A ban on swimming at beaches of Attica affected by the extensive oil spill of “Agia Zoni II” was lifted on Friday, following a decision by Shipping and Island Policy Minister Panagiotis Kouroumblis.
A breach measuring 1.5 m. in length with another five cracks surrounding it on the right side of the hull of the sunken tanker "Agia Zoni II" were detected experts, and registered by the prosecutor, when the ship came under scrutiny after being raised and taken to Ambelakia, on Salamis.
An operation to raise the sunken tanker "Agia Zoni II" - responsible for an oil spill that polluted large stretches of the coastline in the Saronic Gulf - was successfully concluded on Wednesday.