Batam Seals Waste Carrier Ship

Friday, 27 February, 2009 | 12:22 WIB 

TEMPO Interactive, Batam:The Batam’s Regional Environmental Impact Management Agency (Bapedalda) has sealed the MT Xing Guang 7 ship. The Korean-flagged ship was carrying 3.800 tons of dangerous and poisonous substances. 

The iron rusted sand waste – also known as foresand – was also sealed to prevent it from being secretly carried by the owner. “We are investigating the case,” Batam’s Bapedalda chief Dendi Purnomo told Tempo yesterday. The laboratory test showed that the waste was positive, containing dangerous and poisonous substances. “We have reported it to the Environment Ministry for legal processing,” he said. 

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