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Sök Denizcilik made a statement; “Nea Sao Paolo dismantling is in line with the rules”Sök Denizcilik, which will carry out the dismantling of the ship “NAe Sao Paulo”, which started the asbestos discussions, made a statement. In the statement, it was stated that the rules were acted and investigations were carried out.
The aircraft carrier “NAe Sao Paulo” belonging to the Brazilian Navy will be dismantled in the Aliağa district of İzmir. Because the ship contains asbestos, environmentalists and experts argue that it will harm both people and nature. However, it turned out that the Ministry gave permission to Sök Shipping company for the dismantling of the ship.While the opposition was reacting to this permission, Minister Murat Kurum said that it was in accordance with international conditions and announced that an investigation would be carried out here once the ship came to Turkey. However, Mehmet Şeyhmus Ensari, President of the Association of Asbestos Removal Experts, said, “It was determined that 760 tons of asbestos was found in Clemenceau, which is the twin of the same ship.”According to the news in Sputnik; Upon these discussions, a statement came from the Sök Shipping company. In the statement, it was claimed that the claims that the ship contained a high amount of asbestos were not true and the reports were given as an example. In the statement regarding the radiation claims, “The Nuclear Regulatory Authority, with its opinion letter dated October 25, 2022, after making the necessary examinations, evaluated that there is no radiological problem in bringing the Sao Paulo ship to our country and dismantling it, and submitted this opinion in writing to the relevant institutions. ‘ it was said.’We appreciate your efforts'”We appreciate the rightful efforts of non-governmental organizations and media organs, and we do our best to successfully complete the project without causing any harm to the environment. For this reason, although the tender was concluded on April 12, 2021, our company did not make any official application regarding the bringing of the Sao Paulo ship to our country before we received the detailed inspections, clear analysis and report results, which lasted about 8 months. The application made within the framework of the Basel Convention was made on December 21, 2021, after the Waste Inventory Report and Radiation Measurement Results were received by our company.At the end of the statement, it was stated that the dismantling operations were carried out in accordance with the rules.
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