The Government says the situation has remained stable with continuous pumping out of diesel from the OS 35 vessel overnight.

A statement from the Government follows below:

The latest figures show 197 cubic metres of diesel have been removed from the vessel  as of 07:00hrs today. This represents around 80% of the vessel’s diesel load now successfully  removed.  

Continuous monitoring has been in place throughout the night including drone and land based  thermal imagining.  

Port operations at present remain suspended.  

HMGoG will continue to inform the public on any updates throughout the course of the morning  and the Gibraltar Contingency Council will convene at 12:30pm.