Authorities fear an oil spill will damage the world's largest coral reef off northeast Australia, listed as a World Heritage site for its environmental value.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/...GfOawD9ES1MS00

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/new...cle7087194.ece

The damned thing was 15 kilometres (9 miles) outside the shipping lane, in a restricted zone and hit the reef at full speed.

They worry that the vessel will break in half, spilling more of the 950 ton store of oil ...a fuel tank with 150 tons of heavy oil was already breached with oil spilling out.

imagine that ...our own personal Exxon Valdez spill.

david