Ship breaking, the 20 container contains toxic spill into the sea

Shipping container ship flagged Liberia aground on a reef off the coast of New Zealand during the past three months has been breaking, causing the worst environmental disaster in decades.

According to authorities, the ship weighs 47,230 tons carrying thousands of containers were not able to fight and sometimes broken in the waters off Tauranga, New Zealand 22km from the coast. Waves up to 6m repeatedly ran aground in the hull caused it sometimes breaks.

The vessel was double wave break.

The marine officers and rescue workers were efforts to remove fuel and containers from the stranded ship date 05/10/2011 but before completion. The fuel, commodities that are mainly milk powder and 20 container filled with poison cryolite has leaked into the sea, causing environmental disaster the worst in decades in the region.

Meanwhile, a spokesman for the Maritime New Zealand said Bruce Fraser, at least five units have been recorded container washed up on Waihi beach. A 3km trail of oil spreading from the shipwreck location, a small amount of oil has drifted to the islands and beaches nearby.

According to estimates, about 200-300 container has been large waves rolling off the ship when it was broken waves. Meanwhile, there are nearly 1,000 container ships still lying on the risk of drift waves.Additionally, despite pump 1,000 tons of oil from vessels in the effort lasted three months, but the authorities said, still a large amount of fuel is not promptly withdrawn.

Force New Zealand Coast Guard has ordered the closure of Waihi Beach, after receiving reports on the phenomenon of people gathering those goods from the ship to drift. "On the advice of professionals, we must prevent people's access to those objects washed ashore because of health reasons, and we call on those who collect them on the map return to previous position decontamination experts, "said Sergeant Dave Litton.

To ship ran aground and breaking, the captain and pilot of the ship was found guilty in a ship controlled dangerous and toxic substances released to cause environmental pollution. With this offense, they can be paid up to $ 229,469 fine or sentenced to two years in prison.

Video nationality Liberia cargo ship was double wave break.