Port or tanker
Bow Jubail — Rotterdam jetty collision and bunker spill
23 June 2018
Port of Rotterdam, Netherlands
What happened
The product tanker Bow Jubail struck a jetty while berthing in ballast at the Port of Rotterdam and spilled about 217 tonnes of bunker heavy fuel oil. Oil contaminated quays, jetties, revetments, fenders and more than 100 ocean-going vessels and inland barges; a smaller amount escaped the port and reached Nieuwe Maas riverbanks. Responders skimmed oil, established vessel-cleaning stations and captured roughly 500 oiled swans for rehabilitation.
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- Evidence
- Documented
- Confidence
- High
- Infrastructure
- Port or tanker
- Latitude
- 51.9500°
- Longitude
- 4.1200°
Attribution
Responsibility has not been established in the cited reporting.