Thursday, 04 February 2010 13:52
On 25 January 2010, a ship was bunkering fuel in the early hours of the morning in Durban harbour. Something went wrong with the lines, which caused ±4 000 lt of bunker fuel to spill into the harbor. Spilltech was contacted and responded to site immediately.
On arrival at the oil spill, two teams were set up. The Spilltech Hazmat team began applying BIOZORB to the surface of the water, while a second team set up several retention booms to prevent any of the oil spill from escaping out to sea.
Spilltech Team Worked Through the Night
Because this was quite a big oil spill, the Spilltech team worked through the night until all the bunker fuel was absorbed.
All contaminated product was removed from site in heavy-duty bags for disposal at a registered landfill site. The site was signed off by the necessary department.
