Offstream
news

2011-01-13

Chemical tanker

A tanker carrying sulfuric acid capsizes in the Rhine in Germany with two crew members missing.

"M-T Strinda", a Norwegian-owned chemical tanker, is hit by at least one missile launched from Yemen, with the vessel reportedly in flames in the Red Sea. The USS "Mason" is responding to a distress call from the ship, according to U.S. officials.
2023-12-11

A train hauling 40 cars derails in the St. Clair Tunnel between Port Huron, Michigan and Sarnia, Ontario, spilling 13,700 gallons of sulfuric acid and closing the tunnel for several days.
2019-06-28

North Carolina authorities have ordered evacuations covering a half-mile radius because of air quality, possibly including harmful sulfuric acid, from a massive fire at a metal recycling plant in Mooresboro. Officials say the blaze has been extinguished, as of 7:15 a.m.
2019-04-29

A chemical spill at the MGP Ingredients plant in Atchison, Kansas, United States, injures 26 people and leads to evacuations. The spill of sodium hypochlorite and sulfuric acid produces a toxic fog.
2016-10-21

45,000 citizens of Koblenz, Germany, are allowed to return home after bomb squads defused World War II bombs that were hidden under the Rhine for almost 65 years.
2011-12-4

Somali pirates hijack a Singaporean chemical tanker in the Gulf of Aden, carrying a cargo of ethylene glycol.
2010-06-28

Distributed under CC BY-SA 3.0 and available in many open API formats: Markdown, HTML, JSON and XML. Push nofitications via Twitter.

Original news text authored by contributors of Wikipedia® Current Events Portal is available under CC BY-SA 3.0 ; additional terms may apply. Open graph meta tags contents: titles, descriptions and images delivered by the news sources are explicitly public and their display constitutes fair use, however each item may contain registered trademarks of third parties and/or specific limitations on reuse; additional terms may apply. Names of the news sources are registered trademarks of respective media organisations.

By using this site, you agree to the Wikimedia Terms of Use and Offstream Privacy Policy & Terms of Use. Wikipedia is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organisation. Offstream is not affiliated with Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.

2011-01-13

Chemical tanker

A tanker carrying sulfuric acid capsizes in the Rhine in Germany with two crew members missing.

Related