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(30.04.2022)Amsterdam port employees refuse to unload a ship with Russian diesel

A tanker with Russian diesel, also called gas oil, which was previously refused by port workers in Sweden, dropped anchor off the Dutch coast last night, near the sea lock in IJmuiden. The intention was for the ship to enter the port of Amsterdam, but port employees there refuse to unload it.

Russian ships or ships affiliated with Russia flying the flag of another country are not allowed to dock anywhere in Europe. However, the Sunny Liger flies under the flag of the Marshall Islands and is exempt from sanctions. It could not go to Sweden, because the Swedish dock workers did not want to unload it. The same is now happening in Amsterdam.

Trade union FNV Havens has persuaded the parties involved to refuse the ship access to the port of Amsterdam. Yesterday, the union made the same appeal to port workers in Rotterdam. According to the Port of Amsterdam, it is up to the terminal and other port-related companies such as the tugs and employees of the pilot to decide whether they want to unload the cargo from the ship. The personnel of the port authority, such as the lock keepers and traffic controllers, are obliged to handle the ship when it comes to Amsterdam.

"This ship is not welcome, because we declare it to be infected," said director Asmae Hajjari of the FNV Havens union in the NOS Radio 1 Journaal. She acknowledges that there is no legal basis for refusing the ship: "Colleagues in Sweden have refused it. We do not believe that if port workers elsewhere have not dealt with it, we should carry out the work. In the context of corporate social responsibility, we believe that the companies involved should lead by example and not unload the ship."

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