Tanker carrying 260,000 barrels of crude oil has has gushed up to half its cargo into the waters around South Korea in what is believe to be the Asian country’s worst ever spill.
A crane-vessel collided with the China-registered tanker some 90 kilometres southwest of Seoul, the Associated Press reported Friday.
The Exxon Valdez was also carrying 260,000 barrels of crude when an accident released its cargo into Alaska’s Prince William Sound, a calamity for the local ecology, the AP pointed out.
Via: Associated Press
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