00:00The boss of the Port of Tyne is back in calls for safer transport of plastic pellets.
00:06An estimated one billion nurdles entered the North Sea after a collision involving two vessels at the port in July.
00:13The pellets have since washed up on beaches across the northeast.
00:18Port executive Matt Beaton says the port and organisations are asking the International Maritime Organization to consider tougher international rules.
00:27The M.I.O. is already developing a mandatory code covering packaging, identification and stowage.
00:34Beaton says nurdles should be classified differently and carried in containers or safer parts of ships.
00:41The port has faced criticism over its response.
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