Irish beef cattle
Tripoli, 15 January:
Cows from Ireland are just weeks away from being transported to
Libya, subject to the proposed shipping vessel getting approval from the
Irish authorities.
Al Mahmoud, a Syrian livestock trading and shipping firm which is
working with the Irish Waterford Livestock export company, has
extensively refurbished one of its vessels in preparation to ship the
first consignment of Irish cattle to Libya in 17 years.
The Al Mahmoud Express, which is understood to have been built in
1983, is due to receive approval in two weeks time that it now meets
Irish standards. Once approved, the vessel will transport 2,900 beef
cross bulls under 24 months of age that have been health-checked.
The Irish Independent reported the president of the Irish Framers
Association, John Bryan, as saying that the Irish Department of
Agriculture had made “substantial progress on re-opening the live trade
to Libya, Egypt and the Lebanon, with veterinary certificates now in
place for all three markets for the first time since 1995.”
Libya imported Irish cattle for 36 years until 1996 when, following
an outbreak of BSE, the country banned cattle imports from Europe.libya herald.
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