Major ship collision in UK waters sparks fears of toxic chemical leak

Scientists are afraid that a large collision between the shipping ship and the fuel tanker in the North Sea in the UK can cause a large leakage of toxic chemicals in sensitive freedom habitats, with possible severe consequences for local wildlife.

It was a tanker called Stena Emacula, drawn off the coast of Hull, carrying 18,000 tons of jet fuel, when it was shocked by the Solong container on March 10. Ernest Ross, the owner of the Solong shipping ship, said in a statement that both ships were “great damage.” Huge fires stem from the clouds of black smoke immediately erupted on the ships. A crew member is still reported from Solong.

Early reports indicate that Solong was carrying highly toxic sodium sodium sodium containers, but Ernest Ross said on March 11 that there was no sodium synod. “There are four empty containers that previously containing the dangerous chemical and these containers will continue to be monitored,” the company said in a statement. Both ships were carrying tanks of rental fuel to operate their flights.

“We are very concerned about the multiple toxic risks that these chemicals for marine life can be posed,” Paul Johnston in Greenpeace research laboratories in The University of Exeter, the United Kingdom, said in a statement.

The accident occurred in the waters that are home to the international importance of marine birds, such as Gannets, Kittiwakes and Puffins. Harbour pigs and gray seals multiply nearly, and the site is also on the deportation methods for birds and water birds.

He said: “Chemical pollution resulting from accidents of this type can directly affect birds, and it can also have long -term effects on the marine food networks that support them.” Tom Web At Sheffield University, UK, in a statement. “We have to hope that any spills quickly contain and reduce pollution.”

Crowley, the US -based company, runs the STENA DUSTY, He said Financial times This jet fuel leaked to the North Sea from a rupture shipping tank. Jet fuel is made of light hydrocarbons, and thus will evaporate at a relative speed, which limits its environmental effect.

But the launch of BUNKER will have long -term effects. Alex Lukianov At the University of Reading, the United Kingdom, in a statement. He said: “The marine diesel can strangle wild habitats and wildlife, which affects its ability to regulate the body temperature, which may lead to death.” “Environmental losses can be severe.”

Johnston called on the UK authorities to take urgent measures to contain the release of toxic substances from ships. “We must hope that an environmental catastrophe will be avoided,” he said.

The UK government said it was working closely with the Coast Guard service to support the response to the accident. He speaks in Parliament in the United Kingdom on March 10, Baroneh Soo HeymanA minister at the Ministry of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs said that she was “shocked and worried” in the collision news. She said that the work was underway to assess a scale and the effect of any pollution of collision.