AIMS to take a closer, scientific look at damage to GBR from Chinese Tanker

We all can pretty much figure out the Chinese tanker that got caught up on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef did some massive damage; exactly what the ecological damage done is the current focus of a research team led by the…

Chinese tanker carrying oil says costs will be covered by Insurance

We’ve got good news. The Chinese owner of the coal/oil ship that ran aground on the Great Barrier Reef says that all costs will be covered by the vessel’s insurance including fines and clean-up costs from the accident. Interestingly the…

Uh oh: Ships using Great Barrier Reef as ‘rat run’

That Chinese Tanker which we reported about earlier apparently was sneaking the coral reefs as a “rat run”. A Rat Run is when a ship takes a faster route to save time and fuel costs even if the section in…

Chinese Tanker runs aground near Great Barrier Reef

A tanker ship filled with 950 tons of oil  and 65 thousand tons of coal has run aground 70 miles east of Great Keppel Island, northeast of Australia. Some oil has leaked from the vessel already, and authorities fear the…