 A company specializing in the disposal of chemical waste, Afvalstoffen Terminal Moerdijk in nearby Moerdijk, tendered for the disposal of the waste (based on the samples it received) for €500,000.Instead, the material was pumped back into the "Probo Koala", which then left port on , appearing on in Côte d'Ivoire, where Compagnie Tommy, which was registered only days before the arrival of the "Probo Koala", was contracted for €18,500 to dispose of the waste.The company contends that no waste was transported from Europe, and the incident was an accident caused by the mishandling by an Ivorian company of waste water used to wash the ship's storage tanks.