83个货柜落海 垃圾威胁新州沿岸海洋生态

新州北部沿岸将展开一场极大规模的海岸垃圾清理行动,因一艘货船83个货柜落海,大量残骸垃圾可能将在未来数月冲上岸边。

83 shipping containers went overboard the YM Efficiency due to rough seas last week. Debris has been washing ashore ever since.

83 shipping containers went overboard the YM Efficiency due to rough seas last week. Debris has been washing ashore ever since. Source: AAP and NSW Maritime

肇事货船YM Efficiency在利比亚注册,从台湾驶向雪梨,上星期四在史提芬港对开约30公里海域遇到大浪。
A shipping container washed up in the aftermath.
A shipping container washed up in the aftermath. Source: NSW Maritime
包括尿片,卫生用品,汽车零件等多种杂物被冲落海,引发大规模清理行动,沿岸垃圾堆积震惊当地居民。

同时当局也担心这些海洋垃圾会影响该区海洋生物,包括鲸鱼,海龟,鲨鱼,海豚,海鸟等。
83 shipping containers went overboard the YM Efficiency due to rough seas last week. Debris has been washing ashore ever since.
83 shipping containers went overboard the YM Efficiency due to rough seas last week. Debris has been washing ashore ever since. Source: AAP and NSW Maritime
据当地媒体Port Stephens Examiner报导,海洋保护区协会主席Frank Future称,若要等肇事船主负责清理,需要经过很多程序,等待数月甚至数年,清理行动只能依赖当地社区居民。

Port Stephens EcoNetwork 负责人Negel Dique表示,该组织的志愿者已经清理出超过20大袋的垃圾,其中包括破碎的钟,各种塑料碎片,大量瓶罐容器和塑料包装的食品。

据报到,目前在Yacaaba Headland,Shag Rock和Hawks Nest都找到货柜残骸。
Waste washed up on a beach around Port Stephens after about 80 containers fell off an international cargo ship.
Waste washed up on a beach around Port Stephens after about 80 containers fell off an international cargo ship. Source: AAP
约30名志愿者在Jimmys Beach沿岸找到汽车零件,瓶装饮品,个人卫生用品和其他塑料制品。

道路及海事服务总监Angus Mitchell称,在Bennetts和Jimmys Beachs绝大部分冲上岸的垃圾已经堆放在岸边车道,等待进一步处理。

同时警告当地居民不要参与,清理这些垃圾存在安全隐患。
Wild weather caused the YM Efficiency to lose more than 80 shipping containers.
Wild weather caused the YM Efficiency to lose more than 80 shipping containers. Source: SBS News
新州政府和当地市议会称,会联合取证,确保肇事货船船主支付清理费用。当地议员Kate Washinton称,该货船的保险公司已经委派当地公司Varley在现场放置大型垃圾桶,方便居民弃置拾得的垃圾,也派出直升机寻找沿岸海面的垃圾。

公众如发现货柜残骸和垃圾可以向新州海事处举报 13 12 36


 

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Published 10 July 2020 2:40am
By Hazel Ying


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