Port operations suspended

01 Sep 2022 / Gibraltar

Due to the ongoing incident following the collision of two vessels on Tuesday (30 August), inbound traffic to Gibraltar’s western anchorage is suspended as well as OPL areas.

According to the update from Gibraltar Port Authority VTS, only vessels/yachts coming alongside will be allowed.

Meanwhile, last night, a Major Incident (MAJAX) was declared under the provisions of the Civil Contingencies Act to allow for all available resources to be directed to dealing with this emergency.

All other day-to-day operations at Gibraltar Port have been stopped to ensure availability of resources, and, as a result:

  • all GPA service craft are on standby;
  • all booms at the GPA’s disposal have been mobilised;
  • 2 vessels will be deployed in U formations with booms to start corralling any oil that might spill from the vessel and that might leak from the primary boom;
  • an additional boom will be deployed along the coastline that is at risk of direct impact;
  • the salvage master has been authorised by the Captain of the Port to re-board the vessel to gather facts, together with the P&I on-scene commander.

The Gibraltar Port Authority has begun to pump diesel out of of one of the ships involved in the collision and in to the slops barge that has successfully been brought alongside. Parallel operations working to pump out of fuel oil are ongoing. A skimmer has been deployed and is successfully removing the fuel oil that is contained within the boom.

For further details and updates, as well as information about operations in Gibraltar, contact GAC Gibraltar at [email protected]

If quoting any content from Hot Port News, please cite GAC Hot Port News as the source.

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