FacebookTwitterEmailLinkedin An environmental pollution incident occurred on Monday, May 18, 2026, at the northern lock of the Kiel Canal near the city of Kiel, when a Cypriot-flagged vessel allegedly discharged an oily substance into the water. According to the Kiel Water Police Station, officers were alerted at approximately 1:40 p.m. after reports of visible water pollution in the lock basin. Initial findings suggest that the spill occurred at the Kiel North Lock and quickly spread across an estimated area of around 60 by 50 meters (approximately 3,000 square meters). RelatedNews Iran claims oil spill in the Gulf caused by tanker dump Fire aboard berthed ferry injures crew member var jnews_module_21373328_0_6a0d8a3ca72ff = {"header_icon":"","first_title":"Related","second_title":"News","url":"","header_type":"heading_8","header_background":"","header_secondary_background":"","header_text_color":"","header_line_color":"","header_accent_color":"","header_filter_category":"","header_filter_author":"","header_filter_tag":"","header_filter_cpt_post_tag":"","header_filter_cpt_tribe_events_cat":"","header_filter_cpt_web_story_category":"","header_filter_cpt_web_story_tag":"","header_filter_text":"All","sticky_post":false,"sticky_post_filter":false,"post_type":"post","content_type":"all","sponsor":false,"number_post":"2","post_offset":0,"unique_content":"unique1","include_post":"","included_only":false,"exclude_post":"21373328","include_category":"","exclude_category":"","include_author":"","include_tag":"59,695,1737","exclude_tag":"","exclude_visited_post":false,"post_tag":"","tribe_events_cat":"","web_story_category":"","web_story_tag":"","sort_by":"latest","show_date":"","date_format":"default","date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","pagination_mode":"disable","pagination_nextprev_showtext":"","pagination_number_post":"2","pagination_scroll_limit":0,"ads_type":"disable","ads_position":1,"ads_random":"","ads_image":"","ads_image_tablet":"","ads_image_phone":"","ads_image_link"