http://www.gibfocus.gi/details_headlines.php?id=1419
It seems like the Spanish authorities are being fed information from their misinformed media with regards to Odyssey Marine and their ships. With the Odyssey Explorer and Ocean Alert trapped in Gibraltar's port there has been speculation by some Spanish journalists that Odyssey Marine is using cargo ships that dock nearby to offload equipment and possible treasure in order to escape the blockade. Spanish reporters indicated that the ROV Zeus was missing from the Odyssey Explorer and since the Swift Secure was docked close to the two Odyssey ships it was speculated that the ROV was transferred to it.
Although the tanker Swift Secure has no relationship or association with Odyssey Marine, the Guardia Civil officers boarded and searched the vessel on June 15th, 2007 delaying it for over two hours. It seems that this was done purely on media speculation.
http://www.gibfocus.gi/details_headlines.php?id=1421
The Gibraltar news journal Gibfocus has been following this story closely and can state that the Zeus ROV never left the Explorer. The misinterpretation seems to have originated from a misunderstanding over the local logistics at what is locally known as the Dockyard. Since the release of the naval docks by the MoD to the private sector, the southern berths within the port have been separated by a security fence which splits the waterside berths between the Ministry of Defence and a private commercial ship repair yard, Cammell Laird, with neither having any relation to the other.
There have been several inaccurate news accounts from the Spanish Press trying to discredit Odyssey Marine and their latest treasure find. Andalusia thinks that the treasure came from a wreck in their territorial waters while many believe that the shipwreck was the Merchant Royal, a 17th Century merchant ship lost off of the coast of England in international waters.
