A capsized tank barge, named #GULFSTREAM, is causing a significant oil spill off the coast of Tobago, affecting the Caribbean region. The spill has reached the Dutch Caribbean island of Bonaire, prompting cleanup efforts by the Netherlands armed forces. Satellite images show the extent of the spill, with authorities declaring a national emergency in Trinidad and Tobago.
We identified the barge that caused a massive oil spill in Tobago. We tracked it picking up oil in Venezuela. Now we've identified the owners of the tug pulling it. With @obtusatum, @AJaveed, and members of the @bellingcat discord: https://t.co/ebwjjio3O9
Armed forces from the Netherlands have been deployed to help clean up oil affecting beaches in the Dutch Caribbean island of Bonaire originating from an offshore spill blamed on an overturned barge hundreds of miles away: https://t.co/u3OavbW4Md
An offshore oil spill that prompted Trinidad and Tobago to declare a national emergency earlier this month has reached the shores of the Dutch Caribbean island of Bonaire hundreds of miles away, authorities said. https://t.co/OrB9WJIPQI
The oil spill in Trinidad and Tobago has apparently reached Bonaire. Photo: @CasperDouma / WWF-NL https://t.co/dM1fO6CzWA
Three weeks have passed, and the capsized #GULFSTREAM tank barge continues to dump her Venezuelan heavy fuel oil cargo into the #Caribbean off #Tobago. The #oilspill is reaching far and wide across the sea. These satellite images were captured today by the European Space Agency. https://t.co/EjVkAuYp93