The Canadian Coast Guard reported that they tracked a slick of approximately 60 to 100 litres from the initial release of fuel from the 8,500 TEU container ship Europe owned by Danaos Corporation.
Danaos representative confirmed the incident pointing out that the flow of oil has stopped. The investigations about what caused the oil spill are still ongoing, according to the Greek company’s spokesperson.
The MSC-operated boxship was at anchorage in English Bay when the oil spill was reported. Danaos representative told Container News that there are no reported delays on the vessel operations at the time of writing.
Coast guard officials have placed oil booms around the ship to ringfence the oil slicks.
“This morning (22 January), a Harbour Air pilot notified us of suspected marine pollution on the water near Spanish Banks, Vancouver Harbour. We assessed the area and believe the fuel originated from the container ship CSCL Europe,” posted the Canadian Coast Guard on Twitter yesterday.
According to the latest update, the Canadian Coast Guard said that today (23 January) they had a helicopter, drones and pollution response vessels searching for any remaining fuel.
“Responders reported some non-recoverable sheen off Point Grey and the North Arm,” noted the Coast Guard.
