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Officials meet to determine Bahamas’ readiness in case of oil spills
  
Saturday, 18 August 2012 08:01

Pictured at the table behind Minister Hanna Martin are (from left) Mr. Williamson; Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Transport and Aviation Ms. Diana Lightbourne; Minister of State in the Ministry of Transport and Aviation the Hon. C. V. Hope Strachan; and Port Controller Commander Patrick McNeil.(BIS Photo / Eric Rose)NASSAU, Bahamas -- Minister of Transport and Aviation the Hon. Glenys Hanna Martin speaks at a National Oil Spill Advisory Committee meeting on Thursday 16 August, 2012, at the Port Administration Building on Prince George Wharf, Nassau.

Representatives from Government and private-sector entities in the capital and from Freeport, Grand Bahama, were in in attendance.  According to Response Co-ordinator Brent Williamson, the purpose of the Committee is to ensure that The Bahamas is in a state of readiness, as it pertains to oils spills in the territorial and archipelagic waters of The Bahamas.

Pictured at the table behind Minister Hanna Martin are (from left) Mr. Williamson; Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Transport and Aviation Ms. Diana Lightbourne; Minister of State in the Ministry of Transport and Aviation the Hon. C. V. Hope Strachan; and Port Controller Commander Patrick McNeil. (BIS Photo / Eric Rose)
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