SEOUL, KOREA - The governmentauthorities launched a joint investigation as hydrofluoric acid leaked from acontainership which sailed from China to the Port of Busan.Results of the firstinvestigation showed that the leakage of hydrofluoric acid caused no loss oflives or major marine pollution.
At 5:50 pm of October14, the Changwon Coast Guard and the Busan Regional Maritime Affairs & PortAdministration received a report that hydrofluoric acid leaked from a 50,000-toncontainership, belonging to the world’s No. 1 container line Maersk, which was 55kilometers south away from Yeokji Island in Tongyoung in South GyeongsangProvince.
A local shipping agencywhich was one who reported to the police said “Hydrofluoric acid leaked fromone of the containers loaded with hydrofluoric acid cargoes. Fortunately,however, there was no loss of lives and the volume of leakage was small.”