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The highs and lows of Gibraltar’s 2023: Diplomats fail to agree an EU treaty as Picardo and Sanchez retain office

THE year 2023 has proven to be another milestone in Gibraltar’s post-Brexit limbo but a lot more happened that stole the headlines. Here are the

31 Dec, 2023 @ 15:55

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Oil spill ship leaves Gibraltar waters after paying £1.5 million cash bond that covers ongoing cleanup efforts

THE ship that caused the latest oil spill that stained the whole southwestern coast of Gibraltar, the Gas Venus, has left local waters after putting

11 Aug, 2023 @ 15:24

Environment·Gibraltar·Lead

Gibraltar environmental group asks for investigation into bunkering oil spill as cleanup makes ‘steady progress’

GIBRALTAR’S Environmental Support Group (ESG) has slammed the bunkering operation that led to the oil spill that engulfed the coast in thick black tar. The

4 Aug, 2023 @ 16:15

Environment·Gibraltar·Lead

WATCH: Gibraltar authorities reopen Camp Bay and Little Bay to bathers after oil spill cleaning success

AUTHORITIES have reopened Camp Bay and Little Bay to bathers in Gibraltar after managing to clean up a lot of the oil that damaged that

3 Aug, 2023 @ 14:30

Environment·Gibraltar·Lead

Port reveals upto 2,000 litres of oil spilled Monday on southwest Gibraltar coast as clean-up continues

THE Port of Gibraltar restarted bunkering operations Wednesday evening as government workers and volunteers cleaned oil off rocks and beaches after Monday’s spill. Captain of

3 Aug, 2023 @ 08:52

Gibraltar·Lead

Ecologists slam bunkering safety measures as oil spill from refuelling accident reaches Gibraltar shore

ECOLOGISTS have hit out at ship bunkering safety measures as oil washed up on Camp Bay after a refuelling accident in the Bay of Gibraltar.

2 Aug, 2023 @ 09:00

Environment·Gibraltar·Lead

OS 35 shipwreck heads out of Gibraltar waters aboard barge on its way to the Netherlands

GIBRALTAR bade a final relieved farewell to the OS 35 that left the local waters for the last time on Friday morning aboard the Fjord

29 Jul, 2023 @ 09:01

Gibraltar·Lead

Huge barge carrying two sections of OS 35 wreck gets ready to leave Gibraltar for the Netherlands

THE OS 35 bulk carrier is getting ready to leave Gibraltar’s Catalan Bay aboard a huge barge just over ten months after it beached there

7 Jul, 2023 @ 15:20

Gibraltar·Lead

Booms catch most oil leaks as huge barge picks up both OS 35 hull sections from Gibraltar seas

OIL has spilled into the sea for the last time from the OS 35 as a semi-submersible barge finally hoisted the front and rear of

4 Jul, 2023 @ 16:27

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Gibraltar Government warns beach users to respect booms after paddlers break Sandy Bay oil guard

AUTHORITIES have asked residents to respect the protective booms at Gibraltar beaches after one broke on Wednesday during the OS 35 wreck removal. The Gibraltar

29 Jun, 2023 @ 15:43

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Contractors lift bow of broken OS 35 to the surface allowing them to begin removing shipwreck

WRECK removers started to bring the bow of the OS 35 out of the sea Tuesday after refloating and stabilising the stern of the broken

29 Jun, 2023 @ 09:20

Gibraltar·Lead

Port authority could give green light to finally remove Gibraltar’s shipwreck as early as next week

WRECK removers are waiting for ‘an uninterrupted five-day period of certain weather’ to bring the OS 35 out of the water after refloating the stern

22 Jun, 2023 @ 09:05

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Contractors delay ‘safe but steady’ removal of OS 35 shipwreck after refloating stern section

CONTRACTORS have continued their ‘steady progress’ to remove the OS 35 shipwreck from Gibraltar waters, the Captain of the Port reported. Wreck removers Koole Ltd

17 Jun, 2023 @ 09:31

Gibraltar·Lead

Easterly winds delay lifting of OS 35 from Gibraltar’s Catalan Bay with wreck removers on standby

