According to reports, the container ship “Shanghai Voyager” owned by the South Korean shipping company Sinokor Merchant Marine Co., Ltd had a dangerous chemical leakage accident during its docking at Gwangyang Port, South Korea.

According to the South Korean Coast Guard, at about 4:00 a.m. local time on February 15, they received an alarm that a container on a container ship docked at Gwangyang Port was damaged, causing the loaded dangerous chemical ethylene to drop. Leakage of Ethylidene norbornene.

Even more unfortunately, while trying to move the damaged container, another accident occurred, causing other containers to fall onto the damaged container, exacerbating the spill of hazardous chemicals. It is estimated that 20 tons of ethylidene norbornene have leaked into the cargo hold, some of which has flowed into the sea through scuppers.

However, the South Korean Coast Guard did not release the name of the ship, only mentioning that the ship involved in the accident was a 27,000-dwt, Panamanian-flagged vessel with 20 crew members on board.

According to AIS data, the only Panamanian-flagged ship currently docked at the Gwangyang Port Container Terminal is the “Shanghai Voyager” of  Sinokor Merchant Marine Co., Ltd, 2535TEU. According to the data, the “Shanghai Voyager” is 199 meters long, 32 meters wide, and has 27,061 deadweight tons. It was built in 2011 and is currently operating on the South Korea-China-Southeast Asia route. Before calling at Gwangyang Port this time, the ship also called at Penang, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Busan and other ports.

The Korea Coast Guard said: “The plan to jointly deal with the accident has been negotiated with the relevant departments, and it is planned to use a crane to handle the damaged container.”