
Thailand has not given consent to the shipment of toxic waste that is being transported with at least 100 containers (at least 800 tons) originating in Albania, with a ship of the "Maersk Campton" commercial-water trust.
According to the "Basel Action Network", which gave the first alert from its center in the USA, the ship in question has turned off the signal since July 31 and the location cannot be found, while the next transit stop was announced to be Cape Town. in South Africa. BAN announced that the ship's GPS signal is still turned off and cannot be located.
The local authorities told the media and the public that they have been informed about the ship that is transporting dangerous industrial waste, mainly carbonic-carcinogenic from the filtration of steel melting and are taking measures through the relevant institutions to stop the entry of the cargo and at the same time requesting information and investigations from Albania and South Africa, which are also advised to take measures. The OLAF unit in Albania confirmed that it is following the case in question.
"Relevant government agencies 'have not been notified or consented to these shipments,'" Thailand's Department of Industrial Affairs, which oversees international waste management, said in an e-mail. "We are currently coordinating and monitoring to prevent this illegal traffic," theedgemalaysia reported on the latest developments.
There are strong suspicions that the owners and shippers of the cargo may have changed the discharge destination of the toxic waste en route, following refusals of reception from Thailand.