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Photos Available: Coast Guard monitoring transit of motor vessel after grounding near Skamokawa, Wash.

November 19, 2016
The motor vessel Nenita, a 378-foot Marshall Islands-flagged bulk carrier laden with grain sits aground in the Columbia River near Skamokawa, Wash., Nov. 19, 2016.The Coast Guard is responding to the incident, but there has been no pollution or injuries reported.U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Levi Read. An MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter, from Coast Guard Sector Columbia River, flies over the motor vessel Nenita, a 378-foot Marshall Islands-flagged bulk carrier laden with grain, which ran aground in the Columbia River near Skamokawa, Wash., Nov. 19, 2016.The aircrew along with the crew of the Nenita has reported no injuries and no pollution.U.S. Coast Guard photo courtesy of Sector Columbia River. The bow of the motor vessel Nenita, a 738-foot Marshall Islands-flagged bulk carrier laden with grain sits at the banks of the Columbia River near Skamokawa, Wash., Nov. 19, 2016.The vessel ran aground reportedly because of a loss of propulsion, but the cause of the incident will be investigated by Coast Guard marine inspectors.U.S. Coast Guard photo courtesy of Sector Columbia River .

WARRENTON, Ore. — The Coast Guard is monitoring the transit of a motor vessel that ran aground in the Columbia River near Skamokawa, Washington, but was refloated, inspected and given a captain of the port order to transit to Kalama, Saturday morning.

There was no report of pollution or injuries stemming from the grounding of the Nenita, a 738-foot Marshall Islands-flagged bulk carrier fully laden with grain.

Watchstanders at the Coast Guard Sector Columbia River were notified of the incident at 3:21 a.m. The vessel was headed outbound the Columbia River from Kalama, Washington when the vessel reportedly lost propulsion and ran hard aground and was taking on water. The vessel’s crew found, isolated and secured the flooding in the forward peak of the vessel.

The pollution potential is less than 300,000 gallons of high-sulfur fuel oil, diesel fuel and gas oil.

The vessel initiated their response plan and notified the National Response Corporation as the designated oil spill response organization. The vessel is not blocking the channel to traffic, but other vessels transiting have been notified.

An aircrew aboard an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter conducted an overflight and did not see any signs of pollution.

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