Caribbean Threatened By 1.3 Million Barrels Of Oil From Sinking Oil Tanker

Caribbean Threatened By 1.3 Million Barrels Of Oil From Sinking Oil Tanker

Drone footage of the listing Venezuelan oil tanker, FSO Nabarima, taken on 16 October 2020, showing ... [+] a worsening tilt as more water leaks on board



Trinidad and Tobago Fishermen and Friends of the sea

A state of environmental emergency is being called for by fishermen in Trinidad and Tobago over a sinking oil tanker with 1.3 million barrels of oil.

If the oil spills, it would threaten the entire Southern Caribbean. At 264 meters in length and a capacity of 1.4 million barrels, the spill would be five times worse than the Exxon Valdez oil spill in Alaska in 1989, which was the worst in history until the 2010 BP Deepwater Horizon.

Officials have been criticized for allowing the situation to evolve