Gibraltar oil spill

The highs and lows of Gibraltar’s 2023: Diplomats fail to agree an EU treaty as Picardo and Sanchez retain office

THE year 2023 has proven to be another milestone in Gibraltar’s post-Brexit limbo but a lot more happened that stole the headlines. Here are the highlights of the year and a sneak preview of what 2024 could bring. Hope seemed on the cards for Gibraltar from January 2023 with Jose Manuel Albares claiming Spain was […] Gibraltar News – The Olive Press Spanish Newspaper …


Huge barge carrying two sections of OS 35 wreck gets ready to leave Gibraltar for the Netherlands

THE OS 35 bulk carrier will finally leave Gibraltar’s Catalan Bay Friday afternoon aboard a huge barge just over ten months after it beached there following a bay accident. The mammoth Fjord semi-submersible barge that scooped it up Tuesday will carry it off to the Eastern Anchorage south of Eastern Beach after weeks of work […] Gibraltar News – The Olive Press Spanish Newspaper …


Workers redeploy oil barriers around OS 35 wreck as storm passes in Gibraltar and salvage continues

AS this week’s storm passed Friday, port workers got to work redeploying the floating oil barriers around the OS 35 shipwreck off Gibraltar’s coast. Captain of the Port John Ghio said the operation to continue protecting the sea from further oil leaks would be finished by Saturday morning. It followed a week when howling 40km/h […] Gibraltar News – The Olive Press Spanish Newspaper …