The Trinidad and Tobago Coast Guard and Kaizen Environmental Services Limited deployed a boom near the vessel Gulfstream following an oil spill off the coast, on Feb. 10, 2024. Office of the Chief Secretary – THA / Facebook
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Parts of an oil spill first detected near the island nation of Trinidad and Tobago on February 7 are drifting into the Caribbean Sea, putting the country’s coral reefs, as well as other nations, at risk.
The spill was determined to have been caused by an overturned barge being pulled by a tugboat called Solo Creed, according to a post by Trinidad and Tobago’s Ministry of National Security.
Monitoring service TankerTrackers.com said the…
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