Incident Report

Subject:                 Dutch Safety Board Report into Odfjell Terminals Rotterdam 200 – 2012 Period  

Date of Email report:   Thu 18/07/2013

Report Detail:

The inspectors established that there was three main failings:

·       Major maintenance backlog to the floating roof and pressure valves
·       Inappropriate equipment was being used in explosion hazard area
·       Tank cooling and fire protection systems had not been tested for many years

What is of concern is that these failings were notified to the company by inspectors years earlier, however the company had not taken effective measures to address these  shortcomings.  Following political and local citizen concerns/pressure the company shut down operations in July 2012.

 It’s a quick read (summary report)  with process safety lessons for every operator….

Additional Documentation:

Dutch Safety Board Report into Odfjell Terminals Rotterdam 200 – 2012 Period