Chemicals fear
NZPA-Reuter Zeebrugge
A net was secured over the gaping bow doors of a capsized British car ferry yesterday to prevent any dangerous cargo escaping after two drums were seen drifting in the sea, port officials said. There was no immediate word on what the recovered drums Contained, but the Belgian Transport Minister, Herman de Croo, said yesterday that his Government was concerned that dangerous chemicals might have been on board the Herald of Free Enterprise. Commenting on a report by the Belgian news agency, Belga, that two lorries on board were carrying 111 drums of cyanide-based chemicals, the Minister said most such ferries would cany some dangerous chemicals.
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Press, 9 March 1987, Page 10
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