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Tanker Runs Aground Near Philadelphia

Maritime Activity Reports, Inc.

October 1, 2008

(Coast Guard photo/Petty Officer 3rd Class Jason Oyler)

(Coast Guard photo/Petty Officer 3rd Class Jason Oyler)

The , a 600-ft. Liberian flagged tanker, is anchored in the and near Reedy Point Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2008, after it ran aground with 21 people aboard Monday, Sept. 29, 2008, near the St. George Bridge 30 miles south of .

Members of the Coast Guard, Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control and the New Jersey State Police responded to the grounding.