The situation of the ship OS35 stranded in Gibraltar remains "stable" after continuing to pump fuel at night

• Gibraltar Gibraltar warns of a "slowdown" in the emptying of fuel from the OS35 due to an ingress of water

The Government of

has reported this Sunday that the situation of the bulk carrier

, semi-sunken off the Gibraltarian coast after having collided with another ship, "has remained stable" during the night of this Saturday, in which a "continuous pumping" of fuel from tank 1 center starboard until early this Sunday morning.

This is stated in the statement in which the Gibraltarian Government has updated the situation of said ship at 8:00 a.m. this Sunday, and after this Saturday night it announced that it had started "successfully", although in a "successful" way. very slow", the removal of

bow of the ship.

In this regard, he clarified that said tank 1 is divided into

, one of which is the starboard center section, while the other three are port, port center and starboard.

Initial evaluations suggest that this tank suffers from a

that is allowing water to enter it, so the extraction of this tank has to be done "counting on the pressure of the water that enters it and that pushes the oil up and through the vent", as specified this Saturday night by the Government of the Rock.

Already this Sunday morning it has been announced that last night the situation on board the ship

and in its engine room "has remained stable", although the ship "cannot operate its own machinery".

Throughout the night, "continuous monitoring" has been carried out, which has included taking thermal images with drones and from the ground, according to the Gibraltarian Government, whose Ministry of the Environment has carried out an evaluation of the beaches of

after which the "red flag" has been recommended only at

"for now".

The Government of the Rock is committed to continuing to inform the public of any developments throughout the morning, and announces that the

will meet virtually at 12 noon this Sunday.

Verdemar will take the accident to the European Union

Verdemar-Ecologistas en Acción has announced that it is going to take the

ship accident

to the

, since it has already caused a spill in an area that is an

.

In statements to Europa Press, Verdemar's spokesman,

, has stressed that the ship is in a special conservation area, so "we are going to ask Europe what it thinks, if it is going to do something with the

".

In this sense, he lamented that since

began "no one here talks about the environment, or fuel traffic or nuclear-powered submarines."

"What would have happened if the crash was between a submarine and an oil tanker," Muñoz wondered, stating that "that would be a bomb."

"We are talking about a site that is too narrow, each time the ships are closer to each other, where six million tons of fuel are transferred each year and that is increasingly stressing the area and if action is not taken and it is taken into account in talks, it's getting worse and worse," he concluded.

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