TASAC forms taskforce to curb oil spills in sea
Dar es Salaam, Dec. 19 -- THE Tanzania Shipping Agency (TASAC) has formed a taskforce involving crude and refined oil stakeholders to control oil spills in the sea and protect the environment.
Speaking to journalists in Dar es Salaam over the weekend TASACs Manager of Navigation Aid and Environmental Safety, Mr Celestine Mkenda, said the decision was reached after learning there was a need to control oil spilling in the sea most often caused by accidents involving tankers, barges, pipelines, refineries, drilling rigs and storage facilities.
Mr Mkenda who was speaking on behalf of TASACs Director-General Kaimu Mkeyenge, said however there were so far no major threats brought about by the oil spill because the agency has put in place stri...
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