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The first web2.0 spanish blog about Maritime Affairs. El primer blog web2.0 español sobre el sector marítimo.

Dutch port slated over Ivorian poisoning

 AMSTERDAM 08 December – Authorities in the Dutch port of Amsterdam have been criticised by a local inquiry for their role in a chain of events that led to 10 people dying and thousands falling ill in the Ivory Coast. An Amsterdam municipal inquiry has collectively blamed four agencies for allowing the tanker Probo Koala (now re-named Gulf Jash) to leave port in July, bearing unprocessed slops that were offloaded in the Ivorian port of Abidjan, taken away by truck and dumped on landfill sites in residential areas. The dumped material caused widespread casualties. An Ivorian inquiry has implicated Ivorian authorities and the haulage company in the scandal. The Amsterdam inquiry says that while Marpol regulations permitted the tanker to leave as it did, the slops were "hazardous" and should have been treated. It recommends strengthening Dutch law in providing one authority to oversee future such operations. Dutch-based commodity trader Trafigura chartered the tanker but maintains its slops were not the cause of the casualties. The company's founder and regional manager both remain in prison in the Ivory Coast while police determine if they are to be charged.

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