EMSA helps combat US Gulf oil spill

Under the EU Civil Protection Mechanism EMSA will supply a Framo Transrec 150 high capacity high speed offshore skimmer which at the time was stockpiled at Vigo in Spain.

Federal authorities in the US have accepted an offer from The European Marine Safety Agency to supply a high capacity oil skimmer following the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

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