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Dockers refused to unload cargo after it got wet
After the 'Lintan' arrived at Szczecin on Dec 18, 2019, the dockers refused to offload its’ cargo of zinc concentrate, loaded in Salalah, fearing a mass explosion. The cargo had become wet during the voyage, and started to emit hydrogen, which may lead to explosion. The holds first must be filled with inert gas to neutralize dangerous mix of hydrogen and oxygen. The ship left the Katowickie Dalby Bulk Cargo again on Jan 5, 2020, at 10.30 a.m., being bound to Hamburg with an ETA as of Jan 7. On Jan 6 she was moored off Skagen in pos. 57° 38.30' N 010° 41.54' E.
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