Attempts to re-float the Panamanian-flagged ‘Rhea’, which ran aground on El Rinconcillo beach in Algeciras, have been suspended and will resume tomorrow when the tide is more favourable.
Oil slick at El Rinconcillo
The beach at El Rinconcillo has been affected by another slick of fuel oil from the ship ‘Fedra’, one of two that ran aground in the Bay of Algeciras during the recent storms. A 60 cm wide globule of fuel has affected a 300 metre stretch of the beach known locally as bar Botavara and workers are busy trying to …