The Cabildo of Lanzarote have officially contacted the Moroccan authorities this morning requesting urgent information about an oil tanker which has ran aground at Tan Tan.
The tanker shown in the video and identified as Silver from Laayounne is understood to be carrying 5,000 tons of oil and currently situated 200 kilometres off the east coast of Lanzarote. It’s believed that bad weather conditions of high winds and waves caused the ship to drift aground. The island council want to know more about the accident, any actions taken and the level of risk to the Canary Islands environment.
Some spillage is evident on the video, the Cabildo of Lanzarote have sent a letter to the General Consul of Morocco in Las Palmas asking for estimates of the oil spilled and ocean surface that has been polluted at the present time, details of containment measures and monitoring adopted by the Moroccan authorities and their confirmation that the spillage is under complete control so that there is no risk of this affecting the marine environment in the Canary Islands.
The IMO of the vessel Silver is 9236303 her position at Tan Tan is shown on the map by the marine tracking systems.
Save Canarias Campaign
On a different level but connected subject, there is a meeting for supporters of the campaign against the Repsol project for oil platforms off the coast of Lanzarote tomorrow.
A public talk will be held at 19:30 in the Salón de Actos at the Cabildo of Lanzarote on Friday 27th December by Miguel Ángel Revilla who supports the local campaign to Save the Canaries against the Repsol oil project. Miguel Ángel Revilla is an economist. Spanish politician and a prominent public spokesperson with a reputation for denouncing multinational energy companies.
The Global Action Office at the Cabildo urges supporters to attend and close the year with a strong united public front against the oil project.
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