Australian oil spill blackens beaches
2009-03-12 11:45:56 GMT2009-03-12 19:45:56 (Beijing Time)
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Beaches along Australia's northeast coast were blackened on Thursday by a toxic cocktail of oil and fertiliser spilled from a cargo ship in cyclonic weather, maritime officials said. Large slicks of oil were washing up on the shores of Moreton Island and on beaches along the Sunshine Coast, after 31 containers of ammonium nitrate toppled from the Pacific Adventurer in wild seas early Wednesday. As the cargo fell in huge swells caused by tropical cyclone Hamish, it punctured the ship's hull, releasing 30 tonnes of oil into Moreton Bay, near Queensland's state capital Brisbane. (Xinhua/AFP Photo)
Beaches along Australia's northeast coast were blackened on Thursday by a toxic cocktail of oil and fertiliser spilled from a cargo ship in cyclonic weather, maritime officials said. Large slicks of oil were washing up on the shores of Moreton Island and on beaches along the Sunshine Coast, after 31 containers of ammonium nitrate toppled from the Pacific Adventurer in wild seas early Wednesday. As the cargo fell in huge swells caused by tropical cyclone Hamish, it punctured the ship's hull, releasing 30 tonnes of oil into Moreton Bay, near Queensland's state capital Brisbane. (Xinhua/AFP Photo)
Beaches along Australia's northeast coast were blackened on Thursday by a toxic cocktail of oil and fertiliser spilled from a cargo ship in cyclonic weather, according to Australian maritime officials. Large slicks of oil were washing up on the shores of Moreton Island and on beaches along the Sunshine Coast, after 31 containers of ammonium nitrate toppled from the Pacific Adventurer in wild seas early Wednesday. As the cargo fell in huge swells caused by tropical cyclone Hamish, it punctured the ship's hull, releasing 30 tonnes of oil into Moreton Bay, near Queensland's state capital Brisbane.
