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Search continues for missing containers
2009/3/25
As the navy searches for missing shipping containers filled with fertiliser on southeast Queensland''s seabed, authorities could use fertiliser to clean up the oil spill on the coast, the Australian Associated Press reported.
Thirty-one containers filled with the fertiliser ammonium nitrate fell off the Pacific Adventurer''s deck in cyclonic seas, piercing the hull and unleashing 250 tonnes of oil into the ocean off Moreton Island almost two weeks ago.
Two navy mine hunter ships have detected 24 objects by sonar, but have been unable to identify them due to rough seas.
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2009/3/26