The Canadian Coast Guard is continuing to defend its response to the oil spill in Vancouver's English Bay last Wednesday, despite criticism from city and provincial officials.
Commissioner Jody Thomas said she was "enormously pleased" with the progress of the cleanup, and called the co-ordinated effort "unprecedented," while giving an update on the situation Monday morning.
The bunker fuel spill has been linked to the vessel Marathassa, Transport Canada said Monday.
The agency's marine safety inspectors are still investigating the cause of the leak and owners of the vessel are co-operating fully, said Yvette Myers of Transport Canada.
Oil leaked from the fuel tank to the duct keel of the vessel, said Myers.
"On it's own, it would have been a mess in the hull of the ship" and gone no further, she said. But, there was an unidentified "unrelated problem" that caused the oil to spill from the ship.
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