31.01.2014 - 09:03 [ Organisation für das Verbot von Chemiewaffen ]

Trans-loading of Syrian Chemicals to be Undertaken at Port of Gioia Tauro in Italy

(16.01.) The OPCW Director-General, Ambassador Ahmet Üzümcü, confirmed today that the Italian Government has agreed to allow the port of Gioia Tauro for priority chemicals brought from Syria by cargo vessels to be trans-loaded onto a U.S. ship, the MV Cape Ray. The port is located on the Mediterranean coast of southern Italy and is specialised in transhipment activities.