INCIDENT LOG

ROAD/RAIL/AIR INCIDENTS

22/3/23 Pasadena, road tanker LPG Tank truck with LPG became over-pressurised prior to delivery to cumene unit at Ineos plant, causing Maritime Texas, US BLEVE; one person injured; Houston Ship Channel was closed briefly Executive

24/3/23 Pikesville, road tanker heating oil Tank truck with 8,500 gal (32.2 m3) heating oil was involved in single-vehicle crash on I-795 close to ABC Maryland, US Baltimore Beltway, causing road closures; video clips showed flames, dense smoke; driver badly injured News

26/3/23 Wyndmere, freight train asphalt, 31 cars of 70-car CP train derailed in rural area; four tank cars with asphalt, two with ethylene glycol and one AP N Dakota, US glycol with propylene were involved, some leaked; no threat to public safety; CP suspected broken rail

30/3/23 Raymond, freight train ethanol

22 cars of BNSF train derailed, some with ethanol or corn syrup; fire broke out; most of the town evacuated Fox Minnesota, US in case of explosion; no injuries reported; BNSF to investigate cause of derailment Business

1/4/23 Toledo, road tanker diesel Tank truck carrying 3,000 gal (11.4 m3) diesel struck dumpster while turning into an alley, causing rupture MSN Ohio, US in tank and loss of half its load to sewer; no impact on water supplies expected; roads closed for cleanup

4/4/23 nr Paekakariki, road tanker fuel Road tanker collided with truck in ‘Transmission Gully’ on SH1 north of Wellington; substantial fuel spill RNZ New Zealand led to closure of highway in both directions; dam set up to isolate fuel spill; remaining fuel transferred News

10/4/23 Columbiana county, truck soil Truck carrying 20 tonnes of contaminated soil from site of East Palestine derailment overturned on SR 165, Western Ohio, US spilling half its load; 74-year-old driver suffered minor injuries, was cited; no threat to nearby waterway Journal

10/4/23 Lincoln Borough, truck epoxy Truck carrying 80 drums with two-part epoxy chemical ran off road, crashed into ravine, spilling fuel and PostPennsylvania, US chemicals to creek that runs into Monongahela River; dams set up in stream; driver said he lost his brakes Gazette

MARINE/INLAND WATERWAY INCIDENTS

21/3/23 off Leixões, Greta K jet fuel, Fire broke out in engine room of product tanker (24,770 dwt, 2016) shuttling product from Sines to Leixões; Maritime Portugal diesel 12 crew were taken off, seven remained onboard; fireboats sprayed water to prevent fire spreading to cargo Executive

24/3/23 Delaware River, - latex Pipe burst at Trinseo’s plastics plant in Bristol, spilling some 8,100 gal (30 m3) 50% latex polymer solution to Maritime Pennsylvania, US river upstream of Philadelphia; water treatment plants closed temporarily, cutting off supplies Executive

26/3/23 Lombok Strait, Kristin fuel Explosion, fire in forecastle of product tanker (5,000 dwt, 2003) prior to anchoring; three crew killed; FleetMon Indonesia vessel was carrying 5,900 m3 fuel for distribution to islands for Pertamina; no spill observed

30/3/23 Taiwan Strait, Lu Dao You 3 unknown

Fire broke out in engine room of product tanker, with unspecified cargo, some 23 nm east of Quanzhou; FleetMon China to superstructure, threatened cargo tanks; crew evacuated; fire out next day; cargo to be transferred

4/4/23 Suez Canal, Lyric unknown Product tanker Aligote (74,200 dwt, 2010), from Libya, cargo unknown, collided with moored Aframax FleetMon Egypt Magnolia tanker (110,000 dwt, 2016), ballasting from Denmark to Saudi, in Great Bitter Lake; traffic suspended

9/4/23 Sunda Strait, Fortune unknown Tanker (6,450 dwt, 2008), outbound Merak, was struck by tanker Sinar Malahayati (20,950 dwt, 2006) in FleetMon Indonesia Pacific XLIX anchorage; both tankers suffered significant damage; Sinar Malahayati later berthed at terminal to discharge

Miscellaneous Incidents

7/3/23 Madison, roofing asphalt Fire broke out in tank with 11,500 gal (43.5 m3) molten asphalt at Seal Master plant; fire crews Rocking’m N Carolina, US company found it hard to extinguish, were concerned at potential for fire to spread to second tank; dozens evacuated Now

29/3/23 Novara, solvents chemicals

Explosion, fire destroyed warehouse at Kemi plant in San Pietro Mosezzo industrial park; locals advised to ANSA Piedmont, Italy plant keep windows closed, shelter in place; no injuries at plant; environmental agency monitoring air quality

29/3/23 Pelym, pipeline natural gas Explosion, fire on gas pipeline; Gazprom said fire broke out on Yamburg-Yelets 1 gas line during repairs; Newsweek Sverdlovsk, Russia informal reports suggest event was worse than Gazprom said, with videos showing massive flames

30/3/23 Burt, chemical organic Nouryon reported fire broke out in building with 10,000 five-gallon containers of Trigonox 21S organic NOAA New York, US plant peroxide peroxide; some 16 containers said to have exploded before automatic fire suppression kicked in

1/4/23 Dumai, Sumatra, oil refinery fuel Nine workers injured in explosion, fire in gas compressor at Pertamina refinery; several nearby houses were NST Indonesia damaged; several units at plant were affected and could not immediately be restarted already occurred, and instil more urgent motivation to act before more catastrophic disasters result.”

More To Follow

Intended as the first of an ongoing series of publications to be updated as circumstances require, these first Guidelines (101.A) provide a general overview and will be followed by three further documents – regulatory compliance check-lists, risk assessment and emergency response, and training and educational awareness. Stakeholders in the supply chain are encouraged to implement the advice according to their specific operations and requirements but to always keep safety of life as their primary consideration.