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San juan, puerto rico

M/V Ibn Khallikan; San Juan, Puerto Rico · NOAAORR-6398

issued
1986-08-25 00:00Z
status
cancelled 1986-09-08 00:00Z
self-cancels
1986-09-08 00:00Z
authority
NOAA OR&R
sea
North Atlantic Ocean
position
18.440, -66.101
vessel
M/V IBN KHALLIKAN
source
incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z

Original warning text

M/V Ibn Khallikan; San Juan, Puerto Rico.
San Juan, Puerto Rico.
1. On August 25, 1986, the U.S. Coast Guard Marine Safety Office, San Juan, Puerto Rico, was notified by the master of the M/V. Ibn Khallikan, which docked in San Juan Harbor, of a possible leak of phosphorus pentasulfide from the vessel. The master moved three 20-foot shipping containers, which had a rotten egg smell, from below decks to the top deck in an effort to vent any vapors. The shipping containers, believed to presently have only empty cylinders inside, had last held phosphorus pentasulfide. The cylinders had subsequently been washed with caustic soda and had been rendered inert before shipment. USCG district 7.
2. COMMODITY: PHOSPHORUS PENTASULFIDE.
3. POSITION 18.440N 066.101W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 6398: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/6398

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