Ship’s oil spillage

ACCORDING to the group ‘Verdemar Ecologists in Action’, the remains of oil from the ‘OS 35’ ship that has been stranded east of Gibraltar since August 30 last year, are reaching the coast of the Cadiz region of Campo de Gibraltar.

In a statement published on Thursday, April 6, they argued that oil has appeared on beaches in the municipalities of Algeciras and Los Barrios.

“Today there were frequent oil stains from the Palmones river in Los Barrios to the beach of La Concha, in El Rinconcillo, in Algeciras,” they claimed. “Specifically, these were balls of oil mixed with seawater and oil stains. We believe that the vessel still has the remains in its holds and oil circuits of hydrocarbons that may come out as a result of the storm,” they added.

Jose Ignacio Landaluce, the mayor of Algeciras, confirmed in a statement the arrival of the remains of the spill on the Rinconcillo beach and called on Gibraltar to take responsibility for this situation.

Landaluce recalled that he has been warning of the danger of the ship remaining aground. It is a warning that: “the governments of Spain and Gibraltar have ignored,” he insisted. “These problems are the result of these mistakes,” the mayor stressed.

The mayor reported that since early on Thursday morning, work had been carried out to remove the fuel oil deposits that had appeared on the coast.

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