Boats Try to Clean Up 14-Mile-Long Oil Spill
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Dozens of boats worked to clean up a 14-mile-long oil spill in the South China Sea caused by a collision between two container ships, after divers were sent to patch the hull of the leaking vessel, Chinese state television reported.
The oil tank on the German-registered Ilona was punctured in a collision Tuesday with the Panama-registered Hyundai Advance near the mouth of the Pearl River, northwest of Hong Kong. No injuries have been reported.
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