Cromarty Rising

Well, very little. They have told community council’s in their newsletter at the start of the summer that STS is “no longer a priority”. There is no news with the new application other than we think its coming in October, then again we thought it was coming last January! If they are foolish enough to […]

OK, so this story is not the Cromarty Firth: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-40995829 But this is an accident that not supposed to happen with modern GPS navigation systems. Especially when it involves a US warship and an oil tanker. It would appear that there was no major disaster –  but it could just as easily happen in the […]

Then there was this news story from the start of August: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-40801001 A bit embarrassing for the CFPA – if they can’t even secure their parked oil rigs, what hope is there to keep STS secure at sea? At least at Nigg Terminal there is strict security in place.

Here’s the first of a couple of stories from earlier in the summer: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-scotland-40910090/drone-films-giant-carrier-before-landing-on-deck-at-invergordon On this one a drone lands on the deck of the Royal Navy’s flagship new aircraft carrier which was berthed at Invergordon at the time. No doubt security is down to the Royal Navy but a bit embarrassing for the CFPA. […]

Apologies for the break in oil leaks over the last few days……some technical issues at this end. You may have read in the P&J earlier in the week about the 4 unexploded WWII bombs that washed up on the shore about 7 miles east of Nairn – not for the first time – we’ve had […]

We’ve been saying this from the start!

This is a really important one: The MCA regard STS operations at Nigg Oil Terminal as having “CONSIDERABLY LESS RISK than at anchor, both as regards the probability of an incised and the consequence from oil spills.” This has been Cromarty Rising’s argument all through this campaign – some of you disagree with that and would […]

  Yes, what is the purpose Bob?

  We have long maintained that there is NOWHERE in the North of Scotland to store oil recovered from anything but a minor spill. Of course with the last application, the MCA have recognised that the oil spill recovery equipment is so woefully inadequate that it makes it unlikely that much oil could be recovered […]