NIMASA confirms oil spill after vessel collision, five injured

The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, has confirmed an lipid spill successful the Bonny Channel country of Rivers State pursuing a collision involving 2 vessels.

The bureau disclosed that the incidental occurred astir Latitude 4.512375 and Longitude 7.189429, resulting successful lipid contamination wrong the affected marine corridor.

NIMASA’s Deputy Director and Head of Public Relations, Osagie Edward, made this known successful a connection issued on Thursday in Lagos.

According to Edward, the Deep Blue Forward Operating Base successful Bonny received a distress alert astatine astir 11:30 a.m. concerning the collision.

He identified the vessels progressive arsenic MV Valparaiso, a Singapore-flagged instrumentality vessel with IMO Number 9433054, and MT Lady Martina, a Nigerian-flagged tanker transporting petroleum products.

Edward said the Deep Blue Base swiftly deployed 10 equipped operatives aboard interceptor vessel DB 214 to the country for exigency effect operations.

He added that 5 unit members onboard MT Lady Martina sustained antithetic degrees of injuries during the incident.

The injured victims were reportedly evacuated to the sickbay astatine the Forward Operating Base successful Bonny, wherever they received contiguous aesculapian atten...