Overview
- Overnight, the slick reached Moaña’s A Borna beach, where the Port Authority sent teams to limit impact and local officials requested Tragsa for shoreline cleanup.
- The rupture occurred on October 30 during unloading at Guixar after an implosion and pipe burst, leaving one worker seriously hurt and another with minor injuries.
- Galicia activated Plan Camgal at emergency level 1, deploying containment booms and response vessels including Valentín Paz Andrade, Hermanos García Nodal, Ría de Vigo, Pelícano and Salvamar Mirach.
- Port and regional officials describe the discharge as a solid, greasy animal‑feed fat rather than a toxic pollutant, though recovery operations continue and the volume spilled remains unspecified.
- The National Police are treating the case as a workplace accident, with forensic units and TEDAX on scene as investigators work to determine the technical cause of the failure.