Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change Minister Murat Kurum made a press statement stating that the notification approval for the NAE São Paulo ship that will come to Turkey was canceled and that the ship would not be allowed to enter Turkish territorial waters. In his statement, the Minister Institution said, “Never run a second audit process under the supervision of international independent audit institutions and audit teams of our Ministry, although it is included in the notification condition; Due to the fact that the 'Hazardous Goods Inventory Report', which should be prepared by showing the places where asbestos and other dangerous substances are found on the ship plan and photographing the sampling points, was not submitted to our Ministry; It has been decided to cancel the conditional notification approval given for the ship "NAE Sao Paulo". In line with this decision; The ship will not be allowed to enter Turkish territorial waters.” said. Minister Kurum also emphasized that they have always complied with international law in accordance with the legislation on every ship that has come to our country for dismantling operations, and said, “Not only on the NAE Sao Paulo ship; we closely followed every step of the process on all ships; We did not allow any steps that would harm our environment and our people. May our nation rest in peace. From now on, we will NOT allow it.” used the phrases.
Environment, Urban Planning and Climate Change Minister Murat Kurum announced that the Brazilian navy ship Nae Sao Paulo, which will come to the ship dismantling facilities in İzmir Aliağa, will be sent back. In the statement of the Ministry, as a result of the request made to the Ministry by the Brazilian Basel Convention Competent Authority IBAMA (Brazil Institute of Environment and Renewable Natural Resources), the former military aircraft carrier named NAE Sao Paulo has been transferred to Sök Denizcilik ve Tic. Ltd. Sti. He reminded that the notification application submitted for dismantling was given conditional approval on 30 May 2022 'provided that inspection is made before entering our territorial waters and dismantling is done under the supervision of experts appointed by the Ministry'.
Minister Institution, since the beginning of the process; Emphasizing that the obligations are fulfilled in accordance with the Basel Convention, to which we are a party, "We have expressed our rights arising from international law, we have repeatedly shared that in case of any dangerous negativity, we will not accept the ship without any hesitation and will send it back before it enters the territorial waters of our country. Upon the provisional injunction decision of the Brazilian Federal District Court regarding the ship, with our letter dated August 9, 2022, we sent a letter to the Brazilian Competent Authority IBAMA and Sök Denizcilik ve Tic. Ltd. Sti. We asked the company to submit the court decisions and the "Hazardous Goods Inventory Report", which was re-prepared before the ship came to our country," he said.
Listing the reasons why the ship was not allowed to enter Turkish territorial waters, the Minister Kurum said, "At this point; Although it is included in the notification requirement under the supervision of international independent audit institutions and the audit teams of our Ministry, a second audit process is not carried out; Due to the fact that the 'Hazardous Goods Inventory Report', which should be prepared by showing the places where asbestos and other dangerous substances are found on the ship plan and photographing the sampling points, was not submitted to our Ministry; It has been decided to cancel the conditional notification approval given for the ship "NAE Sao Paulo". In line with this decision; The ship will not be allowed to enter Turkish territorial waters,'' he said.
We did not allow any steps that would harm our people.
Stating that, "We have always done what is required by international law in accordance with the legislation on every ship that has come to our country for dismantling operations," the Authority said, "Not only on the NAE Sao Paulo ship; we closely followed every step of the process on all ships; We did not allow any steps that would harm our environment and our people. May our nation rest in peace. We will not allow it anymore,'' he said.
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