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INCIDENT LOG

ROAD/RAIL/AIR INCIDENTS

Date Location Vehicle Type Substance Details Source

28/3/20 Akure, Ondo, Nigeria truck dynamite Truck carrying dynamite to quarry in Edo state developed mechanical fault, causing fire that ignited cargo; Vanguard blast injured 13 people, damaged more than 70 homes; fewer people around than normal due to lockdown

8/4/20 Moro, Kwara, Nigeria

14/4/20 Eveleth, Minnesota, US road tankers gasoline, Three gasoline tankers and one car were in head-on collision with three other road tankers with diesel at Guardian diesel Oloru-Kanbi; 12 died, mainly on tankers; police blamed bad driving

road tanker — Tank truck overturned in apparent single-vehicle accident; driver was pinned in cab and died; photo showed Star some release of product but no indication as to nature of load Tribune

20/4/20 Montgomery county, freight train herbicide Freight train struck tank truck, presumably on grade crossing; cargo of Roundup weedkiller spilled from train, WSLS Virginia, US was contained on tracks and cleaned up; no word on contents of tank truck; one person injured

22/4/20 Sunol, California, US road tanker ethanol, Tank truck crashed on off-ramp, spilling some diesel from fuel tank; cargo of ethanol was transferred to diesel another tanker; one person injured in crash East Bay Times

27/4/20 Ogba, Lagos, Nigeria

28/4/20 Samalaju, Borneo, Malaysia

28/4/20 Afrin, Syria

29/4/20 Charlotte, N Carolina, US road tanker diesel Road tanker caught fire while delivering 33,000 litres diesel to NNPC filling station; fire spread to rest of filling station and neighbouring car showroom; 30 cars burned in fire; no injuries reported Premium Times

road tanker palm oil Road tanker overturned, crashed into drain on Pan Borneo Coastal Highway, spilling much of 10,000-litre The Star palm oil load; fire crews deployed foam to prevent ignition; spill contained after wreck was craned off road

road tanker fuel Bomb placed on fuel tanker exploded in market, crowded ahead of Ramadan, killing at least 47 with dozens The more badly injured; officials blamed Syrian Kurdish fighters; several cars, shops caught fire National

rail tank car hydrochloric Fire crews were called to reports of leaking tank car, found spill of hydrochloric acid; nearby businesses acid advised to shelter in place; no injuries reported; cause of leak unclear; not known who owns the tank car WSOC

MARINE/INLAND WATERWAY INCIDENTS

Date Location Vessel Substance Details Source

25/3/20 off Malta Lady Sandra — Inland product tanker, presumed in ballast, broke in two in rough seas 13 nm off Malta; all crew rescued, gCaptain though liferaft ruptured; unclear what inland tanker, thought working as bunkering vessel, was doing in open sea

10/4/20 Dakhla, Morocco Aziz Torlak unknown Oil/chemical tanker (7,620 dwt, 2010), arriving from Cartagena in load, ran aground on entry to Dakhla port; FleetMon no hull damage or pollution reported; vessel refloated 11 days later with tug assistance

11/4/20 off Zhoushan, Ningda 10 unknown Coastal tanker, thought to be in cargo, grounded on rocks 11 nm off Zhoushan while en route Ningbo; hull Shipwreck Zhejiang, China was damaged, causing water ingress; all crew rescued with no reported injuries; no word on pollution Log

13/4/20 Detroit,

Albert/ Michigan, US Margaret diesel Tug and barge with some 95,000 bbl diesel for Green Bay ran aground on mud bank in mouth of Detroit River Shipwreck in Lake St Clair; USCG attended, found no leak; investigation underway Log

15/4/20 Tanjung Penyusop, Wan Da unknown Product tanker (500 dwt, 1989), thought to be in cargo, capsized off Johor; all crew rescued; wreck drifted into Shipwreck Johor, Malaysia shipping lanes and had to be taken under tow to Riau Islands; some pollution spotted at site of capsizing Log

MISCELLANEOUS INCIDENTS

Date Location Plant type Substance Details Source

11/3/20 Delaware City, oil refinery oil Delaware, US Two workers seriously injured when fire broke out at PBF Energy refinery; nearby roads closed as smoke Delaware drifted over wide area; no details on what happened but investigation will be undertaken News J’l

15/3/20 Pengerang, oil refinery diesel Five people killed in explosion, fire in diesel hydrotreater unit at Pengerang Integrated Complex, jointly Johor, Malaysia owned by Petronas and Saudi Aramco; cause of blast unclear but operator will conduct full inquiry Insurance Journal

15/3/20 Festac, Lagos, Nigeria pipeline oil Tipper offloading sand caught fire, which spread to nearby pipeline that had earlier been vandalised by oil Channels thieves; massive explosion killed at least 15, destroyed some 50 buildings over wide area TV

10/4/20 Meraux, Louisiana, US oil refinery oil Explosion, fire in one of the processing units at Valero refinery caused one minor injury; blast could be felt WWL across the Mississippi River in Algiers; fire put out in two hours; cause of explosion not known