The cargo ship Grande America earlier this week, sank in the bay of Biscay is still leaking so oil. The French authorities have according to the media, 325 kilometres north-west of La Rochelle, a new spot was discovered of 4.5 kilometres long and 500 metres wide, which is towards the south-west coast floats.
The containerboot disappeared Tuesday in the waves after a days long fire. In the vicinity of the rampplek were already on Thursday two miles of traces of oil spotted. It probably goes to the oil from the tanks represents a serious threat to the environment and the beaches of the departments of Gironde and Charente-Maritime, around and north of Bordeaux. The pollution of the sea combat is very difficult due to the bad weather. the
The Grande America had 2000 cars and 365 containers on board. Several of them contain hazardous substances that may have already been burned. From the air yesterday, two transportbakken seen on the surface floated.