WRECK removers are getting ready to lift the two broken sections of the OS 35 from the Gibraltar seabed after easterly winds again delayed the

6 Jun, 2023 @ 14:44

Gibraltar·Lead

‘HEARTBREAKING’: Nautilus Project chief says OS 35 oil spill was ‘extremely detrimental’ to Gibraltar

A MARINE protection group has highlighted the ‘heart-breaking’ Gibraltar oil spill that will affect local sea life for ‘at least a decade’. Nautilus Project co-founder

1 Jun, 2023 @ 09:15

Andalucia·Environment·Gibraltar·Lead·Other News

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Contractors give new date of June 16 for full removal of OS 35 shipwreck off Gibraltar’s coast

THE Dutch company employed by owners of the OS 35 to remove the shipwreck from Gibraltar’s coast will only be able to complete the job

12 May, 2023 @ 14:57

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Wreck removers extract over 33,000 tonnes of steel from remains of bulker off Gibraltar coast

CONTRACTORS have now removed all the cargo of steel bars stored in the shipwrecked bulk carrier off Gibraltar’s coast. Dutch company Koole brought out 33,632

27 Apr, 2023 @ 16:48

Gibraltar·Lead

Workers redeploy oil barriers around OS 35 wreck as storm passes in Gibraltar and salvage continues

AS this week’s storm passed Friday, port workers got to work redeploying the floating oil barriers around the OS 35 shipwreck off Gibraltar’s coast. Captain

22 Apr, 2023 @ 09:16

Gibraltar·Lead

New storm Sunday threatens further oil spills from stricken bulk carrier shipwreck off Gibraltar coast

THE shipwreck off Gibraltar’s coast is bracing itself for a new storm on Sunday that could further break it up and cause more oil spills.

15 Apr, 2023 @ 09:03

Environment·Gibraltar·Lead·Other News

OIL SPILL: Workers lay down protective boom around OS 35 shipwreck as storm passes

GIBRALTAR’S Port Authority has returned the oil barriers around the OS 35 as seas calmed down enough after last week’s Levante storm. Captain of the

10 Apr, 2023 @ 14:44

Gibraltar·Lead

Workers clean up three Gibraltar beaches stained by fuel oil leak after beached ship breaks in two

CLEAN-UP crews have already started to comb Gibraltar’s Catalan Bay, Sandy Bay and Little Bay for oil stains and tarballs caused by the break-up of

6 Apr, 2023 @ 16:41

Cadiz·Gibraltar·Lead

DISASTER: More oil spills onto Gibraltar beaches after shipwreck breaks up further in latest storm

AUTHORITIES are urging people stay away from Gibraltar’s Eastside beaches after violent storms broke up the OS 35 shipwreck further, tragically blackening local beaches. Captain

6 Apr, 2023 @ 08:40

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Salvage tug and barge remove cargo of metal poles from beached ship in Gibraltar

SALVAGE crews have started to remove the cargo of metal poles from the stricken bulk carrier beached on Gibraltar shores. A Koole tug and barge

22 Jan, 2023 @ 09:19

Gibraltar·Lead

Wreck removal equipment heads to Gibraltar to remove sunken OS 35 bulk carrier after port gives green light

GIBRALTAR’S port has accepted new plans to remove the shipwreck of the OS 35 that beached 700 metres from Catalan Bay at the end of

26 Nov, 2022 @ 14:51

Gibraltar·Lead

OIL SPILL: Stranded ship off Gibraltar coast gets back its boom after wave damage

THE sunken shipwreck in Gibraltar is now releasing less oil than before as port workers repaired part of its protective boom. Gibraltar Port Authority (GPA)

12 Oct, 2022 @ 18:17

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Sunken ship leaks some more oil after weekend Levante waves lash Gibraltar coast

PORT tugs watched over the shipwreck on the Gibraltar coast during a weekend of stormy weather that released some more oil into the sea. The

5 Oct, 2022 @ 14:59

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