KAZAKH CASPIAN PORT SUFFERS MAJOR OIL SPILL
By empty (1/6/2006 issue of the CACI Analyst)
An Azerbaijani-registered oil tanker spilled more than a ton of oil into the Caspian Sea at the Kazakh port of Aktau on 6 January. The Kazakh Emergency Situations Ministry responded by trying to enclose the immediate area and launching cleanup operations. The immediate environmental damage from the spill has not yet been determined.Visit also
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