The “Minerva Helen” oil tanker, at the terminal of Dunkirk, France. Photo: Remi Jouan via Wikimedia Commons.
JNS.org – The Greek tanker Minerva Helen was not the source of the tons of toxic tar that washed up on Israel’s shores last weekend, Israel’s Environmental Protection Ministry announced on Sunday.
A team led by the ministry and including representatives from the Israeli Shipping and Ports Authority reached this conclusion on Saturday, after conducting a “thorough, professional and comprehensive inspection” of the tanker at the Port of Piraeus, with the full cooperation of Greek authorities.
The inspection followed a report last Monday by Israel’s
Israel rules out Greek tanker as suspect in Mediterranean oil spill
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