KPC quashes social media reports:

The Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) on Thursday rejected social media reports that a ship went “out of control at the Shuwaikh Port berth.” A video circulated on the social media is on an incident that took place at the Port of Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic, the KPC said in a statement.

Meanwhile, the statement noted that the Shuwaikh Port had suspended traffic due to bad weather.

The KPC called for verification, checking accuracy and adhering to credibility before publishing news related to the corporation to avoid any negative impact on the country’s trade reputation.

The KPC is a top vital and strategic institution, considered as Kuwait’s “trade and economic artery”, and it contributes up to 80 percent of the state’s trade, the statement stressed. (KUNA)