Huge oil spill near China
2004-12-08 14:49
Beijing - A ship and an oil tanker collided in southern China near the Pearl River, causing the worst oil spill in five years, state television said on Wednesday.
There were no reported injuries or deaths.
The accident occurred near the mouth of the Pearl River on Tuesday night between a Panama-registered container ship and a German-registered oil tanker, China Central Television said.
It did not say how much oil was spilled, which companies owned the ships, or what caused the accident.
Clean-up operations have begun and officials expect to clear the oil within three days, Xu Guoyi, the deputy director of the Ministry of Communications' Maritime Bureau was quoted as saying.
- AP