Stop Live Exports calls on the IMO, among others, to:<\/p>\n – develop binding international regulations for livestock carriers, covering vessel design, stability, ventilation, waste management, crew safety and animal welfare.<\/p>\n – include mandatory contingency plans to end the risk of open-ended voyages for animals that are refused permission to unload in the specified importing countries. As part of this, guarantee the ability to unload and manage any livestock into quarantine stations at arrival at the importing country, to avoid any welfare issues which occur all too frequently, for example the MV Spiridon II<\/em> in T\u00fcrkiye during October\/November 2025, and others before.<\/p>\n – undertake a comprehensive review of Port Reception Facilities availability for animal effluent, wastes and carcasses in ports where livestock vessels operate, and of Garbage Record Books entries on disposal of animal wastes and carcasses to investigate compliance with MARPOL convention, especially Annexes IV and V.<\/p>\n The letter sent to the IMO by the coalition is, among other references, based on the report published by Robin des Bois and the Animal Welfare Foundation (AWF) in March 2024 on the condition of the 64 EU-approved livestock carriers<\/a>. It is a great pride for Robin des Bois to be playing a useful role in this major issue. You will be informed of the IMO’s response and the outcome of this long-term campaign.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Spiridon II<\/em> left Montevideo, Uruguay, on September 19 with 2,901 cows bound for T\u00fcrkiye. <\/p>\n <\/p>\n See also: <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Only in French.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":112371,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-112363","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-actualites"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/robindesbois.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112363","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/robindesbois.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/robindesbois.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robindesbois.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robindesbois.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=112363"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/robindesbois.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112363\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":112374,"href":"https:\/\/robindesbois.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112363\/revisions\/112374"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robindesbois.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/112371"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/robindesbois.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=112363"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robindesbois.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=112363"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robindesbois.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=112363"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/robindesbois.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/vache-AP-RobindesBois.png\")
Victim of a livestock carrier. Zealand Island, Denmark, January 8, 2014
\n(see “Shipbreaking” #34<\/a>, pp. 1-2, published in February 2014)
\n\u00a9 AP\/Niels Hougaard<\/p>\n
\nShe arrived off the coast of Bandirma, T\u00fcrkiye, on October 22. The unloading of the cows was refused due to controversy over the exact origin and tracking of the animals.
\nOn November 14, the shipowner announced the return of the Spiridon II<\/em> to Montevideo.
\nFrom November 18 at 17:27 (16:27 UTC), she cannot be located. Her AIS is disconnected. The last available location places her off the coast of Tunis.
\nIn fact, the Spiridon II<\/em> turned back. On November 22, she arrived in Benghazi, Libya. She is believed to have unloaded cows.
\nOn November 24, she leaves Benghazi and the shipowner announces her arrival in Alexandria, Egypt.
\nOn November 27, she changes course and arrives in Beirut, Lebanon.
\nOn December 10, she is still there. She is on ballast. She is empty.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/robindesbois.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Carte-SpiridonII-10decembre2025-MarineTraffic-RobindesBois-1024x642.png\")
<\/a>Marine Traffic screenshot, December 10, 2025, 9:30 a.m.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/robindesbois.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/logos-stop-live-exports_Robindesbois-762x1024.png\")
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\n<\/strong>Press release n\u00b04, \u201cSpiridon II<\/em> \u2013 The ghost livestock carrier\u201d<\/a>, November 24, 2025, updated November 27, 2025
\nPress release n\u00b03, \u201cDramatic turn of events\u201d<\/a>, November 24, 2025
\nPress release n\u00b02, \u201c26,000 km at sea for nearly 3,000 cows\u201d<\/a>, November 17, 2025.
\nPress release n\u00b01, \u201cLivestock carriers: 2,901 cows in distress\u201d<\/a>, November 12, 2025<\/p>\n<\/div>\n