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Pool pledge drive bears fruit
Heidmar says new participants prove pools offer an attractive destination for owners seeking relief from tanker market turmoil.
Transpetro tied to spill
Authorities in southern Brazil have evacuated beaches off Rio Grande do Sul following an oil spill involving a tanker that is believed to be controlled by Transpetro.
The transport arm of state-controlled energy giant Petrobras says the incident at its Osorio Terminal began to unfold Thursday morning during an operation to transfer cargo from a ship to a monobuoy, a floating platform equipped with pipelines that feed storage tanks onshore.
A Transpetro spokesman could not identify the vessel by name and said it’s impossible to determine the size of the spill but they were able to confirm reports that more than 150 environmental professionals are attempting to contain and clean-up the area.
The company says an internal investigation into the cause of the incident will likely follow a probe led by Brazil's National Petroleum Agency, port authorities, the coast guard and other regional organisations.
Aerial image from the Brazilian coast guard.
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