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Lithium Battery Fire – container illegally loaded with discarded lithium batteries caught fire while enroute to a port

On August 19, 2021, a container illegally loaded with discarded lithium batteries caught fire while enroute to a port.

The container was intended for a maritime voyage.  The batteries caught fire on the highway resulting in loss of the cargo, and significant damage to the shipping container.

 

For full details, please click here

 

We are grateful to the United States Coast Guard for providing details.  We acknowledge their commitment to sharing learning to benefit others.  If you have similar operations, please share this information with managers, operatives and any potentially affected third parties as appropriate.  Please also review any of your relevant operations for similar hazardous conditions, risks, and controls.

 

Learning content like this is highly valuable as it is based on real-world experience.  We encourage everyone with publishable information about incidents to send it to us, so that we can raise awareness across the whole industry.  Please contact us at secretariat@ichca.com; sharing your insight could save a life or prevent injury.

JonM2022-04-25T15:49:04+01:00April 20th, 2022|

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