Oil spills

A small spill of petroleum products is located today at noon near the Burgas Dolno Ezerovo district, the Regional Inspectorate of Environment and Water announced.

On-site equipment has been dispatched, cleaning actions have been taken by pumping the surface layers of the polluted water in the area.

The United Nations' International Oil Pollution Compensation (IOPC) Fund has received claims of up to 80 million euros from those impacted by the oil spill of the Agia Zoni II tanker off the island of Salamina in 2017.

The fund, which is backed by 115 states, has so far approved 10 million euros in aid.

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Four months after an oil spill from a sunken tanker hit the Athens Riviera, Greece's Environment Ministry has adopted a package of measures designed to protect the marine environment across the country more effectively.

Fuel oil leaking from a fuel tank in the Aegean province of İzmir spilled into the Aegean Sea late on Jan. 11, forcing a nearby pier to close for cleaning purposes, Doğan News Agency reported on Jan. 12.

32 people are missing after a collision of an oil tanker and a cargo ship in the East China Sea, the Bulgarian National Radio reported, referring to the Chinese Ministry of Transport, quoted by world agencies.

The oil spill caused by the sinking of the Agia Zoni II fuel tanker three months ago off the coast of Salamina has polluted marine organisms and could pose a threat to the food chain, according to a report by conservation group WWF Hellas.

Three beaches on the island of Salamina in the Saronic Gulf, which were heavily polluted following the recent oil spill, were reopened on Tuesday.

The beaches had been closed since the Agia Zoni II tanker sank off the island on September 10, leaking fuel oil into the sea.

A group of workers on Nov. 9 accidentally damaged a NATO oil pipeline when they drilled into it, causing liters of oil to spill in the streets of Istanbul’s Sancaktepe district.

It's been over a month since the Agia Zoni II tanker went down off the port of Piraeus and beyond the criminal delays of the political leadership and port authorities in dealing with the ensuing oil spill we still have no answers to the questions surrounding the causes of the accident, even though it's only a matter of time before disaster strikes again.