October 24, 2014 Letter from Head of the Manifest Department to the Head of the Customs Port of Beirut Service
Ministry of Finance
Customs Administration
Manifest Department
Issued Doc. No.:8602/2/2014
To: Head of Customs Authority in Beirut
In reference to the judicial decision no. 429/2014, dated September 26, 2014, issued by the Court of Urgent Matters in Beirut and the presiding judge, to float the RHOSUS ship and transport the material on board to an adequate place for storage under guard, we hereby note that, on October 23, 2014, work was initiated to unload the aforementioned material and store them in customs’ hangar no. 12, designated for the storage of flammable material, as it turned out that the stored material, namely “Ammonium Nitrate,” was hazardous.
Based on the above, and to avoid any potential disaster resulting from the ignition of the material, and given that their storage requires special facilities that are not available on the port premises, we propose to approve handing them over immediately to the competent security authorities, hence the “Lebanese Army Command,” or re-exporting them, in both cases, requesting the approval of the court of urgent matters.
It remains a duty to bring the dangerousness of the matter to the attention of the judge of urgent matters.
Attached is the complete file.
Beirut, on October 24, 2014
Director of the Manifest Department
Nehme Brax
October 27, 2014
8713/21
[illegible] Manifest Department
[illegible] Date of entry of the ship to Beirut Port, in addition to its manifest, the shipping… the name [illegible]…
Beirut,
Head of the Customs Authority in Beirut
Hanna Fares
8602
November 1, 2014
[Signature not clear]
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