Massive explosions occurred at a container storage station at the Port of Tianjin (Binhai New Area) on Wednesday, August 12th. While the first explosion registered as a 2.3 magnitude earthquake, equivalent to 3 tonnes of TNT, the second larger explosion was estimated at 21 tonnes. 139 deaths resulted and 34 others remain missing. A huge crater was formed at the blast site, with estimated 18,000 containers and over eight thousand new cars damaged or destroyed. The 10th busiest global container port handled 14.05 million TEU in 2014. (More at: www.bbc.com)
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