The megayacht "Bombay" flying the flag of Malta caused an ecological incident in the Tivat Bay today around 11 o'clock when that ship, in front of witnesses, pumped the contents of black (faecal) tanks into the sea.
The crew of the Maltese megayacht, which was anchored less than a mile north of St. Mark's Island, did so despite the fact that there were other yachts anchored in the water area around that vessel, and several small boats for sports and recreation were sailing around.
People from them witnessed the pumping of fecal waters from "Bombay" into the sea, the enormous dirt that soon appeared on the surface of the sea, and the unbearable stench that unfortunately enveloped part of the water area.
The fifty meter long and nine meter wide megayacht "Bombay" weighing 487 tons, if her captain wanted to do so, could have emptied the contents of her black tanks free of charge in the Porto Montenegro marina in Tivat, which, insisting that it would stimulate sailors to have a responsible attitude towards environment, provides yachts with a free service of emptying the ship's black tanks into the vacuum system of the marina, which is connected to the city sewage system of Tivat.
However, in order to do that, the yacht "Bombay" would first have to dock at the marina, which means paying for the moorings, which, for yachts of her size, cost less than 1.000 euros per 24 hours.
Today's incident with the megayacht "Bombay" is one more in a series of proofs that precisely yachts and their unscrupulous skippers and crew are a much greater threat to the ecology of Boka Kotorska than cruisers, which are often targeted by the unprofessional public.
Namely, with cruise ships that are strictly controlled and must comply with the MARPOL convention, there is not even a theoretical chance of the release of fecal water from the ship's black tanks in the bay.
Yachts, on the other hand, are much more numerous than cruisers and are subject to significantly less frequent and less detailed controls by the Navigation Safety Inspection and PSC inspectors, and are therefore much more inclined to use such prohibited practices and release harmful and polluting substances into the sea, just to saved a few hundred or a few thousand euros, which would otherwise cost them a mooring in the marina where they could empty the black tanks in the prescribed manner.
The Navigation Safety Inspection in Kotor and the Directorate of Maritime Safety and Port Management of Montenegro were informed about the incident caused by the yacht "Bombay".
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