Cromarty Rising

In the response from our legal letter…….in the Intertek summary document, under the issue heading “impacts of operations on Tourismn” where the following comments were highlighted: Impacts on operations will damage the local tourism even if no oil spill occurs This impact has not been adequately assessed I think you could start with saying – […]

We’ve stayed away from the issue of landscape impact, not wanting to be portrayed as “NIMBY’s”. We are not – you only have to look at the amount of oil rigs in resting (or should that be rotting in some instances?) in the firth which we have not said a word about. In fact, given […]

Carrying on from our previous theme of debunking the port’s STS update you don’t have to look far down what effectively is the first page (p5): “Ship-to-ship oil transfer regulations are a positive environmental story Ship-to-ship oil transfer operations are a commercial necessity for world trade. They also reduce overall tanker movements. Prior to 2010, […]

We’ ve just been reading that nicely produced CFPA Ship to Ship update produced in November last year. We’ve let the port off lightly on that one and haven’t really gone to town on taking it part as there have been so many other issues to deal with! Anyway, let us quote from it: “The Port […]

Today – a letter sent to all Black Isle Councillors from a well respected Black Isle resident – he describes the entrance to the Cromarty Firth as an “open air laboratory” and he’s absolutely correct – where else can you study a population of bottlenose dolphins like this? Here’s the letter – Cllr Fraser has answered […]

Stitch-ups and smoke-filled rooms – can we trust the Council to act with integrity? Oil Leaks 66 and 68 described how certain Highland Councillors were refusing to acknowledge representations and correspondence from their constituents on the ship-to-ship oil transfer issue. Councillor Isobel McCallum went further and  deliberately ignored and attacked those who sought to question […]

We were pleased to see the North Star running on their front page our idea of having a referendum on STS as floated in Oil Leak 69. Why not? This is an issue that the people living on the shores of the Cromarty and Moray Firth care deeply about – so why not let us […]

As the Scottish Parliament Petition approaches 2000 signatures we thought we’d share with you some of the comments left there in relation to STS – hopefully the Scottish Parliament will listen to these wise words. We hope the CFPA will also listen. If you haven’t done so already, please sign the petition and encourage friends, family […]

Here’s one we picked up from the Times of India. See: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/chennai-oil-spill-as-it-happened/articleshow/56939334.cms The story started a week past on Saturday when a UK registered LPG tanker, the BW Maple ploughed into the Indian registered petroleum tanker Dawn Kanchipuram at the speed of around 9knots approximately two nautical miles off the Kamarajar Port at Ennore near Chennai. The […]

Good news! According to the Nairnshire Telegraph today: “East Nairnshire Community Council is to join other Nairnshire community councils in registering its opposition to Cromarty Firth Port Authority;s plan to carry out ship to ship oil transfers in the Moray Firth. . When the group considered the proposal at its last meeting in early December […]