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A company in Türkiye had got the contract to dismantle the ship containing tons of asbestos. After months of protests from environmental groups, the government revoked permission for the ship to enter Türkiye's territorial waters.

A Türkiye-based company got the contract for the dismantling of the ship. However, after Brazil failed to prepare a new hazardous materials inventory report, Türkiye revoked the permission for the dismantling.

The Ministry of Environment announced it had revoked the permission for the ship's scrapping in Türkiye. Environmental groups say the ship is still being towed to the country. The company that got the contract for the scrapping of the ship expressed its intentions to fulfill the contract.

This ship had already left Brazil's territorial waters when Türkiye made a request for a new hazardous materials investigation, said an institute affiliated with Brazil's Ministry of Environment.

The report comes as an aircraft carrier is reportedly heading to Türkiye for dismantling, which will cause the release of tons of dangerous substances.

Opposition politicians and environmental groups slammed the government, which is also accused of hiding the real amount of harmful chemicals that the São Paulo vessel contains.