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Stolt-Nielsen: Stolthaven New Orleans Flooded

Stolt-Nielsen Limited : Stolthaven New Orleans Flooded following Hurricane Isaac Landfall. Stolt-Nielsen Limited (Oslo Børs: SNI) announced today that hurricane Isaac made landfall in southern Louisiana in the early hours of August 29, 2012 as a category 1 hurricane. The hurricane has caused serious flooding at our Stolthaven New Orleans terminal located at Braithwaite resulting from failure of the levee surge protection system with parts of the terminal being under as much as seven feet of water. All personnel on-site are reported to be safe, and we have currently no reports of any environmental issues or failure of product containment systems.