Through Johann Foucault
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The depollution operations started on Friday March 15, 2019 after the sinking of the Grande America. In a new situation, the Maritime Prefecture of the Atlantic indicates that the meteorological conditions in the area of the sinking, “currently very degraded” made “very difficult the aerial observations made this morning by a Falcon 50 maritime surveillance aircraft from the French Navy ”.
After discovering two oil slicks, a new slick was discovered.
An oil slick 4.5 km long and 500 meters wide, compact in appearance, was observed near the sinking area, about 175 nautical miles (about 325 km) from the coast. French. This observation seems to confirm that there is still a release of heavy fuel oil from the wreck.
Two drifting containers
However, the two previous slicks could not be observed again this Friday, “due to very rough seas”.
However, two containers were located adrift, one 17 nautical miles (30 km) northeast of the wreck, the other 49 nautical (90 km) east of the wreck. .
[#GrandeAmerica] Despite the very poor weather conditions, the BSAA Argonaute was able to start clean-up operations this afternoon. @SGMer @meteofrance @CedreMaz @MarineNationale @EMSA_LISBON @rug pic.twitter.com/3ZWcDDs9tq
– Maritime Prefecture of the Atlantic (@premaratlant) March 15, 2019
The Atlantic Maritime Prefecture issued urgent notices to mariners to inform them of the presence of these containers.
The shipowner, in conjunction with the Maritime Prefecture of the Atlantic, is currently planning their recovery.
Franco-Spanish cooperation
Pollution control operations began in the afternoon, despite “very poor weather conditions in the area of the Grande America sinking”.
The maritime prefecture specifies that at the request of the French maritime authorities, “Franco-Spanish cooperation has been activated within the framework of the BISCAYE Plan”:
The Spanish tug Alonso de Chaves, equipped with anti-pollution capabilities, will join the sea operations system early next week. A second Spanish tug, the Maria de Maetzu, will be on alert and available in Santander. Finally, the plane 102 of the Sasemar (Spanish government agency in charge of maritime protection) may be called upon for reconnaissance flights.
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