The ITF Seafarers’ Trust has made a USD $55,000 emergency grant to enable local unions to help the families of those who have died or are in a serious condition, following a release of noxious chlorine gas at the port of Aqaba, Jordan this week.
13 people were reported killed and hundreds injured after a tank containing the toxic gas ruptured at the port Monday. The 25-tonne tank was being loaded by a dockside crane on to the cargo vessel FOREST 6 (IMO:9947354), as a cable snapped sending it...