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Request for information on animal export license

Igualdad Animal (Animal Equality) on April 13, 2021, has sent a request for information to the General Directorate of Health of Agricultural Production of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food on whether the "Bashar One Transport" has obtained a license to export animals from Spain to the Middle East. In the request for information, the organization has stated that in the summer of 2019 the European Commission issued requirements against the authorization by Romania of the export of 66,000 lambs to the Persian Gulf aboard the vessel. According to the organization, it did so based on an investigation carried out by the Australian organization Animals International that documented the death of "hundreds" of lambs during the voyage, "because the ship's ventilation is not capable of reducing the heat." In the text addressed to the MAP, the entity states that in May 2018 the ship sailed from Fremantle with 69,007 sheep and 263 cattle to the Persian Gulf, but the unloading was delayed for a week and observers reported that the animals had suffered a "severe heat stress for eight days" and there were "sheep breathing with great difficulty". The report recounts other events on the ship in recent years and, therefore, asks the MAPA if this ship has been approved for the transport of live animals from Spain and for what reasons. If this license has not been granted, the association asks the Ministry to detail "for what reasons it has been denied."

Repair of fire damage completed

Repairs of the 'Bashar One Transport' which had a fire on board on March 7, 2020, have been completed in a shipyard in Tuzla. The vessel was shifted to the anchorage in order to carry out sea trials and performance tests. The final test will be carried out in the presence of class surveyors. A new set of trading certificates will be issued upon the completion of the final inspection. The 'Bashar One Transport' remaind stationary in position 40° 50.20' N 029° 13.58' E as of March 8.

Damage survey after fire in Tuzla

The 'Bashar One Transport', which had suffered a fire in Tuzla on Jan 7, was attended by a surveyor panel which carried out damage survey on Feb 3. Subsequently, permanent repairs were commenced by the shore based technical teams as regards class surveyor further recommendations at the repair yard. A fire report was issued by Municipality fire brigade team.