Panama Canal Can Confront
Accidents
PANAMA - The Panama Canal Authority (ACP)
has the necessary capacity to confront
different kinds of accidents similar to the
fuel leak that took place this week at one
of the locks, executives of the entity
reported.
ACP Administrator Alberto Aleman recalled
that about 12 accidents are reported avery
year, which is a low rate compared to over
14,000 ships that goe through the canal.
According to Aleman, the Union of Control
and Response to Pollution was able to
recover the fuel in a short time. Durng
2009, leak drillss were carried out in order
to assess how quickly the canal can confront
them, keeping its operational capacity.
Aleman also said the relevant investigation
would be carried out to determine the causes
of the acccident and assess if the actions
by the specialized teams were according to
the strategy planned for those cases.
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