- Title: ECUADOR: U.S. COASTGUARD TEAMS JOIN OIL CLEAN-UP EFFORTS OFF GALAPAGOS ISLANDS.
- Date: 26th January 2001
- Summary: SAN CRISTOBAL, ECUADOR (JANUARY 25, 2001) (REUTERS--ACCESS ALL) 1. LV/GV: VARIOUS OF SHIP IN WATER (4 SHOTS) 0.30 2. MV/PAN: SHIP MASTER WALKING INTO DOCTOR'S OFFICE 0.44 3. MCU: TARQUINO AREVALO, SHIP MASTER SPEAKING TO MEDIA (SOUNDBITE NOT AVAILABLE) 1.03 4. MV/GV: U.S COAST GUARD OFFICIALS PREPARING EQUIPMENT/ LOADING BOAT (5 SHOTS) 1.28 5. CU: (SOUNDBITE)(Spanish) UNIDENTIFIED COAST GUARD OFFICIAL SAYING:"My team is going to go on the vessel and secure some of the hatches and after that we're going to check the cables one more time and make some more attachments on cables." 1.53 6. GV: OIL BARRELS BEING ROLLED AWAY (2 SHOTS) 2.09 7. GV: SEALS ON BEACH 2.20 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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- Location: SAN CRISTOBAL, ECUADOR
- Country: Ecuador
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- Story Text: Work crews have been attempting to right the
Ecuadorean-registered ship which last week ran aground off the
Galapagos Islands causing an environmental catastrophe in the
unique region.
U.S. Coast Guard teams joined Ecuadorean work crews on
Thursday (January 25) to remove what little oil remains on the
vessel which dumped thousands of gallons of fuel when it ran
aground.
Crews were also going to begin trying to straighten the
Ecuadorean-registered Jessica which ran aground on January 16.
U.S. Coast Guard operation chief Ed Stanton said the
Ecuadorean navy would try to push the vessel upright. Only
then can efforts be made to pump out the remaining oil,
estimated at 10,000 gallons, which could still harm the
delicate marine and bird life that inspired British naturalist
Charles Darwin to devise his theory of natural selection.
The master of the ship, Tarquino Arevalo, appeared before
port authority to answer questions regarding the accident.
Port authorities have said that Arevalo and 12 crew members
had been detained in San Cristobal but had not been officially
arrested.
A spokesman for Ecuador's Environment Ministry, said the
government had filed a lawsuit against Arevalo and requested a
preventive prison sentence.
Rocks gashed three holes in the hull of the 835-tonne
Jessica when it ran aground, half a mile from Galapagos'
capital, Puerto Baquerizo Moreno, on San Cristobal.
About two-thirds of the cargo of 240,000 gallons (1. 1
million liters) of diesel and bunker fuel -- a heavy fuel used
to power tour boats operating in the islands -- spilled into
the waters that are home to tropical fish and sea lions. About
70,000 gallons (295,500 liters) have been removed safely from
the ship, owned by Guayaquil-based company Acotramar.
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