Transportation
Thailand Races to Stop Toxic Waste Cargo on MSC, Maersk Ships
- Toxic waste shipped from Albania, alleges environmental groups
- Thailand says it doesn’t consent to illegal shipment of waste
The Toxic waste containers are scheduled to arrive at Thailand’s Laem Chabang port on Aug. 20. Photograph: Taylor Weidman/Bloomberg
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Thai authorities are racing to stop about 100 shipping containers allegedly filled with hazardous industrial waste from Albania reaching the nation’s ports.
Basel Action Network, a US-based nonprofit that tracks toxic trade which previously alerted Malaysia to illegal e-waste shipments, last week informed Thailand that containers the organization believes is filled with potentially harmful electric arc furnace dust were heading its way.