A nitrogen barge carrying 1,000 mt sank on the Danube River, according to Serbian environmental authorities on Jan. 5, which were monitoring the situation and testing the water. The barge sank after hitting a bridge at the border with Croatia just after midnight. The German ship Antonia was towing the barge Lola-5.
Croatia closed the bridge and border crossing and was inspecting the bridge for damage, according to the Associated Press, which said the ship was traveling from Austria to a Serbian port just north of Belgrade. More details about the kind of nitrogen or its owner were not immediately available.