About one year ago, a ship was damaged causing a major oil spill (270 tons of oil) to pollute the Great Barrier Reef. Just this week, a Chinese ship carrying coal and oil hit the Great Barrier Reef and causing one of the oil containers to crack. The ship didn't report the accident until well over 2 hours past the event. So far, only 2 tons of oil has leaked into the ocean, but there is a good chance that the damaged ship could fall apart dumping thousands of tons of coal and oil into the water. To many, this whole situation seems fishy and lots of questions are being raised. Why was the ship so far out of the acceptable shipping lanes? Why did it take so long for the ship to report the situation? I'm not sure why the crash happened, but I do know that it is a terrible thing that happened. The Great Barrier Reef is the largest living marine ecosystem on our planet. It really is tragic that so many damaging accidents keep occuring. It makes me feel like shipping companies need to take greater care and responsibility when they know they will be travelling in that area.
Read more about the spill here.
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