Oil spill clean-up in Johor expected to take a week


  • Nation
  • Thursday, 05 Jan 2017

JOHOR BARU: Authorities expect it will take a week to clean up the oil that spilled following Tuesday's collision of two container vessels in the eastern part of the Johor Strait near Pasir Gudang Port.  

The Johor Port Authority (LPJ), in a statement Thursday, said how quickly the clean-up could be done was dependent on the weather and the water currents.  

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