Islamabad: Pakistan on Saturday said the container confiscated by Indian authorities at the Port of Mundra Gujarat on the cargo ship bound by Shanghai “empty” but previously used for fuel transportation from China to Karachi for K-2 and K-3 power nuclear power plants.
Pakistan’s foreign office issued a statement in response to questions from the press about reports about the media about the “possible radioactive material” deprivation “by Indian authorities in Port Mundra on a cargo ship to Shanghai in China.
The Foreign Office said the authority of the Karachi nuclear power plant had notified that this was a “empty container” which was returned to China, which was previously used for fuel transportation from China to Karachi for K-2 and K-3 nuclear power plants.
“The container is ’empty’ and the cargo is stated properly as harmless in shipping documents,” said an overseas office.
Also said that K-2 and K-3 nuclear power plants in Karachi and the fuel used in this case plants are under the supervision of the International Entergy Agency (IAEA).
Reports on ‘spikes of radioactive material’ are factually wrong, said the statement.
Adani Ports and Special Economic Zones (APSEZ) on Friday said Customs and Directorate of Income with the Intelligence Team (DRI) arrested several containers at the Port of Mundra from foreign ships about fears that they contained dangerous cargo that was not declared.
The dangerous cargo container was confiscated on the way from Karachi in Pakistan to SH Anghai in China, and the container was not destined for the Port of Mundra.
The largest port operator in India in a statement said that while the cargo was registered as harmless, the container confiscated has a hazard class – which shows radioactive substances.
“On November 18, 2021, a common customs and team dri confiscated several containers at the Port of Mundra from foreign ships about fears that they contained dangerous cargo that was not declared.” …
Although the container is not destined for the port of Mundra or other ports in India but are on the way from Karachi in Pakistan to Shanghai in China, the government’s authority has lowered them at Mundra Port for further inspection, “said Adani, said the Adani Group Conglomerate, say.