Coastwatch calls for ‘international help’ for ecological bird sites of ‘immense value’
A physical inspection of the MV Alto “ghost ship”, which ran aground near Ballycotton in east Cork on Sunday, is expected to be carried out by contractors for Cork County Council on Tuesday.
However, the environmental group Coastwatch has called for “international help” to deal with the wreck, given the “immense biodiversity value” of large areas which are designated as Natura 2000 sites, “many of international importance for seabirds”. The ship was then 1,500 nautical miles west of the African coast and 1,000 nautical miles east of the Caribbean.
The next time the MV Alta was sighted was almost a year later when the Royal Navy ice patrol ship HMS Protector announced: “We closed the vessel to make contact and offer our assistance but no one replied. Whilst investigations continue we’re unable to give you more detail on this strange event.” The exact position of the sighting was not released.
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