More than 1,000 gallons of oil spills into Elizabeth River:

Oil spill in Elizabeth River (Source: Associated Press)

More than 1,000 gallons of oil spilled into the southern branch of Elizabeth River on Tuesday, according to a statement from the U.S. Coast Guard.

The incident occurred at a ship dismantling facility in Chesapeake owned by Sea Solutions Corp. Workers had been cutting apart a container ship for its steel and pumping oil towards the stern when oil from the remainder of the ship leaked into a cove, the Coast Guard said.

A dredging crane builds an artifiacila oyster reef in 2002, in the southern branch of the Elizabeth River - The Virginian-Pilot 

Sea Solutions called the Coast Guard and hired Coastal Solutions, which removed more than 1,000 gallons of oil from the water. A containment boom prevented the oil from spreading beyond the cove, the Coast Guard said.

An undetermined amount of oil remains aboard the ship.

Source: The Daily Press. By Cory Nealon. 7 October 2010

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