Small Tourist Vessel Sank in Darwin Bay
On July 2nd, the tourist vessel, Spondylus, sank in Darwin Bay, Genovesa, with 15 passengers and a crew of 9 people on board and they were rescued by other two tourist vessels, Monserrat and Encantada.
The Galapagos National Park and the Charles Darwin Foundation have sent a team of technicians to the site and they are evaluating the environmental damage of this accident.
Authorities are in the process of recovering 300 gallons of diesel from the tanks of the sunk vessel. As of today, no major environmental damage has been reported.
Genovesa Island is located in the North side of the Galapagos Islands, seventy one nautical miles from Puerto Ayora.
Source: Galapagos National Park
July 28th, 2008 at 2:22 pm
It was very interesting the way you guys gave the news about the spondylus, it is amazing that even the local newspapers and tv news didn’t say much about it and you were able to give that information in your website.
I think you are doing a great job.
Jorge.