Electrogas will not divulge the contents of a study analysing the risks associated with the LNG tanker that will be berthed permanently next to the Delimara power station. The study, prepared by the maritime research institute of the Netherlands as part of the environmental impact assessment, delves into the effect bad weather could have on the vessel, to be placed in the middle of Marsaxlokk Bay. The nautical risk assessment also details the safety precautions that will need to be in place and how the tanker, or floating storage unit, will affect general harbour movements due to its position. Asked for a copy of the study, which needs clearance from the Environment and Resources Authority, a spokeswoman for Electrogas, the private consortium developing the gas-fired plant, said it "has no remit to make this report public". The Times of Malta has already asked Transport Malta and the Occupational Health and Safety Authority for a copy of the assessment. Both refused, saying they were not its owners. Electrogas, which paid for the study, said the company assumed the study would be part and parcel of the public consultation process in the run-up to the IPPC (integrated pollution...
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