A ship is leaking a substance in the port of Moerdijk near the industrial estate. It is an unknown type of gas. According to a spokeswoman for the Security Region, the leak is above the waterline, so the gas is released into the air. “We are now looking at how we can solve this.” It is still unclear whether it concerns a hazardous substance.
The emergency services have scaled up to Grip 1, which means that an incident can have consequences for the environment, such as a gas cloud. The ship, the Trans Catalonia, is an oil tanker. It may therefore be inert, a low-oxygen gas that is used on oil tankers to reduce the risk of explosion.