A Chinese-controlled bulker that put South African authorities on high alert nearly three months ago is likely to resume service soon, after the last of its compromised cargo is dumped at open sea.
The 56,700-dwt NS Qingdao (built 2011) was releasing toxic fumes into the atmosphere in the port of Durban at the end of October when the sodium metabisulphite it was carrying reacted with rain.
