SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE, 20 Sep. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Maritime Captaincy of Santa Cruz de Tenerife dependent on the General Directorate of the Merchant Marine of the Ministry of Transport, Mobility and Urban Agenda (Mitma), has issued a resolution by which it temporarily prohibits navigation in the area affected by the volcanic eruption in the island of La Palma.
The Maritime Captaincy has also ordered the mobilization of two means of Maritime Rescue in the area for the control exercise: the Punta Salinas height tug and the Alphard rescue.
This measure is adopted in a preventive manner due to the inherent risk for navigation due to the possible arrival of volcanic flows into the sea.
Likewise, it indicates in a statement that it is about raising awareness among the population, being aware that the attractiveness of this phenomenon can generate a concentration of boats in the areas surrounding the point where volcanic flows are expected to reach the sea, which that could generate undesirable accidents or interfere with emergency operations that may be carried out.
The sailing ban affects a limited area of the western coast of the island: to the south by Punta del Pozo (Puerto Naos, Los Llanos de Aridane) and to the north by Las Viñas beach (Tazacorte) and parallel to the coast , half a nautical mile from said coastline.
For this reason, it is recommended that maritime navigation in the affected area be carried out along the meridian 017 ° 57.0 W or to the west.
This prohibition will not affect ships and boats of the public administrations that carry out scientific work, control of the evaluation of the volcanic process, control of maritime traffic, as well as administrative police or maritime rescue.
But, in any case, they point from the Maritime Captaincy, these vessels will maintain a sufficient distance from the arrival area of the washes to the sea, as well as from the clouds that said event causes.
The measures will be in force until the irrigation caused by the volcanic eruption disappears and may be modified depending on the evolution of the volcano.
