Oil from stuck ship reaches beach

Small amounts of oil from a container ship stuck on a reef has started washing up at a popular New Zealand beach today, while work to extract oil from the vessel was called off because of weather concerns.

Oil from stuck ship reaches beach
Mon, 10 Oct, 2011 - 08:09

Small amounts of oil from a container ship stuck on a reef has started washing up at a popular New Zealand beach today, while work to extract oil from the vessel was called off because of weather concerns.

The Liberia-flagged Rena struck the Astrolabe Reef about 14 miles from Tauranga Harbour early on Wednesday, and has been foundering there since.

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