Xinhua net on August 3, 2012
One container load of Cyanamid from the 80,000 ton Singapore registered ship at Berth No. 4,
Yantian Port, Shenzhen, Guangdong Province leaked on August 3, 2012. The leak was discovered at
about 3:32 p.m. prompting an emergency evacuation of the wharf A HazMat Decontamination operation
was immediately activated by port authority.
Watch Decontamination Video:- http://youtu.be/n7S1enLr-44
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The container belonged to a trading company in Kunshan, Jiangsu Province and was intended for export.
The shipment consisted of 6000 containers, and 670 containers had been loaded on board before the
accident.
Cyanamid is a flammable and highly toxic liquid fluid when exposed to air expands volumetrically with a
very high risk of explosion in confirm space.
By 22:00 pm of August 3, emergence decontamination work was still on going and a risk of explosion
had not been ruled out.
Casualty figure is not immediately available and investigation process has yet to start.
One container load of Cyanamid from the 80,000 ton Singapore registered ship at Berth No. 4,
Yantian Port, Shenzhen, Guangdong Province leaked on August 3, 2012. The leak was discovered at
about 3:32 p.m. prompting an emergency evacuation of the wharf A HazMat Decontamination operation
was immediately activated by port authority.
Watch Decontamination Video:- http://youtu.be/n7S1enLr-44
<a href="http://s1267.photobucket.com/albums/jj559/365Wildfire/?action=view&current=frm00002-69.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1267.photobucket.com/albums/jj559/365Wildfire/frm00002-69.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>
The container belonged to a trading company in Kunshan, Jiangsu Province and was intended for export.
The shipment consisted of 6000 containers, and 670 containers had been loaded on board before the
accident.
Cyanamid is a flammable and highly toxic liquid fluid when exposed to air expands volumetrically with a
very high risk of explosion in confirm space.
By 22:00 pm of August 3, emergence decontamination work was still on going and a risk of explosion
had not been ruled out.
Casualty figure is not immediately available and investigation process has yet to start.
