Oil spill clean-up in China's Yellow Sea depends on weather

Chinese officials were waiting for better weather before deciding whether to siphon off the remaining cargo from a stricken tanker. - Reuters

QINGDAO, China (Reuters): Chinese officials were waiting for better weather before deciding whether to siphon off the remaining cargo from a stricken tanker after hundreds of tonnes of oil spilled into the Yellow Sea after a collision in dense fog two days ago.

The size of the spill from the Liberia-flagged tanker A Symphony was revised down to about 400 tonnes (2,920 barrels) on Thursday (April 29), from the original estimate of 500 tonnes, and one maritime official said it seemed to have been contained.