After the office personnel interrogated the crew of the ship ASTRID L, from which the containers fell, they issued an order according to the Cleanliness Law to the AKKON company, the owners of the containers as well as the owners of the ship. The purpose of the decree: to bring about the cleaning of the beaches and the sea from the scattered waste
Published on: 30.12.22 12:54
The Director of the National Unit for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the Ministry of Environmental Protection, Rani Amir, issued a cleanup order according to the Cleanup Law to the AKKON company – the owners of the cargo of the containers that fell into the sea and the goods inside broke up and scattered off the southern shores, and to the owner of the ship ASTRID L. As a result of the breakup of the containers that fell from the ship In the middle of the sea on Tuesday early morning, plastic materials and other products were washed away in the sea and on the beaches between the Ashkelon National Park and Nitsanim Beach.
Ashkelon coastal containers. Photo: Ikir Hochima, Ministry of Environmental Protection
Ashkelon coastal containers. Photo: Ikir Hochima, Ministry of Environmental Protection
Amir: “Following the fall of the containers, we issued a cleanup order and a demand from the owners of the cargo and the owners of the ship to clean the containers and the beaches, and to keep the beaches clean of the waste that polluted the southern shores of the country. We will continue to monitor the performance of the cleaning and evacuation operations in order to protect the beaches and the marine environment.”
The Ministry of Environmental Protection and the Shipping and Ports Authority, in coordination, issued demands to the owners of the cargo and the ship to dispose of the containers and clean the beaches and the sea of the various plastic and consumer products that were washed away from the containers. We emphasize that the containers do not contain dangerous substances. The Ministry and the Shipping and Ports Authority conducted a comprehensive audit of the ship, and the ship’s crew and the parties involved in the incident will be investigated.
The dirt on the beaches of Ashkelon. Photo: Fred Erzuan, Ministry of Environmental Protection
The office is working with the local authorities and the Nature and Parks Authority to quickly clean up the waste from the beaches and continues to monitor the locating and cleaning operations.
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