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Everybody winters in Burriana. The four humanitarian ships Alan Kurdi, Open Arms, Sea Wacht 4 and Louise Michel have chosen as their base of operations the town 60 kilometers from Valencia, which has now become an NGO port. Favored by the special permission granted by Mónica Oltra, vice president of the Generalitat Valenciana, they can dock without paying commissions. But not without problems and complaints from longshoremen, the site reports. Castellón information: “They do not comply with the security, docking and consumption protocols. The crew members do not wear masks, they do not maintain safe distances, they accumulate garbage on the dock and they consume water and electricity ”..
They are usually moored at the Nordeste dock, near the dry dock of the Varaderos and Talleres del Mediterráneo, occupying a strategic position for maintenance operations. All free. And they would not pay a euro even for the consumption of water and electricity. According to sources from the port environment, heard by the Spanish news portal, they are legally connected to a water collection point, so they would have to pay the cost and most of the time they also dock in the light of the port without paying. Not only. As electricity consumption increases when repairing electrical machinery, they have often caused power outages in the rest of the port. Another problem, also reported by users of the port, is the decay where the dock pours where garbage bags alternate with barbecues, tools, driftwood, cans of paint, and flammable solvents. With safety problems not indifferent to the presence of machinery capable of making them explode. There is also no shortage of tables and chairs accumulated in bulk and used if necessary in free time.
But the permanence of NGO ships in the port of Burriana could also cause other problems safety. Being large boats, they require specific professional skills for maneuvering. However, during wintering, they do not always have their professional crew on board, which is often replaced by untrained volunteers. With the risk that in case of fire or strong storm there would be no one capable of moving them or fixing them to the moorings.
