crude oil into the river. Efforts to find the owner of the anchor have been unsuccessful. The Coast Guard therefore is supporting a bill that would require sailors to report to the Coast Guard any significant shipping obstacles that they drop overboard. https://www.piersystem.com/go/doc/651/109428/
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