Incident Log

ROAD/RAIL/AIR INCIDENTS

Date Location Vehicle Type Substance Details Source

28/8/21 New Hampton, freight train ammonia Two injured during derailment of six locos, four cars of CP train after heavy rain; one tank car with anhydrous CBS Iowa, US ammonia leaked, prompting evacuation; some leak of diesel and lubricant from one loco

29/8/21 Avondale, road tanker — Arizona, US Two workers collapsed, died after entering tank truck at Danny’s Truck Wash; four firefighters needed hospital treatment for heat exhaustion; not clear what was in the tanker before cleaning AZ Central

31/8/21 San Carlos City, road tanker fertiliser Road tanker with liquid fertiliser overturned on national highway, rolling onto passing tricycle; one killed, Inquirer Philippines one seriously hurt on bike; tanker driver taken into police custody

31/8/21 Banning, road tanker fuel California, US Tank truck crashed, overturned on I-10, spilling 9,000 gal (34 m3) unspecified fuel to road; highway was closed in both directions for initial response; remaining fuel had to be transferred CBS

3/9/21 nr Montrose, road tanker cooking oil Road tanker with cooking oil overturned on N3 after crashing into barrier; tank was ruptured, spilling oil that IOL KZN, South Africa spread over 5 km in both directions; highway closed while road was cleaned, remaining cargo transferred

5/9/21 Ijagbo, Kwara, Nigeria road tanker LPG Driver, attendant injured by explosion when hose ruptured during delivery of ‘gas’ (presumably LPG) at filling station; nearby residents fled, fearing further explosions The Eagle

12/9/21 Nueva Vizcaya, road tanker gasoline, Road tanker with 40,000 litres diesel, gasoline ran off bridge in Bagabag Town, exploded on impact; driver Inquirer Philippines diesel and helper died in fire, three others hurt; blaze spread to nearby areas

20/9/21 nr Williamsdale, road tanker gasoline, B-double tanker with 48,000 litres diesel and gasoline caught fire on Monaro Highway; driver suffered smoke Canberra ACT, Australia diesel inhalation injuries but no others hurt; entire cargo burned; highway closed overnight during firefighting Times

MARINE/INLAND WATERWAY INCIDENTS

Date Location Vessel Substance Details Source

7/8/21 Novorossiysk, monobuoy crude oil Failure of hydro compensator led to spill of light crude from monobuoy at Caspian Pipeline Consortium FleetMon Russia terminal during loading of Suezmax Minerva Symphony; spill estimated to cover 80 km2

7/8/21 Gulf of Paria, pipeline crude oil Authorities were alerted to an oil slick near Point-a-Pierre refinery, spreading into sea; booms deployed; oil FleetMon Trinidad also found in Guaracara River, traced to a leaky pipeline; threat to fishing industry in Claxton Bay

22/8/21 Campeche Sound, oil platform crude oil Five workers died, six were injured and two reported missing after fire on Pemex’s Ku-Maloob-Zaap offshore Splash Mexico platform in Gulf of Mexico; significant impact on Mexican oil output; Pemex investigating cause of fire 247

24/8/21 Baniyas, Syria power plant fuel oil Substantial leak of fuel oil from Baniyas Thermal Plant reached sea, drifted westwards and threatened coasts of Northern Cyprus and Turkey; spill estimated at 20,000 bbl; cause of spill not known

25/8/21 off Bejaia, Global Lake — Algeria Three crew, including captain, died aboard tanker (7,500 dwt, 2014) during tank cleaning; one crewman collapsed in tank, captain and bosun went to help but were also overcome; tanker berthed at Cartagena Maritime Executive

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3/9/21 Beirut, Lebanon FM Spiridon cattle feed Three workers were overcome by fumes from cattle feed that had been soaked with seawater after livestock FleetMon carrier developed list, emitting some sort of gas; one died, two were rescued;

4/9/21 Ho Chi Minh, Morning unknown Fire broke out in container aboard feeder vessel while handling cargo at Ben Nghe port; crew were unable Maritime Vietnam Vinafco to extinguish fire, which captain said broke out in container that had been loaded overnight, contents unknown Executive

5/9/21 off Port Fourchon, pipeline crude oil USCG responded to reports of large oil spill off the coast, which was traced to a ruptured 12-inch offshore Maritime Louisiana, US pipeline; not clear if damage was caused by Hurricane Ida, which had just passed through, or from other source Executive

8/9/21 Rotterdam, An Chang lithium Fire broke out in cargo hold of bulk carrier berthed in Botlek; firefighters brought fire under control, found FleetMon Netherlands batteries cargo of lithium batteries; reports indicate fire took a long time to extinguish completely

9/9/21 Aratu,

Forte de LPG Bahia, Brazil São Marcos Explosion reported in cargo tank of LPG carrier (7,200 m3, 2003), followed by white smoke; small fire was FleetMon extinguished by crew; inspectors said blast happened during degassing, suggesting smoke was gas vapour

9/9/21 off Port Elizabeth, MSC Katrina unknown Containership suffered explosion, fire while en route Lomo for Durban; not under control after blast, cause of FleetMon E Cape, South Africa which is unknown; was taken under tow and headed for Durban, though progress was slow in bad weather

16/9/21 Catania, Sicily, Italy Luebeck yellow Fire broke out in container with yellow phosphate aboard containership docked at Catania; cargo known to FleetMon phosphate give off toxic gases when burning; fire brought under control, damaged container offloaded

MISCELLANEOUS INCIDENTS

Date Location Plant type Substance Details Source

2/8/21 Dahej, chemical chemicals One worker killed, two injured by explosion in chemical tank at SRF manufacturing unit in Bharuch district of NDTV Gujarat, India plant Dahej; explosion was followed by fi re, which was dealt with by responders; cause of blast not clear

15/8/21 Coolidge, pipeline natural gas Explosion on Kinder Morgan gas line killed two people in nearby home, with another seriously injured; Arizona, US operator closed valve at Tucson, shutting down fl ow; no workers involved in incident, cause of which is unclear KTAR

30/8/21 nr Mash’en, pipeline crude oil Estimated 100 m3 oil leaked from Eilat-Ashkelon pipeline; operator repaired affected section overnight, Jerusalem Israel removed 800 tonnes contaminated soil; criminal investigation underway Post

2/9/21 Berchem, service propane Aire de Berchem, Europe’s largest fi lling station, was closed after leak developed in 55,000-litre propane tank; RTL Luxembourg station source of leak could not be found so tank had to be emptied; fi re crews from seven towns in attendance

7/9/21 Otzolotepec, LPG fi lling LPG Following earthquake in Guerrero state, there was an explosion at the Otzologas LPG fi lling station on México, Mexico station Amomolulco-Ixtlahuaca highway; four people injured, nearby homes damaged MMCF

10/9/21 Pamiers, metallurgical acid Fire broke out in tank with unspecifi ed acid at Aubert & Duval plant, which makes aviation and automotive 112. Ariège, France plant parts; dense cloud of black smoke over small town; residents advised to shelter in place; cause not yet known int’l

13/9/21 Camargo, fuel depot fuels 13 people were injured by two explosions at Sedcam depot; thought that fi rst involved a gas cylinder, which The Rio Chuquisaca, Bolivia led to blast in tanks with gasoline, diesel; all those hurt were inside the facility Times

16/9/21 Barauni, oil refi nery unknown Some 15 workers were injured, eight seriously, by explosion at Barauni oil refi nery, two days after start-up Orissa Bihar, India after maintenance; all operations stopped; refi nery’s engineers investigating cause Post

16/9/21 Pune, fi reworks candles One worker killed at small unit making fi rework cake candles after fi re broke out during mixing of explosive NDTV Maharashtra, India plant materials, possibly caused by heat from lamp; police investigation ongoing

27/9/21 Lake Charles, chemical ethylene Six contract workers injured by explosion during maintenance work on ethane cracker at Westlake Chemical KPLC Louisiana, US plant facility; company said there was a fl ash fi re, which did not spread