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The concessionaire causes an environmental massacre in the port of Durrës, the state does not act

2023-03-29 21:24:20Aktualitet SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
The concessionaire causes an environmental massacre in the port of Durrës,
The concessionaire causes an environmental massacre in the port of Durrës, the state does not act

In the last 5 years, more than 3 million tons of goods such as scrap, coal, chrome, cement, etc. have been processed in the Eastern Terminal of the port of Durrës. Most of the materials processed there pose a constant risk of contamination.

As soon as the set of Inside Story shows up, they are approached by people demanding to stop filming in the area immediately. A nonsensical request that does not violate any commercial norm related to maintaining confidentiality. If you look at the footage, the refusal by the employees of the company that operates this terminal makes sense.

Tons of scrap and minerals are scattered in complete violation of environmental criteria.

"If there are mineral residues in the quay, rain falls, the drainage of the quay goes directly to the sea, it is easy to imagine that there will be pollution that does not affect the basin. The clinker dust that rose into the air went around the city, on the windows, etc., says Bledar Konçi, former crane operator of the EMS concessionaire.

The repatriation goods processing service is carried out by a concession company called "EMS Albanian Port Operator" since May 2013. So, the contract was signed by the Berisha government just 1 month before the parliamentary elections of that year and has a duration of 35 years. The law stipulates that the subject must be provided with an environmental permit and the relevant state structures have the obligation to monitor the fulfillment of the criteria.

"Environmental problems in the Port of Durrës have been continuously followed by the Regional Environment Agency following the legitimate concerns of the residents of the city of Durrës about air pollution from dust particles of various minerals. In the history of this issue on port operators, some administrative measures and interim decisions have been taken for the suspension of certain operations from time to time, recommending the implementation of Environmental norms", says Diana Mile, director of the Regional Environmental Agency.

"Explosives were found at the terminal. Among the scrap were unexploded shells, cartridges, etc., etc. All that volume of scrap, you didn't have any measures to take, we just hoped we wouldn't have bad luck", says the winchman Konçi.

Not only pollution, the reports reveal how the private sector risked the collapse of the piers

Inside Story has obtained exclusive documents that talk about inspections related not only to pollution, but also to the violation of criteria for weight-bearing quantities of the quay. This is proven through two acts of ascertainment accompanied by the relevant photos. The act-findings belong to January 7 and 12, 2021.

But, let's analyze it concretely. In the deed-stating, the amounts of deposited zinc that you see in the photo are at a height of 2 meters. According to the formulas, the load turns out to have reached a full 14.28 tons per square meter. Meanwhile, the allowed weight is only 6 tons per square meter. So, in addition to the pollution, the indiscriminate disposal harms the safety of the quay, the asset of the Albanian state.

"It is the respect of the permitted parameters of weight bearing, of the materials in the squares and piers of the port, this constitutes a risk for damage to the infrastructure", says Ilir Hoxha, director of the Finance Directorate at the Durrës Port Authority.

The company that suffered these violations has been operating the Eastern Terminal for 10 years and is one of the 3 concessions in the Port of Durrës today. The fact that 2 of these concession contracts were signed during the campaign for the 2013 elections and one before the 2011 elections stands out.


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