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Bulgaria's Black Sea coast was not facing an oil spill - Report

Fri, May 30 2008 19:30 CET byPetar Kostadinov 187 Views

Bulgarian Black Sea coast was in no threat of being hit by oil spills, Maritime Administration (MA) was quoted as saying by Darik Radio on May 30 2008.

 

On May 29 Russian Black Sea online space monitoring system said that an oil spill had been spotted in the Black Sea just 70km from Bulgaria's third largest city of Varna.

According to blacksea-online.com, there were several oil spills the size of Varna bay, which is roughly 35 sq km. The spills were first noticed at about 3pm, Moscow time, on May 28.

The space photos seemed to point towards several oil tankers as the source of the spill, but neither their names, nor their nationality, were disclosed.

Based on the news MA conducted its own analyses of the possible ways the situation could develop and concluded that Bulgaria's shores were in no danger.

MA has sent letters to all sea ports in the region asking them to check all ships for possible oil spills.

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