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Colombo, Jun 2 (EFE/EPA).- A cargo ship with chemicals on board that has been on fire for the last nearly two weeks off the Sri Lankan coast sank Wednesday, officials said, sparking fears over a catastrophic oil spill and extensive marine pollution."The ship has already sunk. Only the forward part is floating. That will sink too. Our main concern is an oil spill. We are doing what we can to contain any oil spill," Sri Lanka Navy spokesperson Captain Indika de Silva told EFE. (Camera: CHAMILA KARUNARATHNE).SHOT LIST: SMOKE RISES FROM THE FIRE GUTTED AND CRIPPLED CONTAINER CARGO VESSEL MV X-PRESS PEARL IN SRI LANKA.
More than 800 passengers and over 380 crew are evacuated on sea buses after a cruise ship collides with a Russian oil tanker off the coast of Turkey near Gallipoli. Jillian Kitchener reports.
A very large crude carrier the Nautica, which is part of a coordinated operation to remove oil from the FSO Safer, sits in Yemeni waters. In the coming days, an operation is expected to begin pumping 1.14 million barrels of crude oil to the Nautica from the FSO Safer, a rusting 47-year-old ship that the UN describes as a "ticking time bomb". IMAGES
Pointe D'esny (Mauritius), Aug 14 (EFE / EPA) .- (Camera: Reuben Pillay) The Japanese company that owns the cargo ship that caused an oil spill off the coast of Mauritius has agreed to take responsibility for the incident and offer compensation.FOOTAGE OF THE SHIP.
Mauritius, Jul 11 (EFE / EPA), (Camera: Laura Morosoli).- Hundreds of volunteers in Mauritius continue working to contain the oil spill ill after a Japanese-owned ship that ran aground began spilling hundreds of tons of fuel. FOOTAGE OF THE OIL SPILL IN MAURITIUS.