Carriage of Methanol - Dangerous Goods - without proper certification

Methanol was being transported from place to place offshore, without appropriate Dangerous Goods certification. Methanol is very flammable. The incident occurred during the refuelling of a LIDAR buoy at an offshore wind farm. This involved carrying methanol cannisters on board a vessel, recovering the buoy, loading the methanol into the buoy, and redeploying the buoy. The vessel which carried out the work was not in possession of a Dangerous Goods Document of Compliance.

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