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At Sea/China-Sunken Tanker/Oil Spill
East China Sea - Jan 15, 2018
++MUTE++
1. Aerial shots of oil slicks
Shanghai, China - Jan 15, 2018
2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Zhang Yue, captain, East China Sea Branch, State Oceanic Administration (SOA) (ending with shot 3):
"Upon arriving at the site, we found no sign of the ship, no flames, no smoke as the ship has sunken. There are oil spills which are bright white, and in the periphery, which are black and brown. Now our ships started to clear the oil spills."
East China Sea - Jan 15, 2018
3. Aerial shots of oil slicks
East China Sea - Jan 14, 2018
4. Heavy smokes billowing from burning oil tanker Sanchi
5. Various of flames engulfing oil tanker
6. Photos of burning oil tanker Sanchi
The oil spill on the water surface around the sunken Iranian tanker in the East China Sea had expanded from 10 to 58 square kilometers from Sunday to Monday, China's maritime authority said.
The State Oceanic Administration (SOA) said in a statement on Monday that several oil slicks were found near the site where the vessel sank and they were much bigger than the previous day.
A 14.8-kilometer-long oil slick was found 7.2 kilometer southwest of the site on Monday morning and another 18.2-kilometer-long slick east of the site at noon, the statement said.
Surveillance planes also reported a slick spreading northward from the site, with a radius of about five kilometers.
The oil tanker which caught fire after it collided with a freighter in the East China Sea a week ago sank Sunday afternoon.
No burning was seen on sea surface from a marine surveillance plane at about 13:00 Monday and the oil spill could be easily seen from the air.
"Upon arriving at the site, we found no sign of the ship, no flames, no smoke as the ship has sunken. There are oil spills which are bright white, and in the periphery, which are black and brown. Now our ships started to clear the oil spills," said Zhang Yue, captain of the East China Sea Branch of the State Oceanic Administration (SOA).
The oil spill is likely to move northward due to wind and sea current, the SOA said.
Water samples were collected from seven stations around the site with testing results indicating heavy pollution.
The tanker's crew members, including 30 Iranians and two Bangladeshis, went missing. Three bodies have been recovered. A search-and-rescue operation for the missing came to an end on Monday.
The tanker Sanchi, carrying 136,000 tonnes of light crude oil from Iran, collided with the CF Crystal, a Hong Kong-registered bulk freighter, about 300 kilometers east of the Yangtze River estuary on Jan 6.
At Sea/China-Sunken Tanker/Oil Spill
Dateline : Jan 14/15, 2018
Location : China
Duration : 2'02
East China Sea - Jan 15, 2018
++MUTE++
1. Aerial shots of oil slicks
Shanghai, China - Jan 15, 2018
2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Zhang Yue, captain, East China Sea Branch, State Oceanic Administration (SOA) (ending with shot 3):
"Upon arriving at the site, we found no sign of the ship, no flames, no smoke as the ship has sunken. There are oil spills which are bright white, and in the periphery, which are black and brown. Now our ships started to clear the oil spills."
East China Sea - Jan 15, 2018
3. Aerial shots of oil slicks
East China Sea - Jan 14, 2018
4. Heavy smokes billowing from burning oil tanker Sanchi
5. Various of flames engulfing oil tanker
6. Photos of burning oil tanker Sanchi
The oil spill on the water surface around the sunken Iranian tanker in the East China Sea had expanded from 10 to 58 square kilometers from Sunday to Monday, China's maritime authority said.
The State Oceanic Administration (SOA) said in a statement on Monday that several oil slicks were found near the site where the vessel sank and they were much bigger than the previous day.
A 14.8-kilometer-long oil slick was found 7.2 kilometer southwest of the site on Monday morning and another 18.2-kilometer-long slick east of the site at noon, the statement said.
Surveillance planes also reported a slick spreading northward from the site, with a radius of about five kilometers.
The oil tanker which caught fire after it collided with a freighter in the East China Sea a week ago sank Sunday afternoon.
No burning was seen on sea surface from a marine surveillance plane at about 13:00 Monday and the oil spill could be easily seen from the air.
"Upon arriving at the site, we found no sign of the ship, no flames, no smoke as the ship has sunken. There are oil spills which are bright white, and in the periphery, which are black and brown. Now our ships started to clear the oil spills," said Zhang Yue, captain of the East China Sea Branch of the State Oceanic Administration (SOA).
The oil spill is likely to move northward due to wind and sea current, the SOA said.
Water samples were collected from seven stations around the site with testing results indicating heavy pollution.
The tanker's crew members, including 30 Iranians and two Bangladeshis, went missing. Three bodies have been recovered. A search-and-rescue operation for the missing came to an end on Monday.
The tanker Sanchi, carrying 136,000 tonnes of light crude oil from Iran, collided with the CF Crystal, a Hong Kong-registered bulk freighter, about 300 kilometers east of the Yangtze River estuary on Jan 6.
ID : 8071080
Published : 2018-01-16 10:36
Last Modified : 2019-03-19 02:19:00
Source : China Central Television (CCTV)
Restrictions : No access Chinese mainland
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