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Ship carrying ‘hazardous materials’ docked at Gadani
Interpol had warned Pakistani authorities to not let vessel enter
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A ship full of hazardous materials arrived on Wednesday in the coastal town of Gadani located in Balochistan’s Lasbela district despite repeated Interpol warnings.
The Deputy Commissioner of Lasbela has taken notice and ordered concerned authorities to conduct an inquiry into how a ship filled with hazardous materials can be docked at Gadani Shipbreaking Yard. According to sources familiar with the matter, it has been brought to the yard for shipbreaking.
The Gadani Shipbreaking Yard is the third largest ship-breaking yard in the world and consists of 132 ship-breaking plots.
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Ship Containing Hazardous Material Arrives At Pakistan s Gadani; Authorities Launch Probe
Pakistan has launched a probe into the anchoring of a ship at Gadani shipbreaking yard despite Interpol s warning that the vessel contains dangerous chemicals
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Pakistan authorities have launched an investigation into the anchoring of a ship at the Gadani shipbreaking yard despite Interpol s warning that the vessel contains dangerous chemicals. The Environment Protection Agency of Balochistan has sealed the plot of Gadani yard, where the ship was anchored for scrapping and sent the samples of loaded material to three private laboratories in Karachi.
The Lasbela deputy commissioner ordered the probe on Wednesday, asking the concerned authorities to ascertain how the ship reached Gadani despite the presence of dangerous material in the ship.