Damaged tanker is under tow
Saturday 9th October 2010, 2:29PM BST.
The YM Uranus, which was struck 150 miles from Guernsey, is being towed to Brest.
A CHEMICAL tanker which collided with another vessel off the coast of Brittany is being towed into port without losing a drop of its cargo.
The YM Uranus collided with another tanker 150 miles from Guernsey, off the French coast at Brest, just after 4am yesterday.
All 13 crew members were airlifted to safety but there were fears the vessel’s 6,000-tonne cargo of heavy pygas gasoline would leak into the sea.
An anti-pollution response team was dispatched from Southampton.
But yesterday afternoon French officials were able to breathe a sigh of relief when a salvage team boarded the tanker and a tug began to tow it to Brest.
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How does a tanker that size not see a similar sized tanker?
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Mr G – Because in reality nothing is as easy as it appears from in front of your computer screen.
Anyway it looks like we’re quite lucky to have escaped a tide of pollution coming our way.
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