Bunker Fuel Spill in New Zealand’s Tauranga Harbour
Bad weather was hampering clean-up of a bunker fuel spill from a ship in New Zealand's Tauranga
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Bad weather was hampering clean-up of a bunker fuel spill from a ship in New Zealand's Tauranga
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