Oil From Brazil Ship Pollutes Norway Coast
<i> Reuters</i>
OSLO —
Oil from a Brazilian ship that ran aground and broke in two off Norway is polluting the coast and killing birds, Norway’s State Pollution Board said Tuesday.
The 38,000-ton bulk ship Mercantile Marica ran aground Saturday in an area of great natural beauty where there are many fish farms. Its fuel tanks hold about 2,500 barrels of heavy fuel oil.
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