The Government has retained him in Tarragona and must pay a bail of 100,000 euros He was caught within the Fisterra hall making an unlawful hydrocarbon discharge A Maritime Rescue airplane recorded the dimensions of the stain, greater than ten kilometers
The ship ‘Lagertha’, flying the Maltese flag, crossed the Fisterra (A Coruña) maritime hall ten days in the past. On that voyage alongside the Galician coast, she dedicated a severe offense: a discharge of hydrocarbons. An illegality that was recorded by the Maritime Rescue airplane.
In view of the pictures, the Government has ordered the retention of the ship within the port of Tarragona. You won’t be able to depart the terminal till the proprietor pays a deposit of 100,000 euros for what occurred.
The offense occurred on February 11. The Salvage airplane was finishing up a routine management to stop and fight air pollution within the space, when it perceived a stain popping out of the strict space of the ship and increasing over an space of 12.7 sq. kilometres.
Image captured by Maritime Rescue from the air. MARITIME RESCUE
The spot was additionally visualized by the radar of the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) satellite tv for pc. Merchant Navy will open a disciplinary file due to the Salvage movies.
Another vessel retained in 2021
This is just not the primary time {that a} vessel ‘red-handed’ has been detected finishing up an unlawful discharge at sea within the latest previous. In 2021, the ship ‘Aldán’ was detained in Almería for finishing up a spill of about 55 sq. kilometers 147 miles from La Palma, which was additionally detected by EMSA.
This unlawful unloading was penalized with 550,000 euros, after the details have been acknowledged by these on file within the penalizing process carried out by the General Directorate of the Merchant Navy.
The arrest of this ship has occurred in Tarragona, the primary Spanish port by which the ‘Lagertha’ has docked after this unlawful unloading.