chemical leak

7 under arrest after chemical leak in Quanzhou Port

After a chemical tanker leak at China’s Quanzhou Port, in the beginning of November, seven people got arrested. Namely, six people from the company that caused the leak and four crew on board the ship were put under criminal coercive measures.

On November 4, seven tons of aromatic hydrocarbon leaked into the ocean, in Quanzhou Port, Fujian Donggang Petrochemical reported. The incident happened while the company was loading petrochemical cargo into the chemical tanker ‘Tian Tong 1’. During the...

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Chemical leak reported on Ro-Ro in Zeebrugge

According to information, there was a chemical leak on board the Finnish Ro-Ro Mistral at Zeebrugge, Belgium, on October 29. Emergency services responded to the leak, while cargo operations were stopped.

Namely, a chemical leak on board the Finnish Ro-Ro Mistral at Zeebrugge was reported at emergency services, which made all cargo operations to stop.

Until now, it is not known what kind of chemicals leaked, nor the volume.

However, the lead was reported inside the container tanks.

The container...

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