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Galapagos files claim over oil spill cleanup.(Galapagos Islands seek insurance money from Air and Sea Insurance Corp.)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
From:
Business Insurance
| Date:
June 11, 2001| Author:
Souter, Gavin
| COPYRIGHT 2001 Crain Communications, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information
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MIAMI-The government of Ecuador's Galapagos Islands will file a claim for as much as $60 million with the insurers of a tanker that spilled oil off the islands in January.
But the broker for the tanker owner, Acotramar S.A., claims that the vessel was uninsured due to nonpayment of premium.
Lawyers for the provincial government of the Galapagos Islands on Monday said the government will file a claim for cleanup and containment costs, loss of tourism and fishin...
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