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Andrew Spurrier, Paris
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Apr 22, 2010 10:25 AM
FRENCH port state inspectors have banned a 40-year-old car ferry from leaving the port of Brest on the grounds that the crew are not competent to take charge of the vessel.
The 1970-built, 1,908 gt Pentalina B has been at the centre of controversy in France, where an environmental organisation has cited it as an example of the offloading of old European ferries to developing countries.
The vessel, which was previously...
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