The Norwegian company Odfjell has
under heavy pressure decided to entirely close for the moment its tank farm in
the Rotterdam region. The company’s director Laurence Odfjell has admitted that
the facilities do not meet environmental and safety standards. It will have to
replace all cooling and extinguishing facilities on its more than 140 tanks
with new ones. The company has apologized for its failures and hopes that the
safety shutdown and restoration plans will remove the protests in society
regarding its activities. The Dutch Environmental and Safety authorities consider
the safety shutdown the correct response in view of the situation at Odfjell.
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