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Ministry of Transport and Aviation issues statement on oil spill in Freeport Harbour
On Sunday 20 January 2013, at approximately 5:06 am, the MT ?Butterfly? was moored at BORCO?s Jetty No. 8 receiving bunker (diesel fuel) from the bunker barge ?Smit Inesita?, when sometime thereafter oil was discharged into the marine environment. The discharge fell into the water between the tanker and the barge. It was reported that approximately 210 gallons of diesel oil was discharged into th...
Oil Spill Statement By Bahamas Ministry Of Transport Aviation
Nassau, Bahamas - The following is a Statement by the Ministry of Transport and Aviation on the oil spill in Freeport Harbour: On Sunday 20 January 2013, ?at approximately 5:06 am, the MT "Butterfly" was moored at BORCO's Jetty No. 8 receiving bunker (diesel fuel) from the bunker barge "Smit Inesita", when sometime thereafter oil was discharged into the marine environment. The discharge fell into ...
Clean-Up Underway After Oil Spill
Clean-Up Underway After Oil Spill
Clean-up efforts along the southern shore of Pinder's Point are underway following an oil spill in the area on Sunday. While BORCO has claimed no involvement, the oil company dispatched a clean-up crew to assist with environmental mitigation.
Men wearing blue hazmat suits and gloves were seen in the area since Sunday, pouring a yellow-coloured substance on the oil-stained rocky shoreline. The H...
Second Business Expo in GB
Second Business Expo in GB
Small businesses in Grand Bahama will have the opportunity to meet with three companies at the Business to Business Expo on Thursday, April 26, to learn of existing and upcoming business opportunities...
Minister Moxey says Grand Bahama has come a long way in 18 months
Minister for Grand Bahama, Ginger Moxey told Parliamentarians that a new hospital with an Oncology Center, in Grand Baham, is on its way with ground to be broken in the coming weeks.
GB Residents Urged to Take Advantage of the Opportunities of the Opportunities
Grand Bahama’s economic season is changing, said Minister of State for Grand Bahama in the Office of the Prime Minister, Senator the Hon. J. Kwasi Thompson, on Thursday, February 21 at the official opening of the Grand Bahama Business Outlook...
Prime Minister reveals aggressive agenda for Grand Bahama's Economy
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Dr. Hubert Minnis shared with the Bahamian people that he is pleased with the jobless rate in Grand Bahama, as that northern island is tapped to become the country’s technology hub...
Minister Thompson: 'Significant Progress has taken place in GB in 2018'
One of the visions of the Free National Movement Government for Grand Bahama in 2018 was to help place the island on a path of economic recovery, and then move it towards financial growth...
Grand Bahama Business Outlook held at the Grand Lucayan Resort
Ladies and Gentlemen,
I am delighted to have been invited to Grand Bahama to participate with Joan Albury
and her team at Counsellors, together with a cross-section of the business community
in another Grand Bahama Business Outlook...
Prime Minister paints bright future for Grand Bahama
Prime Minister paints bright future for Grand Bahama
With increased tourism numbers and a half-billion dollar planned investment by existing businesses on the island, the future for Grand Bahama is bright, said the Prime Minister of The Bahamas, the Rt. Hon. Perry Christie when addressing the Grand Bahama Business Outlook at Grand Lucayan on Wednesday...