A year after Marathassa, Vancouver still not prepared for an oil spill

Environmental | 206714 hits | Apr 08 12:16 pm | Posted by: Hyack

A year to the day after the cargo ship MV Marathassa spilled several thousand litres of bunker fuel into Vancouver's English Bay, concerns remain about the region's ability to put together a coordinated clean-up response.

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by andyt
Fri Apr 08, 2016 11:56 pm
And still people can't understand why we on the coast don't want increased tanker traffic until we are damn well prepared.
by herbie
Sat Apr 09, 2016 12:58 am
Just heard a report on CKNW that the Marathassa owners haven't coughed up so much a nickel towards that cleanup after a whole year.
by andyt
Sat Apr 09, 2016 1:12 am
But we were assured they would foot the whole bill. Couldn't have been bullshit, could it?

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