Thank you Chair. On behalf of the ANC, I hereby move without notice:
That the Council -
1) notes with concern that approximately 400 litres of oil spilled in the Port of Ngqura in Port Elizabeth while the bunkering services company, SA Marine Fuels, was refuelling the MV Chrysanthi S last Saturday morning;
2) further notes that, even though an oil spillage control exercise to contain the oil spread was immediately activated by SA Marine Fuels, the effects that can be suffered by marine wildlife, the people who earn their living from the sea and the local economy, cannot be ruled out;
3) also notes and welcomes the investigation launched by the SA Maritime Safety Authority on the incident; and
4) calls on the authorities to put measures in place to avert any kind of spillage in future.
Motion agreed to in accordance with section 65 of the Constitution.