Tag: Gibraltar

Bunkering has been suspended in Gibraltar Strait ports, and suppliers in Malta are not taking on any new offers because of a damaged jetty, Engine informs

Salvage operations have started off Gibraltar to remove the wreck of the bulker OS 35, as the port aims to complete the removal process by May 30, 2023.

The salvage operation for bulker OS 35 is likely to commence in January 2023, with the authorities having set a deadline to clear the wreckage by 30 May 2023.

The Port Authority of Gibraltar has issued the owners of the OS35 with a wreck removal notice. This means the vessel and everything that comes from it will have to be removed from Gibraltar's waters by 30th May.

Port operations in Gibraltar were suspended as clean-up teams were trying to control residual oil that leaked from the wrecked bulker OS 35. 

Anticipating heavy weather, officials in Gibraltar agreed to a plan to scuttle the stern section of the grounded OS 35 bulk carrier in place off the city’s coast.

The Gibraltar Port Authority (GPA) informed that a leak of HFO is observed from the grounded bulker "OS 35". The incident comes as authorities were preparing to remove all oil from the ship.

A bulker collided with an LNG carrier on August 30, with the former being ordered to come close to shore to minimise the risk of it sinking.

EMSA announced that its remotely piloted aircraft is in operation in the vicinity of the Strait of Gibraltar providing the Spanish Ministry of Transport, Mobility and Urban Agenda with the capacity to monitor sulphur and nitrogen emissions of passing ships.

The Gibraltar authorities have banned Russian ships from calling at the port, or receiving any services including bunkering.