Race to prevent liner fuel leak

Preventing pollution in the sea surrounding the sunken Costa Concordia will be a “race against time”, but the ship could be sailing again in future with a lot of hard work and a lot of money, according to a maritime expert.

Malcolm Latarche, editor of IHS Fairplay Solutions, says that although the ship’s tanks are in protected locations, there may be “some small spillage” from the 17 tanks, which contain a total of 500,000 gallons of fuel, because of the current position of the cruise liner.