New Zealand fears oil spill disaster

NEW Zealand said it was preparing for an environmental disaster today over fears a container ship stranded off the North Island would break up and spill oil into the pristine Bay of Plenty. 
 
The 47,000 tonne container vessel "Rena", which hit a reef off the North Island earlier this week, has already created an oil slick more than 5km long that has killed a number of seabirds.

But the pollution would increase immensely if the ship broke up on the Astrolabe Reef, releasing the 1700 tonnes of heavy fuel oil on board into the sea.  Read Full

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