Six days after the oil spill off Chennai coast, over 2,000 personnel from different agencies on Friday stepped up clean up efforts even as the Coast Guard believed it may take at least 10 days to clear the sludge from the site of collision of two ships in Ennore port. Coast Guard Eastern region Inspector General …
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February 3, 2017Days after LGP carrier BW Maple and oil tanker Dawn Kanchipuram loaded with petroleum products, including lubricants, collided off the Ennore Port last Saturday, a thick layer of more than 20 tonnes of black fuel oil has spread over the Chennai coast for a distance of 35 km, turning the beautiful beaches black. The National …
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February 2, 2017