Braemar Howells Response Team mobilises to Gibraltar

Saturday the 11^th October saw some of the worst weather experienced in Gibraltar in living memory. As a result of the weather, the Bulk Carrier, Fedra, got into difficulties and eventually floundered off of Europa Point in Gibraltar. Although unladen with cargo, the vessel had onboard a quantity of bunker fuel and posed an environmental threat to the small territory of Gibraltar.

The Fedra off Europa Point

Upon hearing the news of the floundering, Braemar Howells immediately mobilised a response team to assist the authorities of Gibraltar in any way they could. Familiar with the area through previous projects, the team commenced Offshore Recovery Operations within the Port area.

A second team was mobilised two days later to design and build a Decontamination Facility to receive any contaminated equipment resulting from the incident. This team drew on the huge experiences gained in similar activities undertaken during the MSC Napoli incident of 2007.