News / Port of Singapore stops accepting hydrogen peroxide following Chittagong blast

PSA Singapore will no longer accept containers full of hydrogen peroxide at its terminals, following the fatal fire and explosion at a Chittagong depot, which claimed more than 40 lives.

“Following the recent fatal explosion on 4 June 2022 at one of the container facilities in Bangladesh, we have observed a significant spike in the number of containers containing hydrogen peroxide being discharged in PSA Terminals,” the operator said in an advisory on Thursday.

It said hydrogen peroxide is an explosive precursor, controlled by Singapore ...