Qld: Oil boom to be put around stricken coal carrier

AAP General News (Australia)
04-05-2010
Qld: Oil boom to be put around stricken coal carrier

Queensland Premier ANNA BLIGH says a boom will be put around a stricken coal carrier

within 24 hours in a bid to contain oil leaking from its hull.

Ms BLIGH says the risk of the Shen Neng 1 breaking up inside the Great Barrier Reef
Marine Park offshore from Rockhampton appears to have lessened.

But she says the vessel .. carrying 65,000 tonnes of coal and 950 tonnes of heavy fuel
oil .. remains in a precarious position after running aground on Saturday about 30 kilometers
from authorised shipping channels.

About two tonnes of fuel oil have already spilled from the ship .. creating a slick
about 3 kilometres long and 100 metres wide.

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KEYWORD: CARRIER BOOM (BRISBANE)

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