Efforts made to tackle post-storm oil spill threat
Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Tran Hong Ha visited Quy Nhon beach in central Binh Dinh province on November 7 to inspect the search for missing sailors and direct response to possible oil spills from sunk freighters in storm Damrey.
BinhDinh (VNA) – Minister of Natural Resources and Environment TranHong Ha visited Quy Nhon beach in central Binh Dinh province on November 7 toinspect the search for missing sailors and direct response to possible oilspills from sunk freighters in storm Damrey.
StormDamrey, the 12th of its kind developed in the East Sea, hit thesouth central coast on November 4. It made eight freighters which anchored atQuy Nhon beach sunk completely, threatening the life of 84 people aboard.
Asof mid-November 7, search and rescue forces saved 71 people and found the bodiesof 10 others. Currently, 120 military personnel and 18 ships are undertakingsearch for the three missing sailors and response to the oil spill risk.
Secretaryof the provincial Party Committee Nguyen Thanh Tung said that this is thebiggest-ever maritime incident in Binh Dinh and it is beyond the province’scapacity.
Accordingto ship owners, around 103,000 litres of diesel oil (DO) and over 110 tonnes offuel oi (FO) are on the sunk freighters, posing a threat of a massive oilspill.
MinisterHa asked the province to quickly salvage the ships as it relates to maritimesecurity and safety at Quy Nhon port.
StormDamrey that hit Vietnam on November 4 and following downpours and floods hadclaimed 69 lives and left 30 people missing in central and Central Highlandslocalities as of 8am of November 7.
More than 1,480 houses collapsed while 119,200 others were damaged. Floodsfollowing heavy rains triggered by Damrey also inundated nearly 8,000ha of riceand 14,600ha of other crops.
Morethan 1,200 fishing vessels were either sunk or ruined while over 24,400 aquaticbreeding cages were damaged.-VNA
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has asked ministries, agencies and localities to join hands to help people affected by typhoon Damrey stabilise their lives, considering this an important, urgent task.
Storm Damrey that hit Vietnam on November 4 and following downpours and floods had claimed 69 lives and left 30 people missing in central and Central Highlands localities as of 8am of November 7.
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Freighter sunk in Quy Nhon waters (Source: VNA)
