Based on the data we have now reviewed along with an AIS playback, we have good reason to believe that a cargo vessel departing from #LaGuaira, #Venezuela has spilled its fuel oil following a possible failure. Vessel is currently broadcasting "not under command". #OOTT #OilSpill
https://twitter.com/ConflictsW/status/1289890925062156288
The video shows free-flowing oil, which is not typical for Venezuela's heavy crude. Satellite imagery shows it spread rather quickly and shimmers in sunlight. This is more typical of a refined product; in this case most likely fuel oil.
The cargo vessel's name is NAUMA (9362827)
The cargo vessel's name is NAUMA (9362827)
What the @MarineTraffic data tells us is that the NAUMA departed La Guaira dock late night of July 29th for Guyana and set an ETA date of August 1st. Two and a half hours later, something happened. Speed dropped from 11 knots/hour to just 0.3; and then she drifted for two days.
The most unfortunate thing about this spill is that it may have possibly hit the Morrocoy National Park.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morrocoy_…
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morrocoy_…
So now the question is what exactly led this to happen. Could it be a damaged hull? Dropped cargo? Piracy? It will require help of local journalists to look closer into the matter. In the meantime, we'll do what we can to monitor both the vessel and spill.
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