New Oil Combat Ship Makes German Baltic Safer

The new ¢ 5m pollution combat vessel, Strelasund, which can transport 210 tons of oil at a time, was due for delayed delivery in August as part of a joint bid by sensitive German coastal authorities to better protect the Baltic coast from the consequences of oil spills.

Strelasund during trials on the River Rhine.

The new ¢ 5m pollution combat vessel, Strelasund, which can transport 210 tons of oil at a time, was due for delayed delivery in August as part of a joint bid by sensitive German coastal authorities to better protect the Baltic coast from the consequences of oil spills.