Fuel spill in Bahamas

Ship Spills 30,000 Gallons of Fuel in The Bahamas

Mike Schuler

July 20, 2022

Some 30,000 gallons of fuel has spilled from a vessel in The Bahamas, a government official said Wednesay.

The oil spill took place at the world-famous resort island of Great Exuma, the largest island in the Exuma island chain known for its white sand beaches and swimming pigs.

Some of the 30,000 gallons of fuel spilled by a vessel named The Arabian is caught on the shore of Great Exuma near Old Navy Base in George Town, Bahamas July 20, 2022. REUTERS/Reno Curling

The Bahamas’ Acting Prime Minister Chester Cooper said Wednesday that the spill began Tuesday night as a ship was unloading fuel near Old Navy Base in George Town for local Sun Oil, an independent Bahamanian company that markets and distributes fuels and lubricants on behalf of Shell.

Cooper identified the vessel involved as being The Arabian.

This is a regular occurrence when fuel is pumped on shore. The luck ran out today.
No Boom. No recovery methods anywhere close.
Oh well, Ship happens.

When will these folks (Bahamas Government) realize they have one of the last natural refuges in reach of most tourist and start protecting it not as a dismal level of enforcement when the income is needed, How about the future of these delicate environments for the world to survive with.

I'm not talking green here, I'm bitching about the poor stewardship of what there is.

This spill is pretty shabby.

Still nobody can comment on the oil spills at South Riding Point facility after H Dorian.

Remember, lots of heavy oil still spilled on Great Abaco marshes that nobody has cleaned up from over 10 years ago.

These natural resources try but can not recover from these high levels of stupidity.
The Bahamas count on tourist money.
They are wasting away their tourist attractions.

So, My gripe you may ask;
With the many transfers and storage of oil and fuels around the many islands, where is ANY containment, recovery or clean up equipment??
Will anything ever get cleaned up?
Mother nature works wonders to a point. Keep pouring fuel and oils on an already pressured eco system and the tourist will stop coming..

Over,,

Silent air and static now over heard.