Ship with suspected toxic waste returns to Albania
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Durr s, Albania: A ship carrying hundreds of tonnes of possibly toxic industrial waste returned to Albania s largest seaport of Durres on Monday, mont...
Durrës, Albania: 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.
The Turkish-flagged Moliva container ship, believed to be carrying around a hundred containers filled with suspicious waste, was set to be tested by Albanian authorities.
"The ship is anchored in Durres about one kilometre from the port," Jim Puckett, director of the Basel Action Network (BAN) a non-governmental organisation that combats the export of toxic waste to developing countries, told AFP.
Puckett is currently at the Albanian port, awaiting the vessel's arrival.
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 authorised.
