Australian experts estimate more than 80 tons of oil has leaked into the sea and shoreline in the ecologically delicate area.
Get breaking news alerts and special reports. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings.WELLINGTON, New Zealand — An environmental disaster is unfolding in the Pacific after a large ship ran aground and began leaking oil next to a UNESCO World Heritage site in theFootage taken this week shows little progress has been made in stopping the Solomon Trader ship from leaking oil since it ran aground Feb. 5, according to the Australian High Commission in the Solomon Islands.
The ship was chartered by the Bintan Mining company in the Solomon Islands to carry bauxite, which is used in aluminum production.Bintan Solomon Islands chief executive Fred Tang was not immediately available for comment Friday. It said the Solomon Islands government had advised it that the responsibility to salvage the ship and mitigate the environmental impact lay with the companies involved.King Trader Ltd. had sent a team to help with the salvage operation
UNESCO has designated the southern third of Rennell Island as a World Heritage site. It says the island is the largest raised coral atoll in the world and is a"true natural laboratory" for scientific study.
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