The load of ammonium nitrate first carried into the Norfolk port by the damaged ship MV Ruby has been taken to the Ivory Coast, in west Africa. It brings an end to a saga which began more than six ...
Ammonium nitrate is not explosive unless exposed to high temperatures and mixed with organic substances. International Transport Workers' Federation coordinator Ian Bray said a deadly explosion at ...
It held 20,000 tonnes of ammonium nitrate fertiliser, which is generally safe but can become explosive if improperly managed and exposed to heat or pressure. Norfolk County Council last month said ...
He said the cargo of 20,000 tons of ammonium nitrate would need to be unloaded ... is carrying more than seven times the amount of the explosive involved in the Beirut blast in 2020.