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A cargo ship which ran aground off the coast of New Zealand three months ago has broken in two, spilling containers and threatening a new oil spill.
Heavy seas snapped off the stern section of the Greek-owned Rena, which leaked large amounts of fuel on becoming stranded in October.
Up to 300 containers have been washed overboard, with most expected to sink.
While a new oil leak is feared in coming days, clean-up teams expect it to be smaller than the initial escape.
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-16458574
TheWraith
(24,331 posts)Richardo
(38,391 posts)This from a radio story I heard yesterday.
Typical containership holds 3,000 - 5,100 20' long containers.
Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)employ better-trained crews...
Joe Shlabotnik
(5,604 posts)it stated the obvious concern of oil, and diesel leakage, but also mentioned that a number of the containers held dangerous chemicals. I hope 'they' were among the ones offloaded.