Cargo ship beached after collision in Bay of Gibraltar

(30 Aug 2022) ASSOCIATED PRESS Bay of Gibraltar – 30 August 2022 1. Wide of beachgoers with beached cargo ship behind 2. Various of beached OS 35 vessel 3. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Gerald Lopez, Gibraltar resident: "It seems the boat collided with another boat, there was a collision, on the other side of the Rock and it came here to stay dry and touch the bottom (of the sea). The worry is if it will leak oil." 4. Pan from Gibraltar resident to ship 5. Various of ship, rescue boats 6. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Antonia Navas, Gibraltar resident: "I'm here at the beach, we are watching the vessel because we fear there may be a spill in the water of oil or petrol or something." 7. Various of beach and sign of Catalan Bay 8. People looking at beached ship from hilltop 9. Mid of ship 10. Various of beachgoers with ship behind STORYLINE: Gibraltar authorities said Tuesday that a cargo ship has been beached to prevent it from sinking after it collided with a liquefied natural gas carrier in the Bay of Gibraltar. A government spokesman said that the situation was under control and the ship was not in danger. He said there had been no environmental impact so far. The government said booms had been placed in the area to contain any possible fuel seepage. No one was injured in the collision. The crew of the cargo ship — the 178-meter (584-foot), Tuvalu-registered OS 35 — remains on board. A Gibraltar government statement said the cargo ship sustained "significant damage to the vessel's starboard side," including a gash below the waterline measuring approximately 10 meters (32 feet) by 4 meters (13 feet). The statement said the Adam LNG carrier appeared to have suffered no significant damage, except for a superficial dent. It said a specialist marine salvage team from the Netherlands was due to arrive in Gibraltar later in the day to conduct a full on-site assessment. The spokesman, who was not authorized to be named, said the cargo vessel was resting on the seabed in 17 meters (56 feet) of water close to the coast. The ship was carrying steel bars. The Gibraltar government said it had set up a 200-meter exclusion zone around the stricken ship but that the Gibraltar port had reopened and was functioning as normal. Gibraltar, a British territory located on southern tip of the Iberian peninsula, is a busy shipping port. AP Video shot by Marcos Moreno =========================================================== Clients are reminded: (i) to check the terms of their licence agreements for use of content outside news programming and that further advice and assistance can be obtained from the AP Archive on: Tel +44 (0) 20 7482 7482 Email: [email protected] (ii) they should check with the applicable collecting society in their Territory regarding the clearance of any sound recording or performance included within the AP Television News service (iii) they have editorial responsibility for the use of all and any content included within the AP Television News service and for libel, privacy, compliance and third party rights applicable to their Territory. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...