Apus 
- Name
- Apus
- Accident date
- 17/12/1998
- Location
- The Netherlands
- Accident area
- North Sea
- Spill area
- Offshore
- Cause of spill
- Nature of pollutant
- firelighters
- Quantity spilled
- 2,100 boxes
In 1998, the ferry Apus lost a container of 2,100 boxes of firelighters off the Dutch coast. These products contained substances that are harmful to human health and the environment: urea-formaldehyde and kerosene.
Recovery of firelighters grounded on the coastline required treatment of over several cubic metres of sand. Costs were reimbursed by the ship’s owner.
Source:
- Bonn Agreement, 1999, Chemical spills at sea: case studies, BONN 99/3/6-E
External links
CIIMAR database: fate and weathering of Hazardous and Noxious Substances (HNS) involved