An Yue Jiang anchored off Luanda Harbour
looks like the communist Chinese pulled a fast one on the world last week when they said the ship had been called home with cargo. nice try China!
The Chinese ship carrying weapons for Zimbabwe is anchored off Luanda and shows no sign of returning to China, says the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF).
In a statement issued on Thursday, the ITF general secretary, David Cockroft, said the federation trusted that the vessel, the An Yue Jiang, was waiting only to refuel and “that no attempt will be made to land any of its cargo of arms.”
The ITF said although there were 20 ships waiting to dock in Luanda ahead of the An Yue Jiang, “there is no guarantee that it will not be allowed in ahead of them, allowing it to arrive before or during tomorrow’s national holiday in Angola.”
The An Yue Jiang sailed for Angola 10 days ago after it was prevented from offloading its cargo, first in Durban, South Africa, and then in other ports on the east coast of Africa.
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