After the refusal of the Spanish authorities to authorize the Maersk Denver to make a stopover at the Juan Carlos I terminal of APM at the port of Algeciras on Saturday, the Israeli ship docked on Friday at the port of Tanger Med 2 in Morocco, Europa Sur informs. The Maersk Denver departed from the Newark-Elizabeth maritime terminal, between New York and New Jersey, on October 31, specifies the same source.
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The Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs explained that the government refused a port call to this ship after finding that it was transporting military equipment to Israel. A second ship, the Maersk Seletar, which left New York on November 4, is also expected in Algeciras on the 14th of this month. For the moment, this ship has not communicated its destination.
At least 25 ships carrying 1,185 arms shipments weighing more than 13,000 tons from the United States to Israel stopped at the port of Israel, according to an investigation by the Progressive International and the Palestinian Youth Movement. Algeciras between May and September 2024. Registered in the name of the Israeli Ministry of Defense, these shipments include armored vehicles, projectiles and various military equipment, we specify.
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“Failure to act and allow the arrival of ships capable of carrying weapons to support a violation of human rights and genocide, as evidenced by the resolutions of January 26, March 28 and May 24, 2024 of the International Court of justice, is intolerable,” said the left-wing Sumar party. As a reminder, in May the Spanish government refused a stopover in Cartagena (Murcia) to a ship loaded with 26.8 tonnes of explosives coming from Madras (India) bound for Haifa (Israel).
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