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Application file to dismantle freighter rejected
On Nov 5, 2019, the Administrative Court of Montpellier rejected the application filed by EPR Port Sud de France to dismantle the 'Rio Tagus'. The freighter has been immobilized in Sète since Oct 2, 2010. In ahis order, the judge of the Montpellier administrative court rejected the request for dismantling the 'Rio Tagus'. The Public Regional Institution Port had filed a request on Oct 23 urgently requesting the scrapping of tthe ship due to the imminent risk of sinking as attested by an expert report drawn up on Sep 10. The ship could not be moved and represented a waste that should be dismantled.
Rio Tagus to be towed to breakers in January
The "Rio Tagus" should leave Sète at the end of January to be dismantled in Barcelona. The vessel was being stuck in the port of Sète since October 2010 due to safety defiencies and is in a fragile state now. 90 % of pollutants have been removed prior to the towage which will be undertaken only in calm weather. The ship will be dismantled by the Spanish company Varadero who bought the ship in Oct 2016 for 11,000 Euros. French report with video: http://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/languedoc-roussillon/rio-tagus-devrait-quitter-sete-fin-janvier-etre-demantele-barcelone-1165975.html
Rio Tago ready to be towed to breakers in Barcelona
The "Rio Tagus", moored at the Paul-Riquet dock in the Cayenne basin in the port of Sète (Hérault), is now ready to leave the port for the last voyage, destined for breakers in Barcelona. The vessel has been almost completely depolluted during the last week, after it was sold at auction to a Catalan company in October for 11,000 Euros. The ship was emptied of toxic products still on board such as oils, fuel, stagnant water in the holds and ballast tanks. The operation was at the charge of the port of Sète anc cost nearly 10,000 Euros. There were only a few signatures left on the validation file to tow the cargo ship from Sète to Barcelona, and the files were being processed. It was very likely that the ship would leave end of January 2017. French reports with photos: http://www.midilibre.fr/2016/12/14/le-rio-tagus-a-ete-vide-de-tous-ses-polluants,1440184.php https://www.francebleu.fr/infos/economie-social/le-rio-tagus-depollue-dans-le-port-de-sete-avant-son-depart-1481740336
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