A 477-foot oil tanker collided with three moored sailboats Wednesday on the mouth of the Piscataqua River close to Portsmouth, New Hampshire and Kittery, Maine, the U.S. Coast Guard reported.

The sailboats have been unmanned on the time and no accidents or air pollution have been reported.

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The Coast Guard says it was notified at roughly 4 p.m. of the collision involving the tanker Chem Venus and the sailboats.

All three sailboats, which have been unoccupied at anchorage, have been broken however remained afloat, the Coast Guard stated.

AIS information confirmed the Chem Venus at anchor simply off on the Maine, New Hampshire border as of Wednesday night.

The similar information confirmed the tanker had simply departed from Portsmouth, NH and was crusing to Teesport, England when the incident doubtless occurred. 

The explanation for the collision is below investigation.

The Coast Guard stated initially it was making an attempt to find out if there may be any injury to the Chem Venus and dealing to contact the house owners of the sailboats. A later replace stated that the oil tanker’s bow was broken, inflicting some water ingress however no air pollution has been noticed. 

The 19,887 DWT Chem Venus is flagged in Panama and was in-built 2004.