Response to 1,500-tonne oil spill in port Primorsk involved 350 persons, a source says

The response to 1,500-tonne oil spill in port Primorsk involved 350 persons and 25 units of emergency equipment provided by the Emergency ministry and other authorities, IAA PortNews learnt from a source in the port. According to the source, the spill affected several hectares of marshland.

As IAA PortNews was informed earlier by the press center of the Emergency Ministry’s Department for the Leningrad region, the information about the oil spill in port Primorsk was received on September 28, 2013, at 17:30. According to it, the spill of water-oil emulsion occurred in the territory of Spetsnefteport Primorsk LLC. 1,500 cmb of materials spilt from industrial storm collector of the tank farm’s storage and contaminated the strip of land (0.5-1.5 m wide) as far as 150 m from the site.