Investigation into Agia Zoni II oil spill fails to expose causes

It seems there is a conspiracy of silence surrounding the Agia Zoni II shipwreck off Salamina, with the exact causes that led to the tanker sinking and spewing fuel oil into the Saronic Gulf yet to be pinpointed.

There is a swirl of rumors and speculation that is aimed at diverting attention and leading to the investigation being shelved. However, it is difficult to understand how a prosecutor has not intervened after there was a public claim that the real owner of the load that the ship was carrying was not Fos Petroleum - owned by Theodoros Kountouris - the company that operated the vessel.

The Panhellenic Union of Merchant Seamen (PENEN) has gone on record with the claim that its representatives were informed during a meeting with top officials from the Shipping Ministry that the fuel being carried by Agia Zoni II, part of which was collected from the Hellenic...