Workers clean up a large patch of oil from a cargo ship that hit the rocks in Zhuhai port, Guangdong province, yesterday. The oil spill is covering more than 24,000 sq m. The accident was caused by Typhoon Koppu, which hit the country yesterday. [Li Jiansu
Major oil companies will soon be required to contribute to a special fund to clean up damage from oil spills.
Last year, 109 oil spills occurred in China's seawaters, leaking 354 tons of oil into the waters.
The spills wreak havoc on sea life, fishing and tourism, and can cost millions of yuan to clean up and to compensate victims for the damage.
Increased shipping traffic, including oil cargo ships to and from China's coast,
in addition to the bigger size of tankers, is putting greater pressure on the
ocean environment.
China has joined a number of international conventions, and taken measures to prevent oil spills and to build up the emergency response capacity to deal with accidents.
clipped from www.chinadaily.com.cn
the oil that we are using is the oil that we are killing... guess you know that as well eventually it will kill us, not only by eating oiled-fish, but also burning it. seemingly it's like a massive suicide
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