Nairnshire Committee meeting tomorrow in the Courthouse Weds 7th 10.30 am - wonder if ship to ship oil transfers in the Moray Firth will get a mention

"A meeting of the Nairnshire Committee will take place in the Chamber, The Courthouse, High Street, Nairn on Wednesday, 7 December 2016 at 10.30 am."

You can get the Agenda here. 

New main sponsor for Nairn County FC

County fans delighted with news that a new main sponsor has come forward to support the club. Full details in a real time copy of the Leopold Street Thunderer. 

Nairn Academy closed today after flooding in canteen

Unhappy tales from a community that has experience ship to ship oil transfers - Southwold in Norfolk - they are trying to get rid of them

Many Gurn readers and social media regulars in the area have been educating themselves on the proposed ship to ship oil transfers proposed for the Moray Firth. One of our regular correspondents points us in the direction of the latest article posted on the Cromarty rising information site "Oil Leak 7". 

The article states:

"Five years after having STS imposed on them, the residents of Southwold are 79% opposed to STS prompting the Town Council to write to the Department of Transport asking for the order permitting STS to be terminated. Read for yourself HERE"

And not a good read at all, our correspondent tells us:

"They don't want STS. They have had first-hand experience, and it has not been good. They note with disappointment that it has created no new employment. They complain that there has been minimal government inspection or regulation. They describe persistent low level pollution and minor incidents. "

Our regular reader states: "Do we now want to suffer a repeat of what they have been through? It is worth noting that the Southwold STS zone is 12 miles out from the English coast, in the open area of the North Sea/English Channel approaches. If we have such a zone, it will be just 4 miles or so from Nairn and 1.5 miles or less from the Sutors."

Please keep educating yourselves on ship to ship issues folks read the Cromarty rising article here and the Southwold Town Council letter to the Depeartment of Transport here. 

Marine Connection article - 100% show of hands in Nairn against ship to ship oil transfers in the Moray Firth

Link to article in the tweet below.

Oil and dolphins don't mix - action needed, pls help! #WrongPlanWrongPlace #Scotland #morayfirth #dolphins #oil https://t.co/ys9Wqsar6a

— Marine Connection (@MC_org) December 5, 2016

"Moray communities urged to heed dangers from oil transfer plans"

Opposition and action against ship-to-ship resonating eastwards along the coast from Nairn - excellent article on Inside Moray site here. 

Nairn Beach Action - demonstration against Ship to Ship Oil Transfers in the Moray Firth

Nairn Beach Action - demonstration against Ship to Ship Oil Transfers in the Moray Firth, this Sunday, 11th December 2016, 2pm at the Central Beach. More details about the event here.

Anti ship to ship oil transfers in the Moray Firth campaign organises demo on Nairn Beach for Sunday 11th December

Following the well attended event at the Nairn Community and Arts centre on Friday, another event has been organised by both the Cromarty Rising group and activists on this side of the Moray Firth. Here a local facebook page publicises the event. 

Proposed ship to ship oil transfers in the Moray Firth - video comment from Drew Hendry MP

Huge turnout for anti ship to ship oil transfers in the Moray Firth meeting

Yesterday evening over 240 people attended a meeting in the Nairn Community and Arts Centre where there was a presentation by the Cromarty Rising campaign group. The presentation was followed by a long question and answer session.

Discussion of the content of the meeting is very much underway on the popular Nairn Rocks and Nairn Our Town Facebook groups. You can see what is being said here and here. 

For anyone who couldn't make the meeting in Nairn and wants to find out more please have a look at the video of Jacqui Ross's presentation from the recent Cromarty Rising meeting in Inverness, it covers many of the points which were made last night.



Also visit Cromarty Rising website for more details and information.