A ship carrying hundreds of tonnes of possibly toxic industrial waste returned to Albania’s largest seaport of Durres on Monday, months after setting sail to dispose of the material in Thailand.
Publish dateTuesday 29 October 2024 - 10:42
Story Code : 299499
Afghan Voice Agency (AVA) - Monitoring: The Turkish-flagged Moliva container ship, believed to be carrying around a hundred containers filled with suspicious waste, was expected to be tested by Albanian authorities.
“The ship is anchored in Durres about one kilometer from the port,” Jim Puckett, director of the Basel Action Network (BAN) a non-governmental organization that combats the export of toxic waste to developing countries, said.
Puckett was at the Albanian port, awaiting the vessel’s expected docking in the afternoon. “We would hope that the prosecutor’s team will be here when the ship arrives,” Puckett said.
He urged them to “put the containers under high security watch and not allow them to be opened until it can be done in an organized way, in the public view, so that the contents can be sampled and later analyzed,” he added.
The Moliva left Albania in early July and according to documents Albanian customs authorities at that time its cargo consists of industrial waste, specifically “iron oxide,” whose export is authorized.
However, information passed on to BAN by a whistleblower suggests the cargo actually contains electric arc furnace dust./Dawn News
“The ship is anchored in Durres about one kilometer from the port,” Jim Puckett, director of the Basel Action Network (BAN) a non-governmental organization that combats the export of toxic waste to developing countries, said.
Puckett was at the Albanian port, awaiting the vessel’s expected docking in the afternoon. “We would hope that the prosecutor’s team will be here when the ship arrives,” Puckett said.
He urged them to “put the containers under high security watch and not allow them to be opened until it can be done in an organized way, in the public view, so that the contents can be sampled and later analyzed,” he added.
The Moliva left Albania in early July and according to documents Albanian customs authorities at that time its cargo consists of industrial waste, specifically “iron oxide,” whose export is authorized.
However, information passed on to BAN by a whistleblower suggests the cargo actually contains electric arc furnace dust./Dawn News
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