Iranian authorities have seized a bulk carrier carrying sugar after accusing it of dumping oil, bilge water and industrial sludge into the Strait of Hormuz, state media reported on Monday.
Esmaeil Makizadeh, deputy head of Hormozgan’s Ports and Maritime Department, told IRNA that the vessel was seized after images showed oil being discharged into the sea.
“Following the publication of images of the discharge of oil into the sea… expert and clean-up teams were dispatched to the site and seized the ship causing the pollution,” Makizadeh said.
He said the bulk carrier had dumped a mixture of burnt oil, bilge water and industrial sludge directly into the sea. The department said the pollution spread into several small slicks because of sea currents, but clean-up teams contained the waste.
The waste has since been removed from the water, and the vessel has been handed over to the judiciary, Makizadeh said.
Iranian authorities did not identify the
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