Oil from the world’s worst crude tanker disaster in decades may have reached the shores of Japan, the Japanese Coast Guard said on Friday.
TOKYO: Oil from the world’s worst crude tanker disaster in decades may have reached the shores of Japan, the Japanese Coast Guard said on Friday.
Black oil clumps of have reached the shores of the island of Amami-Oshima, a coast guard official told Reuters by phone. Authorities are checking to see if it comes from the Sanchi tanker that sank in the East China Sea last month, after being alerted to its presence by the public.
Amami-Oshima is part of a chain of islands that includes Okinawa, an area famous for pristine beaches and reef systems. The Iranian tanker sank nearly three weeks ago, raising worries about damage to the marine ecosystem.
