Antwerp, Europe's second-largest port, has closed a dock due to an oil spill during a bunkering operation, causing shipping delays but not affecting terminal operations.
Authorities at Europe’s second largest port, Antwerp, said on Friday they closed a dock for traffic after detecting late on Thursday afternoon an oil spill that had occurred during a bunkering operation . The authorities are using drones to determine the extent of the oil leak and have already begun clean-up operations. A total of 20 ships have been found to have oil on them and they cannot leave the Deurganck Dock until they are cleaned from the oil, the port authorities said.
The port of Antwerp authority has deployed several ships for clean-up operations and is monitoring the situation closely, including via drones. “We are doing everything we can to make sure the oil stays locally,” a spokesperson for the Antwerp port authority told Reuters. The spokesperson could not say how much oil had spilt into the water and could not specify the type of ship from where the oil leaked during the bunkering operation.
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