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China Port Authorities to Tighten Supervision of Dangerous Goods Shipments

China Port Authorities to Tighten Supervision of Dangerous Goods Shipments

Reuters
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August 19, 2015

Smoke is seen near the site of last week’s explosions at Binhai new district in Tianjin, China, August 17, 2015. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon

 

ReutersSHANGHAI, Aug 19 (Reuters) – China’s port authorities will strengthen supervision of dangerous goods shipments following devastating explosions at Tianjin port last week, the Ministry of Transport said on Wednesday.

Port authorities from provinces including Zhejiang, Liaoning and Guangdong have asked shipping firms involved in relevant activities to conduct self-inspections to check safety standards, and pledged to crack down on any illegal activities, according to a report posted on the ministry’s website.

Over a hundred people have been killed by the blasts at a warehouse which stored hazardous chemicals at Tianjin Port. The Chinese owner of the warehouse did not a license to handle hazardous goods until two months before the disaster, according to its government-registered company records.

(Reporting by Brenda Goh; Editing by Kazunori Takada)

(c) Copyright Thomson Reuters 2015.

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