Container ship– Spirit of Auckland, reported chemical leak from among its IMDG container pre-arrival Port of Tauranga which mosted likely to prepared setting with fire combating actions.
As informed by the Fire and also Emergency New Zealand representative, 2 fire staffs from Tauranga and also Greerton terminals were contacted us to the Port of Tauranga to prepare and also examine for a feasible chemical leakage.
Port of Tauranga interaction supervisor Rochelle Lockley stated the chemical leakage occurred onboard the container ship Spirit of Auckland prior to it got here from Panama this mid-day.
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Lockley stated the leakage was from a shutoff on among the containers and also the ship’s team repaired the leakage and also consisted of the solvent spill onboard the ship.
The leakage was reported to the Port of Tauranga Authority a couple of days ago prior to the ship’s arrival in Tauranga.
The 2 fire staffs got on hand as a precaution step up until it was considered risk-free for the port stevedores to start dumping the containers, she stated.
However, Lockley stated the specific container that dripped would certainly not be unloaded as it was predestined for Sydney which was where the ship was headed next off.
She stated no one was wounded as an outcome of the splilling.
Reference: nzherald.co.nz
