Toxic timeline

2 July: Probo Koala docked at Amsterdam after unloading at Algesiras, Spain. It asked Amsterdam Port Services (APS) to empty its slops tank. More than 500 cubic metres (m3 ) were unloaded and taken to port. Saying the pollution was serious and the waste was not the one declared, APS demanded US$1000 per m3, then after negotiations $750. As it was too expensive for Trafigura, the slops were pumped back into the ship ...

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Spain, Dutch, Estonia, Nigeria, N'zi Kablan, Salomon Ugborugbo, Jean-Pierre Valentini, Laurent Gbagbo, Marcel Gossio, Pierre Amondji Djédi, Fatou Diakité, Claude Dauphin, Centre Ivoirien Antipollution, Le Monde

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