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Ship and barge transport on lakes and waterways present some risk to the environment, people and to fixed installations and buildings. The greatest risk arises from explosion of a flammable gas (propane/butane, gasoline, solvents) cloud escaping from tanker-ship damaged by a collision. Non-combustible gases, such as chlorine or ammonia, can escape from a container as the result of mechanical or corrosion damage and form a toxic gas cloud drifting in direction of populated areas along the lake or river. Another risk may be due to water intrusion into a damaged barge and subsequent leaching of some water soluble toxic substance, which may pollute lakes and rivers, thus presenting a danger to ground-water and aquatic life.
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Nicolet-Monnier, M., Gheorghe, A.V. (1996). Transportation of Dangerous Goods by Ship. In: Quantitative Risk Assessment of Hazardous Materials Transport Systems. Topics in Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality, vol 5. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-2821-8_5
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