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Oil spill cleanup goes ahead
Cleanup work of the fuel oil spill from the "Jui Hsing" off northern Taiwan has been going on smoothly, by Oct 6. Thanks to calmer seas, it has been able to speed up the removal of the spill on Dawulun shoreline, one of the areas most under threat from the spill. The environmental authority said that once the shoreline work is complete, it will then work with the shipowner and oil spill response companies to clean up the waters off Dawulun Port, where the ship ran aground and broke apart. However, the speed of the work will still depend on sea conditions.
Death toll rises to seven
Rescue teams in Taiwan were still looking for survivors from tthe "Jui Hsing" off the northern port of Keelung. Three more bodies were discovered washed ashore, bringing the number of confirmed dead to seven after the freighter ran aground. Eleven crew members were either rescued or swam to safety. The search for three more sailors who were still listed as missing has recently been hampered by bad weather. The wreck was followed by an emergency cleanup operation by environmental authorities as they worried that hundreds of tones of oil may have leaked into the sea from the vessel’s fuel tanks. Workers used booms and absorbents to clean up the shoreline threatened by an oil slick.
Photo of broken vessel
German report with photo: http://www.nzz.ch/nachrichten/panorama/frachter_bricht_vor_taiwan_auseinander_1.12784938.html
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