“The vessel went down with 640 containers, including 13 with hazardous cargo and 12 containing calcium carbide,” the statement said
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If a big boat sinks and it isn’t in the Suez or Panama Canal, does it even count? I want days of drama and CEOs pearl-clutching and revising quarterly expected earnings or whatever.
And it’s hazardous? This news just sucks. Not one ounce of comedy was on that boat.
I’d like to make the point that this is not typical.
When calcium carbide is exposed to water it causes a reaction producing acetylene gas, which is highly explosive.