Race to Prevent Ecological Catastrophe in Spain

World | November 20, 2002, Wednesday // 00:00

Strong winds and rough seas are hampering efforts to tackle the ecological disaster in north-west Spain after a tanker laden with sticky fuel oil broke up and sank. The giant oilspill from the Prestige has prompted urgent international calls for tighter controls on the movement of single-hulled oil tankers in coastal waters. An armada of tugs and clean-up vessels from around Europe has approached the scene, about 210 kilometres (130 miles) off the Spanish coast, but huge waves have prevented them containing surface oil.

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