Local April 4, 2018 - 3:59 pm

Scammers bring fuel labeled as boat sludge

Santo Domingo.- The Society of Fuels and Derivatives Companies (SEC) on Wed. denounced a distortion, “shrouded behind the Marpol agreement (set of international regulations to prevent marine pollution),” by bringing hydrocarbons to the country labeled as sludge from ships.

“It violates regulations stipulated by the Industry and Commerce Ministry Law and executive order 307-01…, which establishes requirements and conditions to develop the commercial activity of the hydrocarbons and which every marketing chain actor or agent must comply to operate regularly,” the SEC said in a statement.

The entity, which groups seven of leading fuel distribution companies, says the measures which regulates the unloading, customs clearance and marketing of recyclable oily residues slop or sludge, don’t definitively solve the problems created by the waste in recent years.

The SEC stressed the need to halt the practice of bringing fuels under “the false appearance of waste.”

COVID-19

December 21, 2024 - 9:15 am

Dominican Republic receives international equipment certification

December 21, 2024 - 9:09 am

Country registers 10,168 probable cases of dengue, 12 deaths

December 20, 2024 - 8:40 am

DIGEMAPS issues health alert over counterfeit mental health medications

December 17, 2024 - 8:25 am

Dominican Republic Consulate promotes the country as manufacturing leader at Barcelona Health Hub

MOST READ

World

Trump nominates Leah Francis Campos as U.S. Ambassador to the Dominican Republic

Local

Training talent is the challenge for Dominican Republic to use and develop AI

Tourism

Government announces investment of RD$ 300 million for tourist highways in the East

World

Trump praises Dominicans for support in U.S. elections

MORE NEWS

Local

Zile Foundation urges deportation truce after fatal accident

Local

Two fatalities and multiple incidents mark start of Christmas Operation 2024

North Coast

Abinader to visit Puerto Plata on Christmas Eve to aid flood victims

Local

Heavy rains displace thousands in Puerto Plata