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v^ct Inquiry learns of earlier oil leaks -l^H>^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Arrow gyrocompass malfunctioning before grounding, log shows Special to The Globe and Mail HALIFAX — Entries in the ship's log show that the tanker Arrow was leaking oil and that its gyrocompass was not functioning properly on several occasions before the tanker went aground in Nova Scotia's Chedabucto Bay on Feb. 4. The ship's log, which was entered as evidence yesterday at the royal commission inquiry into the grounding of the Arrow, showed that a chemical cleaning material was used to disperse oil leaking from the cargo of the tanker Jan. 1. The Arrow, owned by Sun-stone Marine SA of Panama, a company controlled by Greek shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis, was bound for Port Hawkesbury, N.S., from Venezuela with a cargo of 3,800,000 gallons of bunker C oil when it went aground on Cerberus Rock. Capt. George Anastassopou-los of the Arrow, who returned to testify at the inquiry yesterday, said the oil leakage was caused by a damaged rivet on the hull of the 22-year-old ship. The leakage was also noted in the logon Dec. 28 and the captain said it had been repaired by the crew on Jan. 6. The log also showed that the ship's gyrocompass had been out of operation on at least three occasions—once for nearly three days—during the month before the Arrow grounded. The captain had testified last week that he had had trouble with both his ¦radar and gyrocompass on the morning of the accident. The inquiry was adjourned until June 29, when lawyers representing the ship's owners, the Department of Transport and the commission will present their concluding arguments before the commis- sioner of the inquiry, Mr. Justice Gordon L. S. Hart of the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia. A further inquiry into the pollution which followed the grounding of the tanker and affected about 125 miles of Nova Scotia coastline is to be held later, probably in early fall. The log from the Arrow had been taken to London shortly after the grounding by a lawyer for the ship's owners. It was returned here yesterday. The log showed that the Arrow had some problems with its steering apparatus Jan. 27 and that the onboard heating system which is used to keep the heavy bunker C fuel oil in liquid form was not functioning properly on Jan. 31, due to damage from heavy seas. There were also irregularities in the log on the morning of the grounding, Feb. 4. The captain had said earlier he was too busy trying to find his position that day to make detailed entires. There were no entries showing the ship's true course or gyrocompass course for Feb. 4, and Neil McKellvey, chief tl Si counsel for the Transport Department, suggested that the log looked as though one entry had been erased on the morning of the grounding. Capt. Anastassopoulos said he had made the last entires himself but he could not recall whether anything had actually been erased. If there was, he said, "it wasn't worth knowing." The last entry in the log at 9:12 a.m. said "end of sea passage." The captain said he had made no entries after f rounding because he was too usy. Cerberus Rock was circled heavily in red on a chart the captain was using. He said he had marked it when he noticed the rock on the chart about "7 or 8 a.m." on the morning of the grounding. The ship's bow struck Cerberus Rock about 9:30 a.m. Several days later the ship broke in two and its stern section sank. ^