In the Indian city of Mumbai are two vessels collided. An oil tanker and a cargo ship collided in front of the Indian west coast.
The oil tanker leak suggested, with some 500 tonnes of oil leaked, also several containers fell into the sea. The oil slick stretches over several kilometers.
After the collision an oil tanker with a cargo ship off the Indian city of Mumbai on the weekend of the port remains closed to the metropolis at least Wednesday. How the authorities said Tuesday, was the resulting leak in the container ship loaded with oil are now sealed though. The spilled oil and the 300 cargo containers that had been killed in the accident to the water issue but more a threat to one or departing ships dar.
in the collision on Saturday went according to government figures, 500 tons of oil into the sea. The oil spill off the west coast of India now extends to five kilometers, said a spokesman for the Defense of the news agency AP. The container ship that ran aground on a rock and was thrown into imbalance will, do not sink completely - this is not the water is deep enough. According to media reports on Tuesday was the cause of the collision of the disrupted radio traffic between the two freighters. Whether the ship had loaded hazardous chemical cargo, was initially unclear.
Source: www.focus.de
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