Georgia ammonium nitrate. Oversight of ammonium nitrate georgia public broadcasting. After beirut experts warn of dangerous gaps in us. It had been traveling from georgia to mozambique in 2013 when it experienced an apparent malfunction and made an unscheduled stop in beirut the reports said.
The vessel and cargo remain to date in. The manufacturer sells hundreds of thousands of tons of fertilizers to many traders and companies around the world. Ammonium nitrate is not flammable in itself associate professor stewart walker from the school of forensic environmental and analytical chemistry at flinders university in adelaide australia.
It was carrying 2750 metric tons of ammonium nitrate an industrial chemical commonly used around the world as a fertilizer and in explosives for mining. It came from the nation of georgia and had been bound for mozambique. The ammonium nitrate had been.
The moldovan flagged ship stopped in. Global production was estimated at 216 million tonnes in 2017. Ammonium nitrate nitrogen fertilizer.
It came from the nation of georgia and had been bound for mozambique. Company name rustavi azot llc. The experts and regulators are calling for the federal government to renew efforts to bolster safe storage handling use and transport rules for ammonium nitrate in the us.
Owing to the risks associated with retaining the ammonium nitrate on board the vessel the port authorities discharged the.