toxic ships

NGOs Urge on EU’s Intent To Export Toxic Ships To Developing Countries

  • In a new report, the NGOs call upon the EU to take urgent action to reform both the Waste Shipment Regulation and the Ship Recycling Regulation to ensure they are legally consistent with the international Basel Convention.
  • They note with concern that proposals have been made for the EU to enter into a special bilateral agreement with certain shipbreaking states as a supposed legitimate means to circumvent the Basel Convention’s Ban Amendment.
  • Bolstered by a new analysis by the Center for...

https://mfame.guru/ngos-urge-on-eus-intent-to-export-toxic-ships-to-developing-countries/

Three crewmen die from poisoning on Iranian cargo ship

A total of 12 crew members onboard the Iranian cargo ship ‘Nazmehr’ suffered poisoning and three of theme died, according to information by Iran’s Ambassador to Baku as cited by local media.

The dry cargo ship was en route from Kazakhstan to Baku, Azerbaijan, loaded with grain, when the crew was sickened by an unspecified ‘chemical substance’ which was used to preserve the cargo. The incident was reported about 21 miles off the island of Pirallahi, in central Caspian Sea.

The Azerbaijani coast...

https://safety4sea.com/three-crewmen-die-from-poisoning-on-iranian-cargo-ship/