Aftermath of Vancouver Oil Spill Expose Problems
SEAFOODNEWS.COM By Peggy Parker - April 17, 2015
Officials in charge of cleaning up a bunker fuel spill in Vancouver’s English Bay now say the estimate of what leaked from a grain carrier ten days ago was a conservative figure.
Owen Rusticus with Environment Canada says the 2,700-litre spill estimate wasn’t based on gauges, but was gathered using sensors on the thickness of the oil in combination with the size of the spill on the water.
Coast Guard commissioner Jody Thomas says 80 per cent of that estimated spill had been cleaned up by the first day and what’s left is “a negligible amount.”
Yvette Myers of Transport Canada says the spill appears to have been caused by mechanical problems with the ship’s pumping system...
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