Shinan-gun Conducts Emergency Oil Spill Cleanup for Sinking Vessel near Gageodo

An emergency containment operation was launched after a tugboat carrying a total of 24㎘ of bunker A sank in the waters in front of the breakwater at Gageodo Port, Heuksan-myeon, Sinan-gun. (Photo by Sinan-gun)

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Gi-woon] Jeonnam Sinan-gun (Governor Park Woo-ryang) announced on the 23rd that at around 3:30 PM on the 21st, a tugboat (Busan-registered, 78-ton class, 3 crew members) carrying a total of 24㎘ of Bunker A and other materials sank in the sea in front of the breakwater at Gageodo Port, Heuksan-myeon, Sinan-gun, prompting emergency containment operation support.

Due to strong winds, there was a possibility of oil leakage outside Gageodo Port, so on the 22nd, with regular passenger ships suspended, 38 public officials were urgently dispatched using the government vessel (No. 2004) to Gageodo to carry out containment operations.

Along with containment support, Sinan-gun provided a total of 240 boxes of oil absorbents held in Heuksan-myeon, and additionally supplied 66 boxes of oil absorbents, 80 sets of containment suits, and 160 raincoats.

Currently, full efforts are being made to salvage the sunken vessel, but the salvage operation failed in the early morning of the 23rd, and preparations for another salvage attempt are underway.

A Sinan-gun official stated, “We plan to support manpower and supplies to quickly prevent the spread of contamination and will do our best to prevent marine pollution damage to alleviate residents' concerns.”

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