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DARK oil on the water after the spill near Grand Bahama in December. (Photo: Ray Darville and Daniel Murray)

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Workshop on preparation for oil spills

FREEPORT – In light of the recent oil spills off Grand Bahama, former chief public analyst Mike Wallace facilitated a workshop on emergency preparedness and disaster management with a focus on oil spill

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Oil spills are 'very serious' threat to GB residents

THE recent oil spills and odour from industrial companies on Grand Bahama have become a “very serious” threat to residents in the Pinder’s Point area, according to a well known resident and former FNM MP.

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Concerns amid fresh oil spill off Grand Bahama

OFFICIALS of the Ministry of Transport and Aviation have launched a full investigation into another oil spill that occurred off Grand Bahama over the weekend.

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Government 'has played down' oil spill severity

THE Government has “played down” the severity of an oil spill in Grand Bahama, according to the Maritime watchdog website ”Tradewinds”, which revealed in an article that “thousands of gallons” of heavy fuel oil leaked into the ocean from a damaged cargo ship Monday.

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Government says it has no answers yet on oil spill

THE Ministry of the Environment is continuing to monitor the flow of an oil slick in Bahamian waters as an “in-depth investigation” into how a cargo ship leaked the oil continues, Minister of Transport and Aviation Glenys Hanna-Martin said yesterday.

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