Emsa gets another shot to test oil spill response

Justin Stares, Brussels - Monday 13 October 2008

THE grounding of two ships off Spain has given the European Maritime Safety Agency another chance to put its emergency oil response system into operation.

After a request from Madrid, the Lisbon-based agency sent the Bahia Tres, normally operated by Mureoil in the Bay of Algeciras, to assist in the clean-up and spill prevention operation, recove...