apr 18, 2014 - Authorities Inspect MV Rhosus

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"On April 2, 2014, operatives with the Ship Inspection Service, under the directorate general of transport, boarded the ship to verify that the previously noted deficiencies had been addressed. The controllers then noted that not only no repairs had been made, but that the ship's condi-tions had deteriorated. The ship was now in danger of sinking inside the port.

The ministry then submitted a request to the court of summary proceedings for permission to put the ship into dry dock and unload the goods. In this request, the public prosecutor's office merely referred to the presence of "dangerous goods that can cause a chemical reaction and environmental pollution" with the risk that the ship would sink "after having been abandoned by its owners."

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