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Pete Bevington
8 June, 2007
THE COASTGUARD tug which spilled more than 80 tonnes of oil into a
Shetland harbour almost two years ago has been at the centre of
another pollution incident, it emerged yesterday (Thursday).
Last year the skipper of the Anglian Sovereign, Peter Leask, was
jailed for eight months after he admitted being drunk in charge of
the anti-pollution tug when it struck rocks off Scalloway harbour in
September 2005.
Yesterday Shetland Islands Council's Harbour Board heard that the
Anglian Sovereign had spilled 20 litres of diesel into Scalloway
harbour whilst bunkering fuel from a road tanker on 10 May. |
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Jim Dickson, general manager of
Shetland Islands Council's ports and harbours, said the spill was
caused by a faulty reading from the computerised tank sounding
system on the boat.
As a result of the incident the council has introduced a new
procedure requiring manual tank dips to check fuel levels
immediately prior to bunkering.
Captain Dickson said the spill was successfully cleaned up using a
vacuum tanker and absorbent booms, along with water jets which
dispersed the fuel. |
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