Tag: gibraltar port
Gibraltar Customs seize ‘staggering’ 500 kilos of cocaine valued at £30 million attached to passing ships
CUSTOMS officers have seized more than 500 kilos of cocaine attached to the hull of two bulk carriers that were anchored off Gibraltar’s coast.
The...
Ecologists slam bunkering safety measures as oil spill from refuelling accident reaches Gibraltar shore
ECOLOGISTS have hit out at ship bunkering safety measures as oil washed up on Camp Bay after a refuelling accident in the Bay of...
OS 35 shipwreck heads out of Gibraltar waters aboard barge on its way to the Netherlands
GIBRALTAR bade a final relieved farewell to the OS 35 that left the local waters for the last time on Friday morning aboard the...
Huge barge carrying two sections of OS 35 wreck gets ready to leave Gibraltar for the Netherlands
THE OS 35 bulk carrier is getting ready to leave Gibraltar’s Catalan Bay aboard a huge barge just over ten months after it beached...
Booms catch most oil leaks as huge barge picks up both OS 35 hull sections from Gibraltar seas
OIL has spilled into the sea for the last time from the OS 35 as a semi-submersible barge finally hoisted the front and rear...
Contractors lift bow of broken OS 35 to the surface allowing them to begin removing shipwreck
WRECK removers started to bring the bow of the OS 35 out of the sea Tuesday after refloating and stabilising the stern of the...
Port authority could give green light to finally remove Gibraltar’s shipwreck as early as next week
WRECK removers are waiting for ‘an uninterrupted five-day period of certain weather’ to bring the OS 35 out of the water after refloating the...
Contractors delay ‘safe but steady’ removal of OS 35 shipwreck after refloating stern section
CONTRACTORS have continued their ‘steady progress’ to remove the OS 35 shipwreck from Gibraltar waters, the Captain of the Port reported.
Wreck removers Koole Ltd...
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...
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...
Real life replica of 18th century Swedish ocean-faring ship docks in Gibraltar to military welcome
A SALVO of artillery fire marked the arrival of the Gotheborg of Sweden, the world’s largest ocean-going wooden sailing ship to Gibraltar on Thursday.
Commander...
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...
Gibraltar port denies press reports in Spain that it is refuelling Russian ships
GIBRALTAR'S port denied Spanish press reports that it was refuelling Russian ships and said it was ‘applying stricter rules than any EU or UK...
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...
Wreck removal equipment heads to Gibraltar to remove sunken OS 35 bulk carrier after port gives green light
GIBRALTAR’S port has accepted new plans to remove the shipwreck of the OS 35 that beached 700 metres from Catalan Bay at the end...
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...
Divers are removing more ‘oil pockets’ from the stricken ship off the Gibraltar coast as cleaning continues
DIVERS have found and are trying to remove ‘oil pockets trapped within the frame of the hull’ that could still be leaking into the...
Gibraltar authorities auction former Russian yacht for cut-price £35 million after March seizure
A MYSTERY buyer has paid the Gibraltar Admiralty £35 million (US$ 37.5 million) for the ‘My Axioma’ luxury yacht formerly owned by a Russian...
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...
Gibraltar maritime heads dock at London International Shipping Week
Minister and Captain of the Port in British capital for sell-out conference
LATEST NEWS FROM THE OLIVE PRESS
Exposed: How a gang paid Spanish women to marry foreign expats in bid to gain them residency
THE Policia Nacional have arrested 32 people in Andalucia for their involvement in a 'marriage of convenience' scam that enabled foreigners to get Spanish...
