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Cartagena will host in October a conference on chemical risks

The Minister of Presidency, Maria Dolores Pagán, and the president of the Port Authority, Antonio Sevilla, today visited the port of Cartagena and held a meeting which addressed various issues related to security in the field of competence of the Port Authority.

Among the issues discussed is the celebration in Cartagena, next October, the IV Congress Workshop, which will address the study and analysis of technological risks and, in particular, chemical hazards, and their impact in case of accident.

This event will also object the establishment of strategies and procedures for intervention in this type of disaster, exchange of experience and information on technological risks, mainly chemicals, the establishment of recommendations for the civilian population and knowledge of experiences on the occasion of accidents.

The Minister of Presidency stressed that "a congress of these characteristics is of great interest to Cartagena and its region and, together, for the Region of Murcia, given the importance of the port of Cartagena and the industrial center of tailings in the field of chemical industry, and the will of the government and professional fire department in advancing security of citizens, property and natural heritage ".

The first congress was held in 2011 in Tarragona, a city that also has a major port with potentially dangerous goods traffic, and the next in Barcelona and Bilbao.

"From our firefighters, who came to be present in these meetings since the first edition, is the initiative to bring up our land this meeting, which has the support of the Port Authority and the region", said Maria Dolores Pagán.

Moreover, the minister and the president of the Port Authority discussed the possibility of establishing new channels of cooperation between the two administrations in emergency by signing specific agreements which contribute to improving security in the area of ​​the port of Cartagena .

Source: CARM