SAFETY
87
MARINE/INLAND WATERWAY INCIDENTS Date
3/5/16 6/5/16 7/5/16 8/5/16 9/5/16 11/5/16 11/5/16 12/5/16 12/5/16 17/5/16 20/5/16 23/5/16 28/5/16 28/5/16 5/6/16 5/6/16
Location Port Said,
Egypt off Ningbo, Zhejiang, China off Ningbo, Zhejiang, China Nanjing, Jiangsu, China Pearl River, Guangdong, China
Suez Canal, Egypt
Vlaardingen, Netherlands
North Sea, Denmark
Gulf of Mexico, US
off Punta del Este, Uruguay
Kochi, Kerala, India
Zvernec, Albania
Penang, Malaysia
Neches River, Texas, US
River Don, Russia
Aegean Sea, Turkey
H Ismail Kaptanoglu Nautica Maharani pipeline Volgoneft 247 Kolin 7 crude oil fuel oil waste oil oil Sea Landsort Genuine Venus Island Captain pipeline Siteam Anja barge oil fuel oil
hydrochloric acid
crude oil vegoil ammonia
Su Dong You 0020
Zhenpeng – gasoline Safmarine Maru chemicals Gao Cheng 2 – Vessel Cosco Hope
Substance Details flammables
Mega container ship collided with gantry crane boom on leaving terminal, causing boom to collapse onto containers on berth; at least one contained flammable chemicals, which caused fire that engulfed 20 boxes
Product tanker (19,100 dwt, 2010) collided with containeship Cosco Fukuyama in Xiashimen Channel; tanker suffered bow damage but no leak; some boxes lost from containership, also water ingress
Containership was in collision with containership Northern Jasper, causing outbreak of fire in at least 11 boxes with various chemicals; fire spread to more than 40 boxes; fire fully out six days later; no injuries
Two workers killed by explosion aboard chemical tanker during maintenance work at anchorage near Yangzi Petrochemical terminal; fire spread to second tanker; neither ship was carrying cargo
Tanker with 2,290 t gasoline was struck by passing cargoship Yanzhan 58, suffering hull damage, water ingress in engineroom; other vessel towed to shallow water to avoid sinking; no injuries or pollution reported
Oil tanker (163,000 dwt, 1991) grounded on sandbank while in northbound convoy near Suez; ballast tanks breached but no cargo loss; tanker was freed with tug assistance, resumed voyage after inspection
Some 600 litres fuel oil leaked overboard due to miscalculation during bunkering of oil/chemical tanker (33,550 dwt, 2013); owner fined €4,000
Offshore support vessel suffered leak of hydrochloric acid during well maintenance work; vessel sailed to Esbjerg for cleaning and checking; no injuries reported
2,100 bbl crude oil spilled from flow line from Gilder oilfield to Brutus platform, 100 miles off Port Fourchon; operator Shell shut in all lines to platform; sheen of 2 nm by 10 nm spotted from helicopters
Chemical tanker (44,640 dwt, 1997) with 35,000 vegoil from Brazil to San Lorenzo, grounded on rocks off Lobos Island after blackout; some water ingress but no loss of cargo; booms deployed as a precaution
Barge delivering 290 t ammonia to FACT plant suffered leak on Champakkara Canal; at least nine people needed hospital treatment, more than 50 families evacuated; leak found in one of six bullet tanks on barge
Product tanker (40,000 dwt, 2004) leaked unknown volume of unspecified cargo during transfer at storage terminal; spill polluted 5 km of beaches; tanker operator fined $8,000
Product tanker (9,800 dwt, 2011) spilled unknown volume of oil to North Channel, causing sheen over some 70 km2
; spill not reported for more than 24 hours; cause unknown
Some 880 gal (3,300 litres) Eagle Ford crude spilled to Neches River after pipeline leak at Jefferson Energy terminal; USCG closed river to traffic during cleanup operation
Product tanker (4,550 dwt, 1975), with 4,500 t HFO from Volgograd to Kavkaz, suffered cracks in hull; tanker anchored for inspection and repair; some water ingress but no leak of product
Product tanker deployed in waste transport in Turkish islands, ran aground off Bozcaada island; tanker unable to float free and was assisted by tug; no report of cargo or fuel leak
USCG FleetMon FleetMon
Source FleetMon
Shipwreck Log
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Splash 24/7
Shipwreck Log
Maritime Herald
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Maritime Executive
Vessel Finder
Deccan Chronicle
Vessel Finder
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MISCELLANEOUS INCIDENTS Date
Location 6/5/16 13/5/16 15/5/16 16/5/16 23/5/16 23/5/16 nr Hudson, S Dakota, US
Southampton, Hampshire, UK
Taji, Iraq
Salt Lake City, Utah, US
Riverview, Florida, US
Camden, Arkansas, US shop gas plant
chemical plant
sulphur plant flares manufacturer fireworks LPG acids sulphur chemicals Plant type biofuels plant
Substance ethanol
One worker killed by explosion during welding in ethanol tank at Poet Biorefining plant; second worker needed hospital treatment; OSHA investigating incident
Fire broke out in shop on site of the Southern Fireworks factory, causing series of explosions, dense black cloud of smoke; no one on site at the time; 60 nearby residents evacuated; site was properly licensed
At least seven people killed by IS suicide attack on Taji gas plant that set fire to three storage tanks; those who died were either killed by attackers or victims of car bomb ignited in centre of plant
Fire, series of small explosions at Brenntag Pacific facility; explosions thought to have been drums of nitric, sulphuric acid rupturing; fire crews brought blaze under control; cause of initial fire under investigation
Tank of molten sulphur caught fire at Mosaic plant, shutting down traffic on US 411; one firefighter suffered minor injury; fire was contained within tank, extinguished using steam; cause under investigation
Two workers injured by explosion at Esterline Defense Technologies plant that makes decoy flares for US Air Force; resulting fire was allowed to burn out as too dangerous to attack
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