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International-Matex Tank Terminal in Bayonne oil spill caused by tugboat hitting pier






An oil spill at the International-Matex Tank Terminal in Bayonne in under investigation, the U.S. Coast Guard said. (Google Maps) 


  By Erin O'Neill | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com 

August 02, 2015

BAYONNE, NEW JERSEY

An oil spill at a terminal in the city located near where the Kill van Kull and Upper New York Harbor meet is under investigation, the U.S. Coast Guard said on Sunday. 

The spill at the International-Matex Tank Terminal in Bayonne was caused by a tug hitting a fuel terminal pier, according to the Coast Guard, which said in a news release that the spill was initially reported on Saturday night around 10 p.m. 


Members of the Coast Guard's pollution response team immediately responded to the site, the agency said. That team, along with terminal employees launched containment boom and "secured the source of the oil," the Coast Guard said. 

It is not yet known how much oil entered the water.