Sunk Oil Barge Tug, Nathan E. Stewart Continues to Spew

Nathan E. Stewart continues to spew heavy oils into the water

by Heiltsuk Tribal Council

November 11, 2016

As of 3pm today, Nov 10th, the Nathan E. Stewart continues to spew heavy oils into the water. Dragging the tug across the seafloor appears to be releasing more oils than in previous days.

There are booms in place to contain the oils but as you can see it is only so effective.

Salvage operations will continue through the night. Hopefully in the morning the dirty tug will finally be raised from Heiltsuk waters.