Parida Report Reinforces Need for Resilience in Nuclear Sea Transports

December 17, 2015

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE You may have forgotten the MV Parida (pictured below) we haven’t! It was a Danish registered ro-ro cargo vessel on passage from Scrabster in Scotland to Antwerp, Belgium carrying nuclear waste when it caught fire in October 2014.

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Nuclear Transport Fire Sparks AGM Resolution

March 5, 2015

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE This years Celtic League AGM to be held in Dublin in April will be asked to approve a resolution tightening up International regulations surrounding the shipment of nuclear waste by sea. The resolution is prompted by the serious

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Nuclear Fire Ship Report to be Published Soon Say Danish Embassy

February 28, 2015

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE The Danish Ambassador has responded to a query from the Celtic League about the incident when the Danish vessel, MV Parida, caught fire and was disabled and drifting off N E Scotland. The vessel was carrying nuclear waste

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UK Government Respond on Nuclear Waste Ship Fire

February 22, 2015

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE The United Kingdom government (via its Maritime and Coastguard Agency) has responded to a query from the Celtic League about the fire on a Danish ship, the MV Parida, which was transporting nuclear waste from Dounreay in Scotland

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