Gibraltar NewsNews on Gibraltar continually updated from thousands of sources around the net.Submerged freighter off Gibraltar pollutes Spanish beaches- February 18, 2008 Spanish cleaners were Monday removing oil released by the remains of a freighter which has been stuck off Gibraltar since colliding with an oil tanker in mid-August, regional officials said. via Earth Timeshttp://www.topix.net/world/gibraltar/2008/02/submerged-freighter-off-gibraltar-pollutes-sp... Spain summons British ambassador over spill from sunken freighter in Strait of Gibraltar- February 16, 2008 MADRID, Spain : Spain has summoned the British ambassador to complain about an oil spill from a cargo ship that spent six months aground in the Strait of Gibraltar and sank almost entirely over the weekend, the ... via International Herald Tribunehttp://www.topix.net/world/gibraltar/2008/02/spain-summons-british-ambassador-over-spill-f... Collision ship refuels in the calm of Carrick Roads- February 13, 2008 Picture: DAVID BARNICOAT Sporting a new bow section, the Danish-owned tanker Torm Gertrud, was one of many ships that had to anchor in the Carrick Roads to re-fuel due to heavy swell conditions in the bay last ... via Falmouth Packethttp://www.topix.net/world/gibraltar/2008/02/collision-ship-refuels-in-the-calm-of-carrick... Spain demands UK stop fuel spills from wreck- February 11, 2008 "He said he accepted full responsibility and promised us that he will do everything necessary to avoid anything worse" Spain's government on Monday demanded Britain prevent fuel spills from a wrecked ship off its colony Gibraltar that have polluted Spanish beaches. via Independent Onlinehttp://www.topix.net/world/gibraltar/2008/02/spain-demands-uk-stop-fuel-spills-from-wreck?... Ship carrying 27,000 tons of scrap sinks off Spanish port- February 10, 2008 "The New Flame is now totally submerged and sitting on the sea bed" MADRID, Spain : A ship damaged in a collision in the Strait of Gibraltar sank Sunday off the southern port city of Algeciras after being partly submerged for six months, coating nearby beaches in a film of oil, ... via International Herald Tribunehttp://www.topix.net/world/gibraltar/2008/02/ship-carrying-27-000-tons-of-scrap-sinks-off-... |