Tag: oil spill
Boat Captain allegedly responsible for recent large oil spill in Gibraltar charged
THE boat Captain who is said to be responsible for the spill of heavy fuel oil in the Bay of Gibraltar earlier this month...
Aft of wrecked ship to be lowered to seabed to prevent more pollution during weekend storm
GIBRALTAR authorities have agreed to lower the aft section of the beached OS 35 bulk carrier to the seabed before an incoming storm on...
British insurance company to pay part of €1.8 billion in damages to Spain government for disastrous 2002 oil spill
A SPANISH court has ordered a British insurance firm to cough up part of €1.8 billion in damages to the Spanish government.
The A Coruña...
Two years’ jail for captain of Prestige tanker which created huge oil spill
Supreme Court sentences Prestige tanker captain to two years in jail for negligence
Court case over Europe’s ‘worst environmental disaster’ goes to Spain’s Supreme Court
The decision to acquit three Greek sailors over the 2002 Prestige tanker spill has been met with widespread criticism