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Baratz Disaster – So who lied?

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On 10 January 2016 it was reported that the Diesel from the Baratz vessel, sunk off Cape Receife on 26 November 2015, would be removed within a week. (See: Environmentalists Highlight Dangers of Diesel Spill from the Baratz).

See the MyPE articles about the Baratz HERE.

SLOW Forward to Tuesday 23 February 2016 – THIRTY SIX days after the deadline committed to by the authorities and it appears that the diesel from the Baratz has decided to free itself and form a diesel slick from Cape Recife to Sardinia Bay ranging from 1 500 metres to 7 000 metres offshore.

Sardine Run Expert, Rainer Schimpf sent these images to MyPE of the slick, saying that he had a well known award winning South African photographer – Peter Pinnock – a Belgium film team and two German tourists on-board at the time of seeing the diesel.

Not good for tourism or our environment.

Baratz Diesel
Diesel on the surface off Cape Recife and Sardinia Bay. Image Peter Pinnock
Baratz Diesel
What looks pretty can also be deadly – Diesel Slick from the sunken Baratz. Image: Rainer Schimpf
Peter Pinnock, Baratz Diesel
Approching the Diesel Slick from the sunken Baratz. Image: Rainer Schimpf
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Alan Straton

Chief Cook, Bottle Washer and Broom Mechanic at MyPE
Passionate about Port Elizabeth and definitely NOT packing for Perth. Alan's ethos is epitomised in the words of Nelson Mandela; "I have fought against white domination and I have fought against black domination. I have cherished the idea of a democratic and free society. If need be, it is an ideal for which I am prepared to die." See more articles by Alan.