Liz tells the Gurn that she is delighted a motion drafted by the local branch of the SNP was agreed by acclaim at the recent SNP Party Conference in Glasgow.
The motion by the Nairnshire, Culloden and District Branch read:
Ship-to-Ship Transfers
Conference welcomes the statement from the Scottish
Government on 9 February 2016, “Protecting our Seas”.
Conference calls for decisions on ship-to-ship oil transfers
to be devolved to the Scottish Government.
Conference expresses its strong opposition to the present
application for a licence to permit the transfer of up to 8,640,000 tonnes of
oil between tankers moored at the mouth of the Cromarty Firth in the Moray
Firth, which has been put forward by the Cromarty Port Authority.
Conference further calls for greater transparency in the
mechanisms for the notification of proposed developments in the environmentally
sensitive areas.
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