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Easterly winds delay lifting of OS 35 from Gibraltar’s Catalan Bay with wreck removers on standby
WRECK removers are getting ready to lift the two broken sections of the OS 35 from the Gibraltar seabed after easterly winds again delayed...
‘HEARTBREAKING’: Nautilus Project chief says OS 35 oil spill was ‘extremely detrimental’ to Gibraltar
A MARINE protection group has highlighted the ‘heart-breaking’ Gibraltar oil spill that will affect local sea life for ‘at least a decade’.
Nautilus Project co-founder...
Contractors give new date of June 16 for full removal of OS 35 shipwreck off Gibraltar’s coast
THE Dutch company employed by owners of the OS 35 to remove the shipwreck from Gibraltar’s coast will only be able to complete the...
Wreck removers extract over 33,000 tonnes of steel from remains of bulker off Gibraltar coast
CONTRACTORS have now removed all the cargo of steel bars stored in the shipwrecked bulk carrier off Gibraltar’s coast.
Dutch company Koole brought out 33,632...
Workers redeploy oil barriers around OS 35 wreck as storm passes in Gibraltar and salvage continues
AS this week’s storm passed Friday, port workers got to work redeploying the floating oil barriers around the OS 35 shipwreck off Gibraltar’s coast.
Captain...
New storm Sunday threatens further oil spills from stricken bulk carrier shipwreck off Gibraltar coast
THE shipwreck off Gibraltar’s coast is bracing itself for a new storm on Sunday that could further break it up and cause more oil...
OIL SPILL: Workers lay down protective boom around OS 35 shipwreck as storm passes
GIBRALTAR’S Port Authority has returned the oil barriers around the OS 35 as seas calmed down enough after last week’s Levante storm.
Captain of the...
Workers clean up three Gibraltar beaches stained by fuel oil leak after beached ship breaks in two
CLEAN-UP crews have already started to comb Gibraltar’s Catalan Bay, Sandy Bay and Little Bay for oil stains and tarballs caused by the break-up...
DISASTER: More oil spills onto Gibraltar beaches after shipwreck breaks up further in latest storm
AUTHORITIES are urging people stay away from Gibraltar’s Eastside beaches after violent storms broke up the OS 35 shipwreck further, tragically blackening local beaches.
Captain...
Wreck removers take out over half of cargo from beached OS 35 after hull continues to break up
WRECKAGE removers have taken out over half of the cargo of steel inside the stricken bulk carrier beached 700 metres from Gibraltar’s coastline.
By the...
Salvage tug and barge remove cargo of metal poles from beached ship in Gibraltar
SALVAGE crews have started to remove the cargo of metal poles from the stricken bulk carrier beached on Gibraltar shores.
A Koole tug and barge...
Crane barge starts to break up OS 35 bulk carrier shipwrecked in Gibraltar waters
A WRECK removal company has started to take away the cranes from the beached bulk carrier lying off the coast of Gibraltar since August.
The...
Shipwreck remover Koole takes over operation to break up remains of beached OS 35 on Gibraltar shores
WRECK removal contractor Koole is taking over from caretakers Resolve in looking after the bulk carrier shipwreck 700 metres from the Gibraltar coastline.
Captain of...
Wreck removal tugs head to Gibraltar as OS 35 shipwreck gets stripped down to bare metal structure
SALVAGE crews are continuing to strip down the bulk carrier beached in Gibraltar waters as the machinery needed to remove it gets ready to...
OIL SPILL: Stranded ship off Gibraltar coast gets back its boom after wave damage
THE sunken shipwreck in Gibraltar is now releasing less oil than before as port workers repaired part of its protective boom.
Gibraltar Port Authority (GPA)...
Sunken ship leaks some more oil after weekend Levante waves lash Gibraltar coast
PORT tugs watched over the shipwreck on the Gibraltar coast during a weekend of stormy weather that released some more oil into the sea.
The...
Gibraltar port gives owners May 30 ultimatum to remove oil-polluting ship from its coastal grave
THE OS 35 shipwreck must be fully removed from its location 700m off Catalan Bay by May 30 next year, the Captain of Gibraltar...
OIL SPILL: Cleanup teams remove oil from Gibraltar waters over weekend after discovering leak
OIL is disappearing from Gibraltar waters after salvage teams started to patch up the leak from the shipwreck stranded off Catalan Bay.
Cleanup crews have...
Gibraltar oil spill cleanup continues amid fears of pollution harming fish and beaches along the coast
AUTHORITIES have advised the public to stop fishing and not to eat anything caught in Gibraltar seas as the cleanup of the latest oil...
Cleaners tackle Gibraltar beaches hit by wind-driven new oil spill from beached ship
CLEANING teams are still removing oil from Gibraltar beaches released after the sinking of the OS 35 bulk carrier off Catalan Bay.
The strong easterly...
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...
Gibraltar neighbour La Linea will serve complaint on OS 35 bulk carrier for oil spill
LA Linea council is planning to serve a complaint on the owners and insurers of the beached OS 35 after its oil spill ground...
Cranes remove possible pollution threats from stricken Gibraltar shipwreck
AFTER a calm night at the site of the beached bulk carrier, the salvage team continues to remove more objects and fuel residues that...
Pumping of oil from Gibraltar shipwreck continues after busy weekend cleaning up spill after-effects
SALVAGE crews continue to remove all oil and chemicals from the stricken ship off the Gibraltar coast on Monday, the government reported.
Strong winds have...
WATCH: Most diesel oil now removed from beached OS 35 bulker as barges focus on pumping out fuel oil
BARGES set about pumping out fuel oil after most of the diesel was finally pumped clear from the beached OS 35 bulk carrier at...
Fuel oil from stricken cargo ship reaches western Gibraltar coastline threatening water supply
FUEL oil that leaked from the beached bulk carrier off Catalan Bay is blackening western facing bathing spots in Gibraltar.
Tugs have been laying out...
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